trials

To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages that deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.

To test eight commonly grown TT canola varieties.

• To investigate the potential of preventative fungicide applications on wheat crops to provide longer protection and potential saving of yeild.

To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages that deliver high yielding canola crops with high oil contents in the Parndana environment.

• To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages which deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.

To observe the effect of fungicide application timing in controlling Septoria tritici blotch in wheat in the MRZ and LRZ of the Southern Australia.

• To compare the efficacy of a range of foliar applied fungicides for eyespot control.
• To compare fungicide efficacy at two application timings.

To investigate the effectiveness of BTH (benzothiadiazole) to increase a crops resilience to disease.

To work out what the limiting factors to production are on the sodic soils of the Tyrell land system.

To conduct a barley seed dressing trial.

To conduct an evaluation of Jockey seed applied fungicide.

The aim was to compare Barley fungicide seed dressing products. To measure seedling growth, establishment, disease control and yield.

To compare a number of different products used to control diseases in barly in the southern Mallee and norther Wimmera.

To evaluate the effectiveness of various strategies for managing foliar diseases in separate barley (Experiment 1) and wheat (Experiment 2) experiments using foliar and fertiliser applied fungicides.

To compare different fungicides for control of blackleg.

To assess the optimum fungicide management strategy for new varieties of chickpea.

To determine whether seed dressings are useful in suppressing disease and increasing yield in desi and kabuli type chickpeas.

To discuss chickpea varieties.

To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.

To investigate the impact of seed dressings on foliar disease in malt barley in the central Mallee.

The aim was to investigate as many possible factors which limit wheat yield.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of Cosmos seed dressing on canola for the control of insect pests such as wireworm and red legged earth mite.

To investigate some practical options for direct drilling wheat into wheat stubbles in the Mallee.

To establish a fungicide strategy to control spot form of net bllotch in Gairdner barley.

To test a new AgrEvo product on fieldpeas and lentisl for Ascochyta control activity.

To compare two new field pea varieties (Parafield and Kaspa) to Dundale.

To provide a disease management 2005 summary.

To investigate the effectiveness of applying a range of fungicides, both with and without stickers, at two different application times on two varieties of beans - Fiesta VF and Aquadulce.

To investigate fungicide types and application timings to minimise the effect of foliar disease in lentils.

To determine the benefit of fungicide applications for stripe rust control in 2003.

To investigate effective fungicide strategies for controlling Ascochyta blight in chickpeas.

To assess the impact of the new strobilurin fungicides on disease management in barley and determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.

To examine the value of foliar fungicides for winter barley in the Mallee and Wimmera environments.

To assess the impact of the new strobilurin fungicides on disease management in wheat and determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.

To examine the value of foliar fungicides in the Mallee and Wimmera.

To compare the efficacy of early season treatments with foliar fungicide management incrop for a ‘one touch management’ approach.

To assess the effect of PGRs and fungicides on variety-specific barley yields.

To discuss how to deal with stripe rust.

To establish the interaction between nitrogen and timing and the need for fungicide management.

To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.

To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.

To determine the varietal tolerance of new and current barley varieties to foliar diseases (leaf rust, scald and SFNB).

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

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

This project aims to demonstrate a range of management strategies for disease complexes as they arise, including plot trials at two locations assessing genetic plant resistance, fungicide and other management strategies in wheat, barley and lentils, and up to four responsive in paddock trials across the subregions, if and where need arises. Trials are aimed to support facilitated discussion and peer to peer learning around key disease management decisions.

• To investigate whether barley varieties vary in their tolerance to scald.
• To compare different management strategies for controlling scald in different barley varieties.

To compare two new Rhone-Poulenc seed dressing treatments against existing products with and without Trifluralin.

To compare different seed treatments in wheat for protection against disease and cost effectiveness.

To provide information for proper planning to generate time and machinery efficiencies, gain better weed control and make large financial savings.