To provide quick and easy ways to obtain reliable information in the field for use in the management of legume nitrogen.

To provide results of a legume herbicide tolerance trial.

To address a number of issues when there is a clear indication that an April break is not going to occur.

To assess a long-term phosphorus/nitrogen interaction trial.

To conduct a lucerne establishment trial.

To answer 'where do lentils fit into a rotation?'

To determine the effect of lentil yield of the four most commony used seed treatments.

To determine whether there are differences in herbicide tolerances between the four most commonly grown lentil varieties: Digger, Cobber, Northfield and Matilda.

To determine safe and effective techniques for using Trifluralin and Lexone in Digger lentils.

To (over a number of years and different seasons) determine the optimum sowing time of lentils (Digger).

To determine differences in herbicide tolerances between the four most commonly grown lentil varieties - the red types: Digger, Cobber, Northfield; and the green type: Matilda.

To determine safe and effective techniques for using Trifluralin, Simazine and Lexone in lentils.

To determine the optimum sowing rate and time of sowing for Digger lentils in the Southern Mallee.

To investigate whether ryegrass seed set could be manipulated using alternative harvesting techniques such as windrowing and crop topping.

To determine the best row spacing to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee.

To determine the best sowing rate to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee.

To present results of the long season barley variety trial.

To assess the impact of different establishment techniques on lucerne plant densities.

To evaluate a number of breeder's lines with commercial varieties to determine the most suitable triazine tolerant lines for the high rainfall zone in the south west. 

To demonstrate the need for innoculation with rhizobia in a range of crop legumes.

To conduct a lentil variety evaluation.

To investigate four different lime rates on two different faba bean varieties.

To evaluate a number of long season barley varieties to assess their yield potential and quality aspects for growing in the high rainfall zone.

To investigate the effects of sowing date on the yield of Lupins.

To compare the performance of current and potential new lentil varieties under low rainfall Mallee conditions.

to comment on Botrytis or grey mould and compare it's action in Australia vs Canada.

To investigate the most effective time to roll lentils to leave the paddock in a state suitable for harvest whilst minimising the impact of the rolling operation on the crop. The trial was performed under dry- and wet-sown conditions.

To determine the optimum sowing date(s) and sowing rate(s) for new lentil cultivars.

To compare the performance of current and potential new lentil varieties in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of Victoria.

To evaluate some simple agronomic changes to lupin sowing rates and fertiliser rates to see if it has an impact on yield. 

To investigate sowing time and fungicide management aimed at optimising lentil production.

To investigate the best time for rolling lentils. This it to ensure that the paddock surface is in a state suitable for harvest whilst miniising the imnpact of rolling operation on the crop.

CIPAL aims to improve lentil profitability in Australia by developing red and green varieties that are resistant to major diseases (ascochyta blight and botrytis grey mould) and soil constraints (boron, salt and waterlogging), and have improved havestability. CIPAL also aims to develop varieties that have new sources of resistance to current diseases and resistance to exotic diseases to ensure a sustainable lentil industry into the future.

To identify the most economical rate of phosphorus usage in a southern Mallee cropping system over time. 

To conduct an on-farm canola demonstration.

To comment on Lucerne performance in the southern Mallee.

The objective of this trial was to evaluate a number of new and existing fungicides for the control of Wheat Leaf Rust (Puccinia recondita) in Kellalac Wheat.

To determine the optimum disease management strategy for CIPAL 203.

To determine optimum sowing dates and plant densities for CIPAL 203.

To investigate the effects of soil type and climate on the yield of commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines in Victoria and thereby assist in the selection of superior varieties fro farmers in this state.

To investigate the metribuzin tolerance of a new wheat variety from WA (Eaglerock) and compare it to Yitpi .

To investigate the acidity profile in 2003 and 2004 of a lime trial conducted in 1986 by Aglime Australia. Does lime moved down the soil profile?

To investigate the effects of lime, gypsum and dolomite for wheat and lupin production on an acid soil.

To investigate the effects of different soil ameliorants at different rates on sodic soils.

To establish the most economical rate of phosphorus usage in a southern Mallee cropping systems over time.

To assess the potential of a range of Lupin varieties in the M2 rainfall zone.

To assess the potential of a range of Lupin varieties in the L2 rainfall zone.

To evaluate alternative herbicide mixes for their efficacy at controlling wild radish in-row using a shielded sprayer in lupins spaced at 60cm.

• 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.