Department of Primary Industries (New South Wales) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 report on what you need to know to make better liming decisions.

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying 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 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 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 compare the growth, grain yield of potential new blue field varieties.

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

• To compare the growth, grain yield and gross margins of recently released field pea varieties with historical varieties.

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

• To investigate the adaptability of a range of faba bean varieties to varying row spacing.

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