Gnarwarre VIC trials

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Zinc efficiency trials

To compare the effects of zinc coated fertilizers and sulphur coated fertilizer to standard products at varying rates of phosphorus and to compare their effect on grain yield and quality.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Wheat variety demonstration and BYDV trial
  • To assess a number of commercial and near commercial wheat lines for yield and grain quality.
  • To assess the value of an insecticidal spray programme for controlling BYDV.
Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Wheat seed dressing trial

To evaluate a number of seed dressings in wheat.

Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Wheat disease and fungicide trial
Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Wheat demonstration trial

To test 6 commercial wheat varieties.

Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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Wheat canopy manipulation trial

To determine the effect of sowing rate and nitrogen fertiliser timing on crop canopy development, grain yield and grain quality.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Triticale replicated trial

To determine the suitabiiyt of 10 commercial and experimental 'early flowering' triticale lines with possible suitability to the Geelong environment.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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The effect of zinc and copper delivery systems on wheat yield and protein in high rainfall environments
Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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The effect of sowing date on cereal grain yield and quality
  • To identify the impact of sowing time on grain yield and grain quality.
  • To identify different varietal responses to varying sowing time.
Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
The effect of nitrogen timing and application method on white wheat yield and protein in high rainfall environments
Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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The farming systems trial

To develop profitable and sustainable farming systems for the high rainfall regions of Southern Australia.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
1999 Gnarwarre VIC
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Sustainable mixed farming systems for the high rainfall southern Australia

To test the hypothesis that "drainage of waterlogged soils in southwest Victoria through raised beds will increase crop and pasture production with beneficial modifications to soil properties". 

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Spring water use trial
Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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Spring water use
Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
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Spring sowing pulse trial

To evaluate the performance of chick peas, faba beans, lupins and field peas under a spring sowing regime. 

Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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Sowing rate trial in barley and wheat

To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
RLF seed dressing trial

To identify whether BSN 10 seed treatment gives any yield advantage to wheat sown on the relatively highly fertile Gnarwarre site.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Raised bed maintenance

To examine the effects of some of the common bed renovation treatments adopted by the farmers, particularly on soil structure, soil water dynamics and subsequent crop performance on beds. 

Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
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Raised bed legume evaluation

To investigate the adaptability of a range of grain and forage legumes grown in a raised bed system using a controlled traffic regime. 

Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
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Pulse observation trial on raised beds

To find a reliable high yielding and profitable pulse crop for the "high rainfall, cool climate" zone of southern Victoria and one which suits raised beds.

Southern Farming Systems
1999 Gnarwarre VIC
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Pulse agronomy trial

To investigate the impact of sowing date on the performance of a range of pulse crops.

Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
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Preventative leaf rust trial

To identify whether spraying for leaf rust in wheat will give an economic yield benefit.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Phosphorus response curve for peas and the effect of starter nitrogen
  • To develop a phosphorus response curve for Peas (cv. Kaspa) in the high rainfall zone of South West Victoria.
  • Investigate responses to zinc and starter nitrogen in last sown legume crops.
  • To investigate if MAP is a cost effective phosphorus fertiliser for legumes and its impact on plant growth.
Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
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Pea variety demonstration

To assess a number of commercial pulse varieties for yield and standability.

Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
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Optimising fungicide srategies for winter barley

To assess the optimum barley fungicide strategy for the different climatic regions represented in the project and to determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Noodle wheat trial

To find out what the noodle quality of wheat from this site is and how it compares to the noodle wheat grown in the Wimmera.

Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
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Non-randomised demonstration trial - wheat

To determine the yield and grain quality of 6 commercial wheat varieties. 

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
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Non-randomised demonstration trial - canola

To determine the yield, oil quality and economic return of 6 TT and 6 non TT canola varieties. 

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
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Non-randomised demonstration trial - barley

To determine the yield and grain quality of 6 commercial barley varieties.

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Non-randomised demonstration trial

To provide the opportunity to observe a number of commercial or near commercial barley, wheat and canola varieties on a relatively large scale.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Nitrogen x sowing rate trial in barley and wheat

To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Nitrogen x sowing rate trial in barley and wheat
Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Long season barley variety trial

To present results of the long season barley variety trial.

Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
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Interaction between PGR strategy and Strobilurin fungicide application

To assess the impact of strobilurin application on the need for PGR application.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
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Incitec - Striving for high protein wheat in southern environments

To answer the question: Can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of Southern Victoria? 

Southern Farming Systems
1999 Gnarwarre VIC
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Incitec - Can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria?

To compare tactical nitrogen management options for improving nitrogen use and high quality wheat varieties including Janz, Chara and mira.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Incitec - can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria?

To determine whether the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria.

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Improving yield and protein content of crops by developing phase and ley farming systems using alternative pasture legumes
Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Improving yield and protein content of crops by developing phase and ley farming systems using alternative pasture legumes
Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Improving yield and protein content of crops by developing phase and ley farming systems using alternative pasture legumes
Southern Farming Systems
1999 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Improving yield and protein content of crops by developing phase and ley farming systems using alternative pasture legumes

To identify those alternative pasture legume spcies that, when sown in rotation with crops, have the capaicty to improve crop plant productivity in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.

Southern Farming Systems
GRDC
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
High rainfall crop agronomy - topping ten tonnes
  • Provide recommendations to farmers regarding optimum crop sowing times and crop arrangements on raised beds and on the flat.
  • Examine associations between crop yields and plant growth for wheat and canola on raised beds and on the flat in the high rainfall cropping zone. 
Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
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High input trial

To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2001.

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
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High input cropping trial

To report on the high inupt cropping trial.

Southern Farming Systems
1998 Gnarwarre VIC
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High input cropping trial

To undertake an economic and agronomic evaluation of a high input treatment versus a district practice treatment.

Southern Farming Systems
1999 Gnarwarre VIC
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HiFert: phosphorus and trace element for maximum wheat production in the high rainfall zone

To develop a phosphorus response curve for high rainfall production of white wheat as well as investigating the responsiveness of acid soils to zinc and or copper based products which showed promise in the 2000 trial at Streatham. 

Southern Farming Systems
2001 Gnarwarre VIC
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HiFert: phosphorus and trace element for maximum wheat production in the high rainfall zone
  • To develop a phosphorus response curve for wheat in the high rainfall zone of South West Victoria.
  • Investigate responses to zinc and copper individually as well as in combination.
  • Evaluate several R and 0 products which may improve phosphorus and nitrogen efficiency. 
Southern Farming Systems
2002 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
HiFert: phosphorus and trace element for maximum wheat production
  • To develop a phosphorus response curve for wheat in the high rainfall zone of South West Victoria.
  • Investigate responses to zinc and copper individually as well as in combination in Kellalac wheat.
Southern Farming Systems
2003 Gnarwarre VIC
Research organisaton
Growth regulator trial - canola

To identify whether growth regulators reduce lodging in canola and increase in higher yields.

Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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Grain sorghum observation trial
Southern Farming Systems
2000 Gnarwarre VIC
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