trials

To est alternative products to Mesurol that are commercially available both in Australia and overseas, to assess their effectiveness as bird deterrents.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in barley.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in barley.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in barley.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in barley.

To evaluate management options and determine the yield and grain quality impacts of aphids in wheat, durum and barley.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in barley.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To evaluate the impact and control of aphids in winter cereals.

To assess the value of an insecticide programme on the control of barley yellow dwarf virus in wheat. 

To evaluate the timing of insecticide treatments on deterring aphids from feeding on newly sown wheat and how this impacts on final wheat yield and to evaluate the use of an insecticide seed dressing to give early aphid control.

The aim of this trial is to evaluate the timing of insecticide treatments and the use of insecticide seed dressings on deterring aphids from feeding on newly sown wheat.

To assess the natural incidence of two BYD strains (PAV and RPV) in an insecticide treated field and to evaluate the effects of diseasse 'hot spots' (infected plots with BYD) and infection rate on neighbouring plants.

To help put the grower in the best possible position to make decisions on the need for, and timing of budworm control.

• To determine if early sown canola benefits from seed dressings in low rainfall environments.

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Investigate the effect of delayed baiting on snail mortality immediately post baiting and the longer-term impact on presence of smaller snails during the harvest period. 

• To assess the value of a number of treatments in controlling slug numbers.
• To assess the impact of these treatments on canola yield. 

To present options and guidelines for chemical insect control.

To investigate the effectiveness of common fertiliser spreaders to evenly distribute snail/slug bait products to achieve recommended numbers of baits per square metre.

1. Demonstrate that growing canola (with effective weed control options) followed by a high value legume
(with higher economic value) can lead to an effective and profitable double break crop sequence. The
contribution of an early sowing date versus a traditional sowing date to increase the profitability of
these crops will also be evaluated.
2. Determine the economic value of growing canola followed by a high value legume, and the impact of
this rotation on the grain yield and profitability of a cereal crop in the first year following the double
break crop sequence.

To give farmers a bettter understanding of the different pest management tools available and to identify which work bets in certain circumstances.

To give farmers a better understanding of the different pest management tools available and identify which work best in certain circumstances.

To determine the effectiveness of weed seed set control strategies in driving down the seedbank without reducing yields in cereal-intensive cropping systems.

To monitor for 3 key pests in maize crops - Heliothis, Fall Armyworm & Two Spotted Mites, then apply treatments that are IPM friendly if needed (Bugs for Bugs and IPM friendly insecticides).  The demonstration block will be compared to the farmers conventional treatments on the crop.

Currently many growers rely upon the use of Zeal® (Etoxazole), applied to the crop via a helicopter to control mites post tasselling in the maize.  Some growers are wishing to reduce their reliance upon insecticides and enable the beneficial insects to increase on their farms. Predatory mites were released at a demonstration site in Cooma to see if insecticde use could be reduced or illiminated by importing beneficial insects

To demonstrate and evaluate a range of management strategies that could effectively reduce damage to emerging canola during establishment caused by slug species in the High Rainfall Zone (HRZ)

Working with 60 farmers, counts were carried out in three districts of South Australia to measure the effectiveness of different types of management on snail control.

To determine environmental triggers that initiate movement, feeding and formation of the albumen gland in small conical snails.

To find more IPM-compatible options, we evaluated for a second season under field conditions, four new-generation insecticides that are either specialised against sap-sucking insects or known to have thrips control potential. In 2015–16 we added an additional three insecticides to the experiment

The aim of these projects was to monitor and detect strong resistance to phosphine in the five major stored grain beetle pests, as well as record all details that might have led to any development of resistance, in order to control these outbreaks, develop a phosphine resistance management strategy and,consequently, prolong the life of this fumigant.

To investigate regional risk and management tactics for RWA.

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

• To investigate the efficacy of several commercial snail baits on juveniles of the four pest snail species, and assess the effect of bait size and density on mortality.
• To conduct preliminary trials to investigate the usefulness of caffeine and Perlka as additional snail management tools.

To repeat trials from 2004 to confirm confidence in findings that UAN can be used as an in-crop fertiliser in Victoria.

To understand the water quality features that may have an influence on pesticide performance.

To report on wheat variety trials.

To evaluate management options and determine the yield and grain quality impacts of aphids in barley

To determine if there are benefits from the application of the cereal seed treatment, Zorro in Wyalkatchem wheat.