Department of Primary Industries (Victoria) trials

• To compare disease management strategies for minimum fungicide input and maximum grain yield and quality of new chickpea varieties.
• To demonstrate the much improved levels of ascochyta blight disease resistance in new varieties of chickpeas to SA growers.

• To determine the optimum fungicide strategy for disease control in Farah, Fiesta VF and Nura faba bean.

• To test the yield response of current and nearly released field pea varieties to changes in plant populations across the different field pea growing regions of NSW.

• To look at the yield responses of different field pea plant types to varying row spacing.

• To recommend agronomic and fungicide management strategies to minimise botrytis grey  mould infections and maximum grain yield and quality in the new lentil varieties.

• To test the yield response of current and newly released lentil varieties to changes in plant populations and sowing dates across the main lentil growing regions of SA.

• To compare disease management strategies for minimum fungicide input and maximum grain yield and quality of new chickpea varieties.
• To demonstrate the much improved levels of ascochyta blight disease resistance in new varieties of chickpeas to SA growers.

To test the yield response of new varieties and advanced lines of chickpeas to changes in plant populations in southern NSW.

To look at the yield response of new chickpea varieties to varying row spacing.

To test the yield response of new varieties of chickpeas and faba beans to different sowing times in southern
NSW.

• To determine how time of sowing influences fungicide spray requirements in Nura, Farah and Fiesta faba beans.
• To compare the tolerance of faba bean varieties (Nura, Farah and Fiesta) to Spinnaker herbicide, at early and late sowing.

To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across the different farming systems (irrigated and dryland) of southern NSW.

To look at the yield response of new faba bean varieties to varying row spacing and plant populations.

To test the yield response of new varieties and advanced lines of field pea to changes in plant populations across the different field pea growing regions of NSW

To look at the yield responses of different field pea plant types to varying row spacing.

To recommend agronomic and fungicide management strategies to minimise botrytis grey mould infections and maximum grain yield and quality in the new lentil varieties.

To test the yield response of current and newly released lentil varieties to changes in plant populations and sowing dates in the main lentil growing regions of SA.

To assess wether field pea breeding advancements in resistance to blackspot are significant enough to allow management changes to sowing time in this crop.

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

To maximise production advantages of new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.

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

To maximise production advantages of new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties through the identification of optimum plant densities.

To investigate effects of changing row spacing on chickpea yield.

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

To determine the correct maturity timing required in faba beans for successful crop topping practice.

To maximise production advantages of new faba bean varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.

• To compare the tolerance of faba bean varieties (Nura and Farah) to rates of Spinnaker herbicide, either alone or with Simazine.
• To determine if Spinnaker effects are influenced by time of sowing.

To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across southern NSW.

To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in faba bean.

To investigate how yield responds to varying plant populations within field pea varieties in southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying plant populations within field pea varieties in southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in field pea.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in field pea.

To maximise production advantages of new lentil varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.

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 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 maximise production advantages of new lentil varieties through the identification of optimum sowing times and plant densities.

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

To determine wether varietal differences in chickpea plant architecture effect their competitiveness with ryegrass.

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

To report onf chickpea herbicide tolerance at Dimboola, Victoria.

To maximise production advantages of new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates and plant densities.

To test the yield response of new varieties and advanced lines of chickpeas to changes in plant populations in high rainfall area of south eastern NSW.

To test the yield response of new varieties and advanced lines of chickpeas to changes in plant populations in south western NSW. 

To maximise production advantages of new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties through the identification of optimum sowing dates and plant densities.