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To investigate if the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yellow brown gravelly soil persist into following year.
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To investigate factors driving nitrous oxide emissions from uncropped (head ditch and tail drain) areas of irrigated cotton fields after water-run urea application.
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To compare the yields of crops in southern Mallee farming systems in 2009.
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To compare the yields of crops in the southern Mallee under various farming systmes in 2010.
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To investigate the effect of post-sowing pre-emergent herbicides and post emergent herbicides on fenugreek growth and yield and weed control.
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To assess weed control and fenugreek tolerance of several herbicide mixes and to screen new fenugreek varieties for tolerance to commonly used herbicides.
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To evaluate how incorporation method impacts on the emergence of annual ryegrass from the furrow wall for various pre sowing grass herbicide mixtures in wheat.
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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 grow chickpeas on eastern Eyre Peninsula.
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To determine the agronomic conditions required to grow a quality barley product suitable for malting.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ 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 when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ 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 when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). One of the barriers to retaining stubble is the perceived reduction in pre-emergent herbicide effectiveness (efficacy) in stubbles. … read more
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To assess the efficacy of three herbicide types on stubble covered soil.
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lupin varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. Mandelup was included as a standard variety for comparison in the trial.
Blue lupins are problematic in narrow leave lupin production, especially in the Northern Agriculture Region of WA Wheatbelt and no herbic… read more
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lupin varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. Mandelup was included as a standard variety for comparison in the trial.
Blue lupins are problematic in narrow leave lupin production, especially in the Northern Agriculture Region of WA Wheatbelt and no herbic… read more
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To determine the herbicide tolerance of Morava, Blanchefleur and Languedoc vetch.
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To investigate a range of herbicides on crop tolerances in three chickpea varieties.
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To trial a number of herbicide treatments applied to field peas, chickpeas, lentils and lupins to determine effective weed control and their effects on the crops.
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Barley grass continues to be a persistent grassy weed in low rainfall farming systems and current farming practices have selected for increased seed dormancy. This change in seed dormancy has resulted in Barley grass germinating later, and being much harder to control with knockdown and pre-emergent herbicides. In 2018 a range of herbicide strat… read more
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To compare the efficacy and crop safety of various pre-sowing herbicide mixes on grassy weeds in a dry sowing situation for wheat, and followed the treatments through to final grain yield.
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To quantify how nitrogen application and timing (upfront versus stem elongation) influences the need for disease control in a susceptible wheat cultivar.
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To assess the value of pre and post GS30 defoliation in winter and spring germplasm grown in HRZ regions of different season lengths using 17th April sowing date.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil and chickpea varieties and breeding lines to interrow sowing in wider row spacings than conventional cropping systems.
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To assess the chemical control options for effective control of onion weed without cultivation.
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To evaluate the relative competitiveness of durum wheat compared to barley and bread wheat, against annual ryegrass grown under different management practices tailored to influence crop competition.
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To investigate improvements for pre-emergent herbicide spray coverage in stubble retention systems.
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To investigate second adaptive traits (their yield, how to measure them and how to implement them into the breeding program) for grain legume drought tolerance.
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To increase the yield and reliability of field pea under water deficit and is a major pre-breeding target of Pulse Breeding
Australia.
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To evaluate the effect of crop stubble management and seeding system on pre-emergent herbicide behaviour and crop safety.
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To investigate the influence of sowing date on the phenology and grain yield responses of a core set of 36 wheat genotypes.
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The aim was to investigate ryegrass control using Bayer Sakura 850 WG and other commonly used herbicides in mixtures or as standalone treatments.
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To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices prior to crop seeding 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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To investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, varieties and seed rate with herbicide strategies for ryegrass management.
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To report on what has been learnt about growing kikuyu on Kangaroo Island.
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To investigate the effectiveness of the use of different herbicides and spraying regimes prior to sowing in controlling annual ryegrass and to increase grower awareness of rotating the various knockdown options pre-sowing.
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To compare the tolerance of legumes and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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This project set out to contribute to an understanding of legume agronomic and financial management in the Esperance Port Zone in an effort to support the decision-making process undertaken by growers in deciding the best crop sequence for their farms, including which break crop best suits their needs.
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To identify crop safety levels and economic risk of pre- and post-emergent herbicide use on lentil across different soil types and environments in the southern low rainfall zone. This project builds on previous GRDC-funded projects, including DAV00113 (southern region pulse agronomy).
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To evaluate the tolerance of PBA Hurricane XT to post sowing pre-emergent and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with PBA Jumbo2.
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To evaluate enhanced tolerance of PBA Hallmark XT compared to PBA Jumbo2 to Group B herbicides applied post sowing pre emergence (PSPE) or at different in-crop application timings.
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To compare the level of herbicide tolerance in SP1333 (a new genotype with improved tolerance to Group C herbicides) against PBA Hallmark XT to pre- and post-emergent applications of ‘Gp C’ at various rates.
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To compare the performance of three seeding systems and two nitrogen (N) strategies.
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To compare no till farming techniques against conventional farming methods over 5 different cropping rotations: No-till • all weed control by herbicides or narrow windrow burning • sown with NDF single disc seeder • stubble retained where possible Conventional • weed control both by herbicides and cultivation • sown with NDF single … read more
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To demonstrate whether current seeder set ups within the region are capable of successfully sowing wheat into a pasture with no-till.
