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To assess a range of knockdown herbicide mixtures on small grasses and mixed braod leaf weeds.
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To determine the effect of canola plant density on nitrogen (N) response.
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To examine pre-emergent grass weed control herbicides in triazine tolerant canola
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To investigate herbicide options for the control of ryegrass in three oaten hay varieties.
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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 species and pasture phase systems (including hard seeded annuals) for light sand-plain soils (with low pH and low available soil water) in crop-based rotations.
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To demonstrate the production of the new annual pasture and evaluate the subsequent benefit to a wheat crop.
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To investigate the potential efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides applied post sowing on ryegrass control. It aims to measure if the period of residual ryegrass control can be extended and also if in-row ryegrass control can be improved.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides applied post sowing on ryegrass control and crop safety in wheat with the aim of
a) increasing residual control,
b) improving in-row control and
c) preventing onset of trifluralin resistance.
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To investigate post sowing pre-emergent chemical control of ryegrass.
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To investigate potassium and lime responses and effects on lime and potassium requirements.
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To investigate pre-sowing options for the control of group A resistant ryegrass.
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To investigate pre-sowing options for the control of group A resistant ryegrass in wheat.
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To investigate pre-emergent tifluralin mixes for the control of Group A resistant ryegrass.
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Annual ryegrass at high density reduces crop yield. However, this weed is highly sensitive to crop competition. Initial control with pre-emergent herbicides combined with high seeding rates in cereal crops may be sufficient to control this species.
The trial aims to investigate pre-emergent herbicides and high density crop seeding in … read more
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To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.
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Evaluate the efficacy of chaff lining as a weed seed management tool within the Northen Agri Group in the Geraldton port zone
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To report on pulse variety trials.
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To evaluate the efficacy and crop safety of herbicides used for annual ryegrass control in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy and crop safety of herbicides used for annual ryegrass control in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To screen a range of winter crop herbicides for residual efficacy in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To screen a range of winter crop herbicides for residual efficacy in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat. Specifically Annual Ryegrass.
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To show the importance of soil testing, and linking this with applying the right nutrients.
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Controlling barley grass in upper EP farming systems is becoming a major issue for growers, due to the development of herbicide resistance and delayed weed emergence. Management options other than herbicides need to be considered to address the issue for long-term sustainability. One of the best bets for cultural control of barley grass in-crop … read more
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To examine rygrass control in barley using pre-emergent herbicides.
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To assess the new herbicide Sakura on Annual Ryegrass control/suppression in wheat
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To measure if the period of residual ryegrass control can be extended using PSPE treatments.
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To test the accuracy of ryegrass mapping using satellite imagery.
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Ryegrass management is one of the key drivers of profitability in Lower Eyre Peninsula (LEP) cropping systems, and herbicides have recently been used as the main strategy for control. The intensification of cropping rotations and a decrease in livestock in farming systems has increased pressure on herbicides, resulting in the development of herb… read more
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To demonstrate the effectiveness of current and new chemistries for controlling ryegrass in wheat.
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To determine whether the potential benefits of sowing on last year’s crop row to harvest any extra water and nutrition can outweigh risks of increased disease pressure and lead to better crop performance on Mallee soil types
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To evaluate Roundup CT and a range of additives as fallow initiation treatments.
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To test the efficacy of a range of droplet sizes on ryegrass seed heads using a commonly used desiccant herbicide (paraquat).
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To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.
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To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.
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The objective of this trial was to evaluate the knockdown efficiency of Spray.Seed with and without common tank mix ‘spikes’, at various rates, on the control of grass and broadleaf weeds including Roundup Ready canola volunteers.
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To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.
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This project aims to maintain the profitability of stubble retained systems by identifying key issues that are affecting the level of rofitability with growers, and then through utilising existing research and conducting locally specific trial and extension work assist growers to overcome these issues.
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To determine the effect of stubble management (standing, slashed or burnt) on the crop safety of pre-sowing herbicides, and their efficacy against Group A-resistant annual ryegrass.
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To measure ryegrass populations under continuous cropping with a range of stubble and tillage practices.
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To provide farmers in the Facey Group grower region with new options for sustainable grazing and summer pasture species. Growers have identified the need for drought tolerant summer grazing options rather than traditional options more suited to higher rainfall zones. This trial aims to compare tedera to the more commonly used annual pasture spec… read more
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To measure and report the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.
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To assess barley grass weed seed capture by swathing and weed seed capture in chaff dumps after harvest, to determine how effective these practices can be in contributing towards an IWM program for barley grass on upper Eyre Peninsula.
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To assess cultural control practices in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management resistant ARG at the Lake Bolac research site.
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GRDC has funded a programme to address this issue and one of the projects within this programme is developing an improved understanding and implementation of management practices for brassica and pulse crops, pastures and other options to reduce the risk of crop failure and improve whole farm profitability in low rainfall south-east Australia.… read more
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This study determines the effect of N fertilizer placement, N fertiliser rate and N application timing on the competitive ability of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in dryland no-tillage cropping system in the Western Australian grainbelt.
