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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 discuss crop selection for the coming year.
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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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This paper reports results from previous reserach and some recent findings on inputs on fixed N2 by different legumes routinely measured. The project examines the effect of legumes or canola break crops on subsequent cereal productivity in cereal-dominated cropping systems.
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To achieve quantitative and measurable improvements in crop production, farm profitability and resource condition by appropriate crop sequencing within five years.
To facilitate capacity building and empowerment of the agricultural community across the region to participate in RD&E, access information and training and benefit from the … read more
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To answer three key questions:
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The project aimed to answer three key questions:
1. Can a break crop be as profitable as a cereal?
2. Are crop sequences including break crops more profitable than continuous wheat? and
3. What effects do break crops have on soil nitrogen availability?
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To increase water use efficiency of these crops and the subsequent cereal crops.
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To better understand and quantify potential production losses incurred from foliar, crown and root diseases by developing response curves.
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To investigate struvite as a possible phosphorus replacement.
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To assess amelioration of subsoil acidity using a range of tillage methods for incorporating surface applied lime into acidic subsoils and the impacts of tillage and lime on crop productivity.
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To overcome subsoil constraints to crop growth.
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To assess the new products with a range of application strategies and compared them to other management options (tillage, zinc, starter nitrogen, deep sowing, fluid fertiliser and late sowing) which can change the impact of rhizoctonia on crop production.
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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 compare the impact and profitability of the inclusion of broadleaved break crops in paddock rotations in the Northern Victorian Mallee.
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Agronomic constraints threaten the sustainability of intensive cereal no-till cropping systems. Local research has shown these constraints can be managed by diversifying rotations with break crops, however as this research was conducted at only one site, farmers wanted to know whether the same results would be observed on a commercial scale at a… read more
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Agronomic constraints threaten the sustainability of intensive cereal no-till cropping systems. Local research has shown these constraints can be managed by diversifying rotations with break crops, however as this research was conducted at only one site, farmers wanted to know whether the same results would be observed on a commercial scale at a… read more
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Agronomic constraints threaten the sustainability of intensive cereal no-till cropping systems. Local research has shown these constraints can be managed by diversifying rotations with break crops, however as this research was conducted at only one site, farmers wanted to know whether the same results would be observed on a commercial scale at a… read more
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Agronomic constraints threaten the sustainability of intensive cereal no-till cropping systems. Local research has shown these constraints can be managed by diversifying rotations with break crops, however as this research was conducted at only one site, farmers wanted to know whether the same results would be observed on a commercial scale at a… read more
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Crop safety and yield of barley grown from seed treated with EverGol Prime compared to Dividend and Vibrance for the control of rhizoctonia. The trial was conducted to
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
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To demonstrate the profitability of alternative grain legume crops across the Western Region.
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
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To define critical parameters for identifying zinc deficiency and the fertiliser strategies to overcome.
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To understand growth patterns of yellow leaf spot (YLS) (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) on wheat and net form net blotch (NFNB) (Pyrenophora teres f teres) on barley in relation to a changing farming environment.
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To examine the integration of the principles of disease management and canopy management in cereal crops.
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To compare current varieties to ones which are not commonly grown in the district, and to compare varieties in soil types and rainfall regions where National Wheat Variety trials are not conducted.
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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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Crop evaluation experiments are conducted by Department of Primary Industries every year with the aim of identifying high yielding varieties that meet specific grain quality requirements and are suitable for the regions long cool season conditions.
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To allow grain growers to assess the grain yields of released and upcoming wheat varieties under “with
fungicide” and “without fungicide” management regimes.
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Legume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, and improve soil fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation. Despite these benefits, pasture renovation rates remain low and there are opportunitie… read more
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Legume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, and improve fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation. Despite these benefits pasture renovation rates remain low and there is opportunity to impr… read more
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Legume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, and improve fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation. Despite these benefits pasture renovation rates remain low and there is opportunity to impr… read more
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Over the past three decades there has been a shift from integrated crop-livestock production to intensive cropping in dry areas, which has significantly reduced the resilience of farms in low to medium rainfall areas. Intensive cropping is prone to herbicide resistant weeds, large nitrogen fertiliser requirements, and major financial shocks due… read more
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Legume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, improve fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation and mixed farming reduces economic risk. Despite these benefits, pasture renovation ra… read more
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To assess new dual purpose wheat and triticale cultivars for dry matter production and grain yield in comparison with Bass oats.
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To evaluate a number of dual purpose wheat varieties at two different sowing times.
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To discuss the integration of livestock into the cropping program.
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Compare the yield responses of canola varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May).
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To test foliar fungicides trials for the management barley leaf diseases.
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To quantify the drymatter potential of seven long season cereal crops before stem elongation is reached and to determine the impact on grain yield if heavy grazing occurs at GS31.
