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To demonstrate a new wheat herbicides Hussar® from Aventis, and Affinity® from CropCare for grass and broadleaf weed control.
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The aim was to demonstrate a new cereal broadleaf weed herbicide 'Paragon' from Cyanamid
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To present the main messages from the agronomy trial work undertaken in 2005.
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To investigate alternative herbicides for grass control in sorghum. Specifically Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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To investigate alternative herbicides for grass control in sorghum. Specifically Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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To evaluate alternative second knock options for grass weeds
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To evaluate alternative second knock options for grass weeds
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This trial was designed as a scoping study to investigate various aspects of long coleoptile wheat relative to WA farming systems for eventual grower integration. However, this report outlines both observations as well as extensive data that was collected and analysed, despite the original aim of the trail to be more investigatory than data-driv… read more
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To evaluate the response of canola to low fertiliser inputs
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To assess the growth and yield of barley and wheat growing in a range of different established perennial pasture species.
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To test the Yield Prophet tool to determine its relevance and usefulness to growers of the West Midlands region in determining the most efficient and effective nitrogen strategy.
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Failure to control annual weed species that persist through cropping phases facilitates replenishment/establishment of weed seedbanks. Consequently, this maintains weed interference in subsequent years of crop production. Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) has been widely adopted in Australia since its inception over three decades ago to prevent r… read more
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To investigate:
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To determine the most effecient herbicide options for controlling barley grass and brome grass in wheat and barley.
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase the adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.
A survey indicated that in the central-eastern wheat… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control. A survey indicated that in southwest Australia, many growers thou… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control. A survey indicated that in southwest Australia, many growers thou… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control. A survey indicated that in southwest Australia, many growers thou… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control. A survey indicated that in southwest Australia, many growers thou… read more
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Barley grass is one of the major weeds in the southern region. Many southern growers think their barley grass is resistant to grass selective herbicides and may have developed late germination to avoid pre-seeding herbicides. In this area, barley grass is a major problem in pastures, and often in break crops as well.
The trial aims to … read more
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The GRDC Stubble project aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems is an issue with reduced herbicide efficacy due to higher stubble loads especially for pre-emergence herbicides. Current farming practices have also changed weed behaviour w… read more
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The GRDC ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ project aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised where herbicide efficacy is limited due to higher stubble loads, especia… read more
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To study the interaction of cereal type and variety and seeding rate on crop yield and grass suppression on a known weedy site.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To conduct a barley variety trial.
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To demonstrate the performance and effectiveness of new pre-emergen chemistry, Bayer 191, in reducing resistant ryegass populations in winter cereals.
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Demonstrate best practice phalaris establishment and management at the PPS/EverGraze site at Mooneys Gap which should provide information to producers to give them confidence to increase phalaris use.
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To investigate whether a break crop can be used to manage weeds.
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Farming systems in the low rainfall zone of southern Australia are dominated by cereal production. There is increasing concern about grass weed and soil-borne disease pressure, diminishing soil fertility (particularly nitrogen), and water use efficiency, as a result of continuously cropping cereals. Break crops have a key role to play in address… read more
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To challenge this notion, and to examine the impacts of break crops on the longer-term financial performance of following wheat crops.
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Although cereal-intensive cropping has been demonstrated to be productive in the Mallee, there are situations where grass weeds, disease and high fertiliser costs may necessitate a break crop option. This trial was designed to evaluate the effect of a range of break crops and pasture over a range of mallee soils over 3 years of subsequent wheat.… read more
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To determine the best technique for controlling brome grass in wheat and barley.
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To compare the grass weed control of various herbicides and compare crop safety and grain yield on wheat at Penong and barley at Mangalo.
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To investigate the germination behaviour and seed dormancy of brome grass populations from the Victorian mallee and provide information on control.
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To assess the new herbicide Sakura on Brome grass control/supression in wheat.
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To evaluate a range of herbicide combinations for controlling brome grass in lentils.
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To compare control options for Brome grass in wheat and investigate two new options – Clearfield wheat technology and Atlantis herbicide.
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To compare control options for Brome grass in wheat and barley.
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To measure differences in yield and brome grass control following a numerous years of cultural practice on commercial size trial
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To measure differences in yield and brome grass control following a numerous years of cultural practice on commercial size trial
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To investigate herbicide control options for brome grass control in direct drilled wheat in the Mallee.
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To investigate selection of the right rotation and herbicide strategy for brome grass management.
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To investigate selection of the right rotation and herbicide strategy for brome grass management.
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To quantify how much brome grass seed was retained on plants at different times of harvest.