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This trial was located in York in the grainbelt of Western Australia and investigated combinations of UAN (Urea Ammonium Nitrate) Placement (streamed or broadcast), UAN rate (low and high input) and UAN timing (early or late in the crop growth) for management of ARG.
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The effect of combinations of crop row spacing, seedbed utilisation and preemergence herbicides on ryegrass management in barley
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Investigate the influence of barley row spacing, seedbed utilisation and herbicides on ryegrass management.
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This trial aims to investigate the effect of comibinations of row spacing and seedbed utilisation (SBU) on the effectiveness of pre-emergent herbicides on ryegrass management in barley.
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To investigate the effect of combinations of herbicides, crop row spacing and seed-bed utilisation on ryegrass management in wheat.
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This trial aims to investigate the combinations of crop row spacing, seedbed utilisation (SBU) and herbicides on ryegrass management in wheat.
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To determine the impact of grazing on soil condition and weed populations. This report is on findings after two years of grazing.
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To determine the impact of grazing on soil condition and weed populations. This report is on findings after two years of grazing.
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To determine the impact of grazing on soil condition and weed populations. This report is on findings after two years of grazing.
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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 demonstrate the pros and cons of different stubble/ soil management and establishment treatments.
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The trials located at Miling and Kojonup in the grainbelt of Western Australia investigated combinations of canola variety (hybrid or open pollinated), crop row spacing (25 or 50cm) and canola seeding rate (20, 35 or 50 plants/m2). The average seedbank at the Miling and Kojonup sites were 3,630 seeds/m2 and 23,240 seeds/m2 respectively. Annual… read more
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Trials located at Miling and Kojonup in the grainbelt of Western Australia investigated combinations of canola variety (hybrid or open pollinated), canola seeding rate (20, 35 or 50 plants/m2) and canola seed size (<1.8, >2.0mm diameter) on ARG management.
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The objective of this study is to determine the optimal combinations of canola cultivar, seeding rate and row spacing on annual ryegrass seed production and canola growth and yield.
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The objective of this study is to determine the optimal combinations of canola cultivar, seeding rate and seed size on annual ryegrass seed production and canola growth and yield.
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This research aims to investigate the effect of wheat time of sowing and seeding rate, on the effectiveness and degradation of pre-emergent herbicides commonly used to control annual ryegrass in no tillage farming systems.
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This research aims to investigate the effect of wheat time of sowing and seeding rate, on the effectiveness and degradation of pre-emergent herbicides commonly used to control annual ryegrass in no tillage farming systems.
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To demonstrate, compare and analyse the efficacy of new herbicide combinations and sequences to achieve control of hard to kill weeds such as ryegrass and radish, whilst maximising yield in hybrid canola, using the hybrid variety Hyola 525RT (Roundup Ready + Triazine Tolerant) canola herbicide tolerant system.
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The study has been designed to examine the use of mixed legume swards which incorporate a mix of hardseeded legumes or hardseeded legumes sown with traditional legumes. Our aim over the lifetime of the study is to quantify the effect of mixed legume swards on livestock productivity and health as well as the balance between sown species and weeds… read more
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To investigate proactive non-herbicide management strategies for reducing ryegrass seed set and so 'run down' the seed bank.
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To investigate proactive non-herbicide management strategies for reducing ryegrass seed set and so 'run down' the seed bank.
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To evaluate the efficacy of some of the common pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for ryegrass control in wheat.
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To investigate pre-sowing and post sowing pre-emergent options for the control of Group A resistant ryegrass.
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To investigate optimum safe trifluralin rates and water rates in wheat on canola stubble.
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To invetigate
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To compare and showcase a range of strategic tillage options for amelioration of shallow sandy duplex soils (Sand over clay/gravel) and to assess their effectiveness at overcoming a range of soil constraints including topsoil water repellence and Compaction and increasing crop productivity over a period of 4-5 years.
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To evaluate the agronomic and economic benefits of using different rotations and management strategies to deal with Group A resistant ryegrass in a farming system.
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To determine the effect of stubble management (standing, slashed or burnt) on the crop safety of pre-sowing herbicides, and their efficacy against Group A-resistant annual ryegrass.
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To investigate the effect of weather conditions on cyclohexanedions or ‘dim’ herbicides, Select and Aramo.
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To determine wether varietal differences in chickpea plant architecture effect their competitiveness with ryegrass.
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To determine whether varietal differences in chickpea plant architecture affect their competitiveness with ryegrass.
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To investigate options for broadleaf weed and grass control in oats.
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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 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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During 2013 harvest Mr Roger Bolte of Wyalong established windrows in paddocks in an attempt to help manage herbicide resistant ryegrass populations.
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To determine how to maximise biomass and yield of winter wheat varieties under irrigated conditions.