Field peas trials

To determine rate and timing of zinc for filed pea.

To measure the effectiveness of herbicides used in Clearfield and non-Clearfield cropping rotations to control problematic weeds in the Mallee including wild radish and brome grass.

To shed some light on why cereals yielded so much better compared with pulse crops and canola in the southern Mallee in 2001.

To investigate where wheat performs best in a crop rotaion.

To comment on the Farm Management 500 and Sustainable Technology (FAST) Project: what did the crops grow on in 1994?

To look at the different weed control options for field peas.

Demonstrate a range of options for weed control, especially broadleafs, with good crop safety

To compare the performance of a range of pulse varieties and sowing dates in two contrasting soil types in North Central Victoria.

To compare the performance of a range of pulse varieties and sowing dates in two contrasting soil types in North Central Victoria.

To evaluate time of sowing and disease management programs on the establishment, biomass development and grain yield of different vetch in comparison with faba bean and field pea.

• To maximise performance of a range of new field pea varieties across a range of plant densities.
• The information from this trial will be used to improve current grower sowing time
  recommendations and variety selections.

To determine optimum sowing time and plant density for new cultivars of field pea, lentil and chickpea.

To assess the relative tolerance of new cultivars of field pea, lentil and chickpea to a range of commonly used herbicides.

To assess the relative tolerance of new field pea and chickpea cultivars of to a range of commonly used herbicides.

To comment on crop varieties from this year.

To identify narbon bean varieties suitable for the Mallee and Wimmera.

To report on variety descriptions and characteristics.

To investigate the impact of variable rate lime applications on dry matter production and yields after assessment with PA technologies.

To explore the use of quality legume inoculants to get the most from nitrogen fixation.

To determine whether crop reflectance at particular wavelengths of light can be used during stem elongation to determine N content of the plant and the need for applied N.

To understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on disease suppression.

The aim of this project was to test if including one or two-year break phases in low rainfall crop sequences could successfully address agronomic constraints to increase the productivity of subsequent cereal crops and improve the profitability of the long term crop sequence when compared to maintaining continuous cereal

To investigate the production, management and profitability of three different pulse crops.

To discuss ‘tillage rotation’ as a way to rehabilitate compacted subsoil and increase yield and profit.

To investigate whether polymer films can improve yields of short season crops when late sown.

A short review of manganese in NSW Agriculture.

To conudct the Machinery Challenge - a cost comparison of machinery usage in four different farming systems.

To understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on Rhizoctonia solani disease suppression.

To discuss benefits and practicalities of individual growers weed management tactics; and to assist others to decide if adopting similar methods would be beneficial on their property.

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.

To develop profitable and sustainable farming systems for the high rainfall regions of Southern Australia.

To discuss TagTeam and JumpStart from Novozymes.

To test the hypothesis that "drainage of waterlogged soils in southwest Victoria through raised beds will increase crop and pasture production with beneficial modifications to soil properties". 

To identify management decisions that impact on blackspot in field peas and to validate disease risk predictions from Blackspot Manager.

To identify the limiting factors to field pea production in the southern Mallee.

To investigate the effects of sowing barley and peas into a wheat stubble (standing, slashed and burnt).

To determine the nutrient loss from stubbles of various crop types following summer rainfall.

• To maximise yield of new field pea varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates.

To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.

To compare several field pea, vetch, canola, triticale, oat, barley and wheat varieties for dry matter production and feed value. A further trial was included to determine the optimal densities of field pea/oat mixtures. 

To evaluate the performance of chick peas, faba beans, lupins and field peas under a spring sowing regime. 

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties and breeding lines to differing
  sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing
  dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates, crop
  topping and disease control.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates, crop topping and disease control.

• To maximise performance of a range of new field pea varieties across a range of sowing dates.