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To assess three rotations used in the Mid-North, especially those incorporating export hay or ocntinuous cereals.
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To assess three rotations used in the Mid-North, especially those incorporating export hay or ocntinuous cereals.
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To assess three rotations used in the Mid-North, especially those incorporating export hay or ocntinuous cereals.
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To assess three rotations used in the Mid-North, especially those incorporating export hay or ocntinuous cereals.
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To determined the apploication rates of copper and zinc fertiliser for the maximum grain yield of wheat
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To quantify the effects of nematode feeding groups in Western Australian soils on crop performance.
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To examine the effect of gypsum on soil pH and soil C and whether changes in soil pH could alter productivity of the following cereal crops.
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To examine the effect of gypsum on soil pH and soil C and whether changes in soil pH could alter productivity of the following cereal crops.
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To use NGS technology to identify a broader range of pathogens present in the diseased roots.
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To assess the principal causes of erect heads in April sown wheat crops
Individual objectives specific to the trial are:
- To determine the value of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) tolerance in HRZ wheat crops using a tolerant (cv Manning) and a non-tolerant (cv RGT Relay) cultivar.
- To assess the connection between ere… read more
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To improve soil carbon through the incorporation of cereal stubbles with no impact on the subsequent canola crop.
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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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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 compare EverGol Prime, Vibrance and Tripower to Baytan T for loose smut contol and to compare EverGol Prime to triazole seed treatments for Rhizoctonia suppression.
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To evaluate the cost effectiveness of strobilurin based fungicides on barley in the different climatic regions of southern Australia.
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To use PA maps to indentify and sample soil zones within a paddock. To investigate soil phosphorus levels in different soil types with a paddock. To see if altering fertiliser rates at sowing has an impact on grain yield.
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To compare dry matter production, recovery and subsequent grain yield of 6 cereal varieties: wheat (Revenue), barley (Urambie, Henley and a French variety), triticale (Endeavour) and oats (Bass).
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To assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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The aim of this trial was to assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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To assess dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. Given that cereals have different rates of DM production,
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To determine:
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To assess dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. A further aim was to compare dry matter and feed quality of cereals with a tetraploid annual ryegrass used for over‐winter grazing prior to seed production.
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• Which dual purpose varieties respond to Gippsland’s climatic conditions?
• Which new varieties may have commercialization potential?
• Which varieties are best suited to forage and feed grain production?
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To determine:
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To collect more data on dry matter and production figures for forage varieties.
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Following on from work by Seedmark PlantTech in 2008, there is investigation in using alternative crops in medium to high rainfall zones. It was determined that more data needed to be collected to establish dry matter and production in these zones.
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To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system.
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To compare several field pea and vetch varieties and triticale, oat and wheat varieties for dry matter production and feed value. A further trial examined optimal densities of field pea/cereal mixtures.
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To compare the productivity of herbicide tolerant canola varieties grown in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera environments.
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The overall objective was to determine the influence of Jockey seed treatment with and without follow up fungicides, either one or two
applications.
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The aim of this work was to test the robustness of current soil testing procedure
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To determine the impact of Rancona Dimension on yield loss from CR infection across sites in the northern region.
Crown rot, caused predominantly by the fungus Fusarium pseudograminearum is a significant disease of winter cereal crops in the northern NSW and southern Qld. Rancona® Dimension (ipconazole + metalaxyl) was recently reg… read more
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To determine the effectiveness, weed spectrum and crop damage of both Bounty (a broadleaf herbicide for use in lupins) and Aramo (a grass herbicide for use in non-cereal crops), which are due for release on the market in 2003.
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To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia. It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
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To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control
methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
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The project aims to quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.
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To explore variety tolerance of eyespot in commercial varieties.
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To provide growers with information which will reduce losses due to eyespot by improving our understanding of:
• Resistance responses of commercial cultivars and breeders’ lines to eyespot.
• Yield losses due to eyespot in cultivars with different resistance rankings for eyespot.
• The effectiveness of delayed fungic… 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 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 evaluate the performance of fungicides against chocolate spot and leaf rust in faba beans.
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To compare fungicides for their effectiveness to control diseases as well as improve yield and seed size in faba bean.
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Developing new varieties that are high yielding with a manageable level of resistance to the major fungal diseases and with quality suited to the major markets, particularly the Middle East.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of faba bean varieties and breeding lines to different plant densities and fungicide programs.
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To evaluate the genetic resistance to common fungal diseases of faba bean varieties and its interaction with fungicide strategies for disease control and grain yield.
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To evaluate potential foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean.
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To evaluate potential of foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean.
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To evaluate the optimum rate and time of sowing for PBA Samira faba beans for increased yield and profitability.
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To look at the impact of break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the following cereal crop.
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To look at the impact of 2012 break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the 2013 cereal crop.
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To demonstrate and assess the value of sowing into cereals
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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more