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To evaluate the response of different barley varieties to various management aspects of no-till farming systems. Variables examined include row spacing, pre-emergent herbicides and nitrogen timing.
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Presence of increased seed dormancy in this grass weed species has enabled it to escape pre-sowing control tactics used by the growers. This explains why barley grass is a problematic weed in cereal crops. However, in some locations like Port Germein and Baroota districts, it has now become largely impossible to control in pulse crops. This isli… read more
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To demonstrate that crop competition afforded by a hybrid canola in combination with pre-emergent herbicides can reduce ryegrass seed set.
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To investigate the effect of crop competition and different pre-emergent herbicides and their mixtures on annual ryegrass control in canola.
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To investigate the suitability of new and pre-release winter wheat varieties to the Wimmera and Mallee, and define their optimal time of sowing.
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Experiment 1: To investigate the suitability of new and pre-release winter wheat varieties to the Wimmera and Mallee and define their optimal time of sowing.
Experiment 2: To investigate the amount of rainfall required to establish an early sown winter wheat crop in the Wimmera and Mallee.
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This GRDC funded research program aims 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 based on information from dedicated field screening trials.
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To develop risk management tools which will assist farmers to make better decisions in relation to optimising inputs in line with seasonal outcomes.
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To investigate the impact of different herbicide strategies in RT-canola (Roundup & triazine tolerant) and wheat on the long-term control of Select-resistant ryegrass.
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To evaluate split application timing of metolachlor for extended pre-plant and in-crop grass control
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To evaluate split application timing of metolachlor for extended pre-plant and in-crop grass control
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To evaluate split application timing of metolachlor for extended pre-plant and in-crop grass control.
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Discover alternative herbicide options for wild radish, annual ryegrass and doublegee control in lupins.
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GRDC are providing funding to attempt to discover alternative herbicides for wild radish control in lupins. So far we have found no new herbicides for this purpose but we have had some success with improving wild radish control with currently registered herbicides. Mandelup lupins appear to be tolerant of metribuzin pre-sowing of lupin. This dat… read more
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To evaluate the tolerance of recently released and commonly grown barley varieties to metribuzin.
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This report presents the results of a national field survey of herbicide residues in 40 cropping soils before sowing and pre-emergent herbicide application in 2015. It looks at the relevance of these residues to soil biological processes and crop health with a focus on those herbicides most frequently detected.
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To examine pre-emergent grass weed control herbicides in triazine tolerant canola
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This trial is investigating the uptake by wheat of different nitrogen fertilisers.
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To determine the agronomic effectiveness of different nitrogen fertiliser sources and placements in wheat.
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To measure and quantify N2O emissions from wheat grown in rotation with canola, pulses and legume pastures at two sites in low and medium/high rainfall farming systems of the Eyre Peninsula, while assessing best management practices that local farmers can adopt to reduce the risk of N2O losses and ultimately improve the paddock’s crop producti… read more
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Agricultural soils are the main source of emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. N2O is a potent GHG which lasts in the atmosphere for 114 years and has a global warming potential of approximately 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide over a 100 year timescale. Agriculture accounts for 16% of Australi… read more
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To test on-row or inter-row seeding with and without a pre-emergent herbicide package of trifluralin + metribuzin
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To test some of the commercial practices used in irrigated cotton growing. In the 2014–15 summer cropping season, three experiments were conducted at commercial farms located near Emerald (Qld), Moree (NSW), and Gunnedah (NSW).
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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 chemical control options of ‘slender iceplant’ (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) with commonly used crop herbicides. The focus was to find suitable pre- and post-emergent options, in legume crops and pastures.
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Test options for wild radish control
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To determine the effectiveness of using pre- and post-sowing, pre-emergent herbicides for the control of radish.
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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 compare the efficacy and crop safety of different herbicide options for control of grasses in barley.
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To investigate pre-emergent tifluralin mixes for the control of Group A resistant ryegrass.
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To find herbicide options that may be safe to use in saltland pasture systems wherein a farmer can maintain the productive capacity of his saltland by controlling his weeds. Trials also aim to explore weed control options during saltbush germination.
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To find herbicide options that may be safe to use in saltland pasture systems wherein a farmer can maintain the productive capacity of his saltland by controlling his weeds. Trials also aim to explore weed control options during saltbush germination.
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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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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.
Barley grass at high density reduces crop yield. H… 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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To compare the efficacy of different adjuvants with varying rates added to Glyphosate or paraquat on weeds such as Paddy Melons, Wild Radish, Serradella, Mint weed, Capeweed, Couch grass and Blue Lupin.
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To quantify the benefits pre-furrowing after pasture in a low rainfall area. Prefurrowing runs a point through dry soil to help rainfall entry.
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To compare the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for 'hard to control' broadleaf weeds in chickpeas.
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To compare the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for 'hard to control' broadleaf weeds in chickpeas.
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To compare the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for 'hard to control' broadleaf weeds in chickpeas.
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To demonstrate Scope barley and the performance of Clearfield herbicides on brome grass in a non-wetting scenario, and to investigate the benefit of soil wetter and pre-emergence herbicides in improving this performance.
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To evaluate radish control in broadleaf lupins (Albus type).
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To investigate radish control in lentils.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds 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 evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.