Department of Primary Industries (Victoria) trials

• To investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties.

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

• To investigate the suitability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines differing in flowering
  and maturity characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate if optimum disease management strategies change in different row spacings across a range of chickpea varieties, differing in ascochyta blight susceptibility.

• To investigate if optimum disease management strategies change in different row spacings across a range of faba bean genotypes, differing in ascochyta blight and chocolate spot susceptibility.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of chickpea varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• 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 faba bean varieties and breeding lines to wider row spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared

• To investigate the suitability of a range of lentil varieties differing in flowering and maturity
  characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate if optimum chocolate spot management strategies change in different row spacing’s and standing and burnt residue across a range of faba bean varieties.

• To investigate if optimum disease management strategies change in different row spacings in standing and burnt residue across a range of chickpea varieties, differing in ascochyta blight susceptibility.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of new herbicide tolerant lentil varieties to a range of
  Group B herbicides.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of new herbicide tolerant lentil varieties to a range of Group B herbicides in standing and burnt stubbles.

• To investigate if optimum chocolate spot management strategies change in different row spacing’s and standing and burnt residue across a range of faba bean varieties.

• To investigate if optimum disease management strategies change in different row spacings in
  standing and burnt residue across a range of chickpea varieties, differing in ascochyta blight
  susceptibility.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing
  dates with and without disease management.

• 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 lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and variety mixes in a burnt stubble.
• This trial allows for comparison of varieties grown in the standing stubble on trial L14.

To report on chickpea disease management in the Wimmera, Victoria.

To report on chickpea sowing time x row space x plant density at Wimmera (Minyip),Victoria.

To evaluate the grain potential of European canola types, in particular long season winter types for their suitability to the high rainfall regions of southern Autralia.

• To investigate if optimum chocolate spot management strategies change in different row spacings and standing and burnt residue across a range of faba bean varieties

• To investigate the impact of row spacing and stubble management on a range of lupin varieties.

To determine optimum disease management strategy, focussing on podding applications, in new resistant and moderately resistant desi and kabuli chickpea varieties.

To report onf chickpea herbicide tolerance at Dimboola, Victoria.

To determine optimum sowing dates, plant densities and row space for new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties.

To determine optimum disease management strategy at different sowing times, in the new green and red lentil varieties with improved ascochyta blight and botrytis resistance.

To determine herbicide tolerance of new lentil varieties inter-row sown into standing stubble.

To determine optimum sowing dates and plant densities of in the new green and red lentil varieties with improved ascochyta blight and botrytis resistance.

To provide background information for the development of more detailed studies in 2008.

To report on chickpea sowing time x row space x plant density at Curyo,Victoria.

• To investigate the suitability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines differing in flowering
  and maturity characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate the suitability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines differing in flowering
  and maturity characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate the suitability of a range of field pea varieties differing in flowering and maturity
  characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate the suitability of a range of lentil varieties differing in flowering and maturity
  characteristics for crop-topping/desiccation.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of new herbicide tolerant lentil varieties to a range of
  Group B herbicides.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of new herbicide tolerant lentil varieties to a range of Group B herbicides.

To report on lentil sowing time x row space x plant density at Curyo,Victoria.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of chickpea varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties and breeding lines to wider row
  spacing’s sown inter-row in to standing stubble compared with conventional cropping systems
  (narrow row spacing with slashed stubble).
• The interaction sowing times is also compared.

• 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 chickpea varieties and variety mixes 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 lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing
  dates.

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