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Advanced lupin variety evaluationTo evaluate improved lupin varieties for the Victorian Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Alternative nutrition products: do they work?To investigate a number of organic and inorganic fertilisers on wheat yield. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Marnoo VIC |
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Atrazine to control fop resistant ryegrass in TT canolaTo demonstrate whether Atrazine (alone or in combination with Select) can assist in the control of ryegrass. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Canola establishmentTo demonstrate the ideal depth for optimum canola establishment in local conditions. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Charlton VIC |
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Canola variety trialTo demonstrate the suitability of various canola varieties to the Southern mallee environment. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal and linola variety demonstrationTo assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Cereal and linola variety demonstrationTo assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Cereal and linola variety demonstrationTo assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Chickpea sowing time demonstrationTo determine the optimum sowing time for chickpeas in the Mallee environment. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Competitive cropsTo investigate opportunities to reduce the dependence on grass herbicides for the control of grass weeds in wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Early post-emergent herbicide control of wild radish in barleyTo determine the best (control and cost effetive) herbicide for the control of radish in barley. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Fenugreek agronomy trialsTo investigate the role of fenugreek in south eastern Australian farming systems. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Fertiliser banding in wheat and canolaTo determine optimum seed and fertiliser placement in canola and wheat and the effect of Agrotain in reducing seedling burn from urea. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Herbicide tolerances in chickpea varietiesTo investigate a range of herbicides on crop tolerances in three chickpea varieties. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Herbicide tolerances of three wheat varietiesTo test and compare the tolerance of new wheat varieties to both high and low rates of new chemical formulations with widely used herbicides. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Late sowing and alternative harvesting techniques to reduce ryegrass numbersTo investigate whether ryegrass seed set could be manipulated using alternative harvesting techniques such as windrowing and crop topping. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Lentil agronomy: row spacingTo determine the best row spacing to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Lentil agronomy: sowing rateTo determine the best sowing rate to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Lucerne establishment trialTo assess the impact of different establishment techniques on lucerne plant densities. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Mallee and Wimmera rainfall - are we making the most of it?To extend work carried out in 2003 (converting rainfall into dollars) and investigate the effect of rainfall on farm gross income in the southern Mallee and Wimmera. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Managing herbicide resistance in ryegrassTo investigate herbicide control options and alternative strategies for the reduction in seed set of ryegrass. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | St Arnaud VIC |
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Managing root lesion nematodes in cerealsTo discuss how to manage root lesion nematodes in cereals. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Operation FerTill - achievements at Birchip in 1998To investigate the optimum fertiliser placement when sowing wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Pre- and post-sowing pre-emergent herbicide control of wild radish in wheat and barleyTo determine the effectiveness of using pre- and post-sowing, pre-emergent herbicides for the control of radish. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Pulse improvement programTo release high yielding and disease resistant field pea, chickpea, lentil and faba bean varieties which meet required quality standards through selection of varieties specifically suited to the soils and climate of the southern mallee region. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Rainbow VIC |
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Residual effects of Ally on pulses and canola grown on alkaline soilsTo determine whether Ally applied during the previous winter would have an effect on pulse and canola production the following year. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Seed dressing trial on wheatTo compare two new Rhone-Poulenc seed dressing treatments against existing products with and without Trifluralin. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Solutions to haying-off in wheatTo test the growth and yield of reduced tillering wheats in the southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Stubble preparation trialTo investigate the effects of sowing various crops into different stubble management techniques: burnt, burnt and worked, mulched, slashed and standing. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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The key management practices to avoid herbicide resistanceTo discuss the key management practices to avoid herbicide resistance. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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The year that was - 1998To discuss 1998 - the year that was. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Trifluralin use in wheatTo investigate new and crop 'safe' techniques for using trifluralin. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Vetch variety evaluationTo evaluate vetch varieties for grain yield, dry matter and disease resistance. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Walpeup VIC |
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Weed control in oatsTo investigate options for broadleaf weed and grass control in oats. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Marnoo VIC |
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What happens to fertiliser nitrogen?To determine what happens to pre-drilled N on southern Malle clay-loam soils. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Watchupga East VIC |
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What is the best product for topdressing nitrogen?To determine the best form of nitrogen fertiliser for topdressing on alkaline soils. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Birchip VIC |
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Wheat and barley on medic (Pratylenchus trial)To determine the impact of root lesions nematode on wheat and barley production in the southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Horsham VIC |
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Wheat for the Mallee and northern WimmeraTo provide information about wheat varieties suitable for the Mallee and northern Wimmera. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Horsham VIC |
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Canola in the Western NSW - a grower experienceTo report on a grower experience of growing canola in the Western NSW. |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Mumbil Creek NSW |
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Canola response to phosphorous in the Forbes districtTo investigate canola response to phosphorous in the Forbes district. |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Wirrinya NSW |
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Controlled traffic - is coming to a farm near youTo present information about controlled traffic farming. |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Condobolin NSW |
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Establishing and managing perennial pasture
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Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Nyngan NSW |
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Farm business health indicators - the key drivers of profit and wealth creation
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Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Yerong Creek NSW |
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Feeding strategies for production and survivalTo discuss the question, 'Should you feed in a drought?' |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Armidale NSW |
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Nitrogen inputs from pasture and patterns of release for cropsTo discuss nitrogen inputs from pasture and patterns of release for crops. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC |
1998 | Canberra ACT |
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Nitrogen inputs from pasture legumes in a cropping rotationTo report on nitrogen inputs from pasture legumes in a cropping rotation. |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Condobolin NSW |
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The agronomy of durum wheatsTo discuss the agronomy of durum wheats. |
Central West Farming Systems
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1998 | Tamworth NSW |
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BARLEY VARIETY HERBICIDE TOLERANCEThis research aims to evaluate all new varieties in the NVT program. |
MacKillop Farm Management Group
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1998 | Kybunga SA |
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WHEAT VARIETY RESPONSE TO HERBICIDES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIATo determine if new and existing varieties of wheat vary in tolerance to commonly used herbicides. |
MacKillop Farm Management Group
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1998 | Kybunga SA |
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Comparison of different green manure crops as tools for renovation cropping and evaluating economic benefits at Mullewa on a heavy soilThis research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status. To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potential longevity of benefits on a heavy loam soil in Mullewa, Western Australia over five years. |
SoilsWest
GRDC |
1998 | Mullewa WA |
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