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To investigate whether agronomy can overcome the yield penalty of retained (F2) TT hybrid canola compared with purchased (F1) hybrid seed by using;
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To compare the productivity and profitability of cropping in the presence of a background of herbicide resistant ryegrass, and to assess the implications of various low or high input grass control options applied to wheat and break crops on production costs and ryegrass management.
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To conduct a canola (Trizaine) variety trial.
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To conduct a canola (Triazine) variety trial.
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To conduct a canola (Triazine) variety trial.
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To investigate swathing early then harvesting for weed seed collection to evaluate usefulness for farmers in providing another tool for integrated weed management, especially for barley grass that matures and sheds seed before crops ripen.
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Barley grass continues to be a major grass weed in cereal cropping regions on the upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Swathing a cereal crop involves cutting and collecting the cereal crop and weeds into windrows at 20 to 40% grain moisture and allowing it to dry. Having the weed seeds cut and in the windrow before the seed heads shatter and before tille… read more
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To evaluate chickpea varieties.
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To evaluate the efficacy of different formulations of imidazolinones (Group B imi’s) and the sulfonylureas (Group B SU’s) on brome grass.
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To identify companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures and to develop reliable, low cost methods of establishment
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To identify companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures and to develop reliable, low cost methods of establishment
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To determine whether a range of systemic herbicides have the potential to control mid-tillering awnless BYG when used in combination with a following application of paraquat, in a double knock control strategy.
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To determine whether a range of systemic herbicides have the potential to control mid-tillering FTR grass when used in combination with a following application of paraquat, in a double knock control strategy.
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To determine whether combining (i.e. tank mixing) some herbicides with paraquat provided additive or synergistic post-emergence control of awnless barnyard grass (BYG) compared with standard singular herbicide treatments such as atrazine, simazine, terbuthylazine, haloxyfop or Balance.
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To determine whether tank mixing some herbicides with paraquat provided additive or synergistic control of feathertop Rhodes (FTR) grass compared with standard singular treatments such as atrazine, simazine, terbuthylazine, haloxyfop or Balance.
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To compare the productivity and relative profitability of various low input/low risk cropping options with alternative high input/high risk, but potentially higher return crops.
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To compare grass herbicides alone and in comparison with common broadleaf herbicides.
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To compare pre-emergent herbicides in the control of problem weeds in wheat.
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To compare commercial seeding machines that have specifically been set up to sow sub-tropical grasses.
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To investigate opportunities to reduce the dependence on grass herbicides for the control of grass weeds in wheat.
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To compare the competitive nature of wheat and barley sown at different row spacing and seeding rates on grass weed competition.
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To compare the competitive nature of wheat and barley sown at different row spacing and seeding rates on grass weed competition.
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To determine whether wheat varieties differ in thier competitive ability, and to see whether sowing rate and row spacings have an influence on grass weed numbers and yield.
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To discuss a closely-monitored paddock in the Charlton district that has been in wheat for the last seven years.
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To investigate the comparative tolerance of wheat and 2 species of barley grass to manganese deficiency in solution culture.
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase the adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.
A survey indicated that growers in the southern lake… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.
A survey indicated that in growers in the northern wheat… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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Issue EP farmers identified as a problem with stubble retained systems was sowing into non-wetting sands and the resulting uneven germination. The trial at Murlong (near Lock) was established in 2013 to compare how crop establishment is affected by time of sowing, sowing rate, and seed position and depth on a non-wetting sand.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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To quantify the agronomic benefits that break crops can provide in Mallee cropping rotations so that farmers can be confident of the long term benefits of more diverse crop sequences.
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To determine the influence of break sequences (2011-2012) followed by consecutive wheat crops (2013-2014) on soil water, nitrogen, brome grass populations and profitability.
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To compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems.
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To compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems.
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Barley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage it in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA and WA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 10 weeds of Australian cropping in terms … read more
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Why do the trial?
Barley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage it in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA and WA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 1 O weeds of A… read more
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To evaluate Diuron as a broadleaf weed killer pre sowing of lupins and to evaluate some mixing partners to improve the control of grass weeds.
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To determine whether rotational benefits of break crops improve the profitabiliyt of first wheat after break crops.
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To observe whether additions of a zinc based liquid fertiliser to a herbicide reduces the crop effect often seen when using broadleaf and grass herbicides in cereals.
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To determine whether UAN as a carrier, rather than just water, increases the efficacy of grass selective herbicides on ryegrass control.
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To evaluate double knock timing and options for button grass control.