2005 trials

To establish and manipulate 3 varieties of pasture and determine their effect on the following wheat crop.

To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.

To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.

To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.

To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.

To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of soil.

To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.

To provide better guidelines on safer methods of sowing wheat on shallow soil in the low rainfall zone; especially in terms of row spacing seeding rate, variety, depth of soil and soil type.

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

To evaluate the acid and aluminium tolerance of new and existing barley varieties.

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

To evaluate new and existing early maturing barley varieties.

To evaluate new and existing triticale varieties.

To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.

To evaluate new and existing udon noodle wheat varieties.

To compare yellow lupin and angustifolius lupin varieties.

To establish the fit for calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) as a topdressed fertiliser in wheat in a low rainfall situation and on an N responsive site.

To demonstrate the tolerance of new and existing wheat varieties on acid soils.

To evaluate the effectiveness of skip row spacing of wheat in a low rainfall environment with subsoil constraints.

To investigate the effects of Lime, Gypsum and Dolomite on grain production on acid soils.

• To compare the yield of the new Albus lupin Andromeda with Kiev Mutant in a low rainfall area.
• To compare the performance of Kaspa field pea with the trailing types in a low rainfall area.

To demonstrate the disease resistance of new Sonali, Rupali and Genesis836 and potential releases Genesis90 and Genesis508, chickpea varieties.

To evaluate and determine the profitability of different strategies of disease management.

To evaluate and determine the profitability of different strategies of disease management. 

To demonstrate the growth rates and carrying capacities of new pasture species and to show options available for improving pasture productivity.

This trial was developed to examine the efficacy of seeding and foliar fungicide combinations for control of rust (stripe and leaf rust) and leaf spotting diseases (septoria nodorum and yellow spot) in wheat.

To investigate the effects of nitrogen placement and timing in wheat.

To determine optimal input packages for noodle wheat varieties grown in the Liebe area.

To compare wheat varieties and effect of nitrogen on yield and quality.

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil improvement.

To explore the yield potential for wheat in the northern sandplain region and to identify the main constraints to achieving this potential.

To evaluate different foliar disease management strategies on a highly susceptible wheat variety (Chara) to both stripe rust and leaf rust.

To assess the impact of nitrogen timing on canopy development and resultant grain yield and quality, where starting soil nitrogen levels are high.

These trials evaluated the effects sowing time and sowing rate on grain yield of field pea, faba bean, lupin and chickpea at Yalla-Y-Poora.

To evaluate fungicide efficacy on Leaf Rust and Powdery Mildew in Baudin Barley.

• To investigate the effectiveness of elemental sulphur in canola.
• To identify what percentage of the applied sulphur can be applied as fine (less than 250 micron) elemental sulphur without loss of grain yield or oil content.

• To evaluate yield response to copper, zinc, molybdenum, boron and cobalt when placed with the seed.
• To evaluate the response to molybdenum when applied at late tillering when nitrogen demand increases.

Our aim was to test different manufacturers’ products to see how granules preform against the traditional peat product in different soil types and climatic zones, and to find an optimal rate of product application for effective nodulation.

To establish some potential performance of pulse crops in the region and if any crops, varieties and treatments are worthy of further trialling and replicated yield data.

To provide advice to breeders, researchers, agronomists and growers on the plant characteristics suited to the HRZ.

To verify the performance of recently released cultivars in local higher rainfall conditions and to assess the varietal resistance to the WA pathotype of stripe rust that seems to have maintained virulence throughout eastern Australia.

To establish some potential performance of newer varieties and if any are worthy of further trialling and replicated yield trials. 

To examine if winter cereals can be successfully sown into exiting lucerne stands to lift winter production but without compromising lucerne production the following summer.

To demonstrate six different seeding machine set-ups sowing in stubble. This demonstration was used to compare different set-ups across two different rates of triflualin at a number of different sowing speeds.

To identify the most economical rate of phosphorus usage in a southern Mallee cropping system over time. 

To discuss options for pasture management.