trials

To demonstrate the efficacy and crop safety of Velocity® and Precept® 300EC applied alone or in tank mixtures compared to currently available standards for the control of wild radish in wheat.

• To evaluate and compare the weed control and yield of Sakura with commercial standards.
• To demonstrate efficacy & crop safety of Sakura when sown with grower’s machinery.

To compare new Hybrids vs OP varieties in the mid to late maturity groups suited to the 2.0 to 4.0 t/ha environments evaluated statistically head to head across all 5 herbicide Technologies. The trial also evaluated the performance of Spring types (e.g. Hyola® Hybrids) vs SuperHyola® (late spring types) vs Winter Graze n Grain types in a composite design that allows all herbicide technologies to be compared within and against each other technology for yield, oil % and gross returns in $/ha.

To investigate some existing and new products for the control of wild radish in wheat.

To evaluate the combined impact of residual herbicides, soil levelling, and post-emergent options for wild oat efficacy.

To evaluate the combined impact of residual herbicides and soil levelling on wild oat efficacy.

To evaluate the combined impact of residual herbicides, soil levelling and post emergent options for wild oat efficacy.

To evaluate the performance of new pre-emergent herbicides on the control of wild oats.

To evaluate the performance of new pre-emergent herbicides such as Boxer Gold, Sakura and Outlook for the control of wild oats.

To compare Group A herbicide strategies for wild oat control in chickpeas.

To compare Group A herbicide strategies for wild oat control in chickpeas.

To compare Group A herbicide strategies for wild oat control in chickpeas.

To compare Group A herbicide strategies for wild oat control in chickpeas.

To evaluate the impact of herbicide and mixing partner for the salvage control of group A resistant wild oats.

To evaluate the impact of herbicide and mixing partner for the salvage control of Group A resistant wild oats.

To determine if new and existing varieties of wheat vary in tolerance to commonly used herbicides.

To explore whaet variety herbicide tolerance

To examine the effect of increasing inputs to four commonly grown wheat varieties on profitability for growers.

Investigating the tolerance of wheat varieties to herbicides

Investigating the tolerance of wheat varieties to herbicides

• To quantify the reduciton in water use for various weed species at different plant densities.
• To identify thresholds for particular weed types and determine when weed sensing technology benefits outweight blanket spray applications.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of weed sensing technology (WeedSeeker) for controlling problematic low population weeds (e.g. Prickly Lettuce).

To discuss weed management for 2006.

To comment on weed management strategies.

To look at the different weed control options for field peas.

To investigate options for broadleaf weed and grass control in oats.

To investigate the effect of weather conditions on cyclohexanedions or ‘dim’ herbicides, Select and Aramo.

To determine the impact of water quality on wild oat control in chickpeas when using clethodim or haloxyfop.

To determine the impact of water quality on wild oat control in chickpeas when using clethodim or haloxyfop.

To determine the effectiveness of controlling brome grass seed set with crop-topping short- season cereals sown at different times.

To demonstrate the benefit of WALAN2141 for croptopping.

To evaluate the crop safety and knockdown survivor wild radish control of Velocity solo and in tank mixtures with higher rates.

To evaluate the efficacy of Precept and other post emergent herbicides for wild radish control in a suspected Group B & I population.

To determine the effect of stubble management (standing, slashed or burnt) on the crop safety of pre-sowing herbicides, and their efficacy against Group A-resistant annual ryegrass.

To evaluate which combination of an early bromoxynil based herbicide and follow up post-emergent herbicide will provide the best weed control and Return on investment (ROI) in a system approach to wild radish control in cereals.

To assess the relative tolerance of new cultivars of field pea, lentil and chickpea to a range of commonly used herbicides.

To assess the relative tolerance of new field pea and chickpea cultivars of to a range of commonly used herbicides.

To investigate the effectiveness of metribuzin in the control of fumitory with the new metribuzin tolerant lentil GIA Metro

To investigate the effectiveness of metribuzin in the control of barrel medic with the new metribuzin tolerant lentil GIA Metro

To investigate the effectiveness of clopyralid in the control of fumitory with the new clopyralid tolerant lentil GIA Sire

To investigate the effectiveness of clopyralid in the control of barrel medic with the new clopyralid tolerant lentil GIA Sire

To understand the stages of resistance development within wild radish populations and to develop strategies from a grower’s perspective for growing weed free crops in the presence of resistant radish.

To investigate new and crop 'safe' techniques for using trifluralin.

To invetigate

• the effectiveness of two rates and two application techniques of granulated and liquid formulation of Trifluralin to control ryegrass and hogweed,
• the impace of the Trifluralin rates on early wheat growth and subsequent yield, and
• the effect of trash on hte efficacy of the granular and liquid formulations of Trifluralin for weed control.

To discuss trifluralin tolerance of three cereal varieties.

The aim of this trial work was to determine whether there are differences in wheat varieties in tolerance to trifluralin. The work was carried out over three seasons (1998 to 2000).

To investigate optimum safe trifluralin rates and water rates in wheat on canola stubble.

To determine safe ways of using higher rates of Trifluralin.

To investigate pre-sowing and post sowing pre-emergent options for the control of Group A resistant ryegrass.

To evaluate the efficacy of some of the common pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for ryegrass control in wheat.

To investigate the control of brome and barley grass in Meering wheat and Balleon barley.