South Australian Research and Development Institute trials

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

• To investigate the optimum row spacing for range of faba bean varieties and the interaction withg sowing rate for one variety..

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

• To investigate the potential of new chickpea varieties in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.

• To investigate the potential of new lentil varieties in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.

To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage ascochyta blight in chickpea in the low rainfall Mallee environment. 

To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in chickpea. 

To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage blackspot in field pea in the low rainfall Mallee environment. 
 

To identify Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) field pea genotypes which may offer yield improvements over current varieties grown in the low rainfall northern Mallee environment. 

To identify Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) lentil genotypes which may offer yield improvements over current varieties grown in the low rainfall northern Mallee environment. 

To evaluate herbicides options for the pre-harvest desiccation of lentils in the low rainfall Northern Mallee. 

• 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 response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients.

To evaluate potential foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean. 

To investigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to residual (simulated) and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with the commercial variety PBA Samira. 

To investigate the response of faba bean to application of macro and micro-nutrients. 
 

• 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 investigate the impact of fungicide use to control disease in a range of field pea breeding lines and varieties (focusing on blue peas).

To compare a range of inoculant products on chickpea root nodulation, yield and nitrogen (N) fixing ability. 

Assess the performance of a range of lentil, faba Bean, field pea and vetch varieties and breeding lines on acidic soils in the North Central region of Victoria. 

To confirm crop safety of different group B and group C herbicides in PBA Hurricane XT and PBA Jumbo 2 lentils on an acid soil. 

• To determine the effect of agronomic practices, various herbicides and a plant growth regulant canopy architecture and grain yield of faba bean.

• To compare the growth, grain yield of potential new blue field varieties.

• To investigate the impact of crop-topping and harvest timing on the yield and quality on new green lentil lines.

• To investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties in standing and slashed stubble treatments.

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

• To investigate the impact of crop-topping and harvest timing on the yield and quality on new green lentil varieties.

• To understand the genetic control in lentils relating to tolerance to the range of sulfonyl urea herbicides.

To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil varieties to varying plant densities and sowing dates.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of kabuli chickpea varieties to sowing date.

• 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 to varying sowing dates.

To investigate the response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients on a sandhill and swale soil.