2007 trials

• To investigate the different responses on pasture growth to triple, single and gold phosphorus fertiliser application.

• To investigate the potential use of ProGibb SG as a growth promoting agent.

To assess the level of input required to maximise yields of barley grown after wheat.

To test if wheat can be successfully grown after wheat and canola and to assess if wheat was the best crop to grow.

To assess the level of input required to maximise yields of triticale grown after wheat.

To assess different fungicide timing and dressings for Stripe Rust control on the yield of a number of wheat varieties

To assess the level of input required to maximise yields of wheat grown after wheat.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

The Australian Soybean Breeding Program develops varieties for diverse production environments across a 3000 km range from the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland (Latitude 17.2661°S, Longitude 145.4859°E) to the Riverina in southern New South Wales (Latitude 29.7503°S, Longitude 120.5530°E).

The program focuses on strategies to broaden the range of adaptation of new cultivars (James & Lawn, 2011), and to complete the transition from traditional dark hilum types that supply lower-value crushing markets to clear hilum types with the grain qualities required for human consumption markets. Advances in yield, disease resistance and other agronomic traits are also targeted.

Primarily, a single seed descent method is used to advance populations to the F4 level of inbreeding. Varieties from the Australian Soybean Breeding Program are not genetically modified (non-GMO). Regional evaluation and selection for environmental adaptation and specific regional traits is carried out across a wide range of environments in the target production regions. Typically, new soybean lines progress through stages of small-scale replicated evaluations for 6–8 seasons, with processors conducting small-scale grain evaluations. Advanced lines then complete evaluation in replicated on-farm experiments before commercial licensing and release.

This paper summarises data from multi-season replicated evaluations and on-farm experiments of RichmondA, a new variety for production in northern New South Wales

To determine the interaction of row spacing and plant population on chickpea yield.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across southern NSW.

To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in faba bean.

To investigate how yield responds to varying plant populations within field pea varieties in southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in field pea.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

To investigate effects of changing row spacing on chickpea yield.

To investigate how yield responds to varying plant populations within field pea varieties in southern NSW.

To investigate how yield responds to varying row spacings in field pea.

To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.

• To investigate the potential use of ProGibb SG as a growth promoting agent.

To assess the effects of trace elements on anuello wheat production.

• To test the performance of a range of subsoil amendments.

To present a review of trace element disorders in South Australian agriculture.

Investigating the tolerance of wheat varieties to herbicides

To assess the best pulse crop varieties for the South East.

• To compare the tolerance of faba bean varieties (Nura and Farah) to rates of Spinnaker herbicide, either alone or with Simazine.
• To determine if Spinnaker effects are influenced by time of sowing.

To assess wether field pea breeding advancements in resistance to blackspot are significant enough to allow management changes to sowing time in this crop.

To compare the effect of different pre-emergent herbicides applied pre sowing and post sowing on wheat
establishment and ryegrass control and to specifically improve the control of ryegrass in the crop row.

To assess the financial consequences of changing farming systems and inputs, specifically investigating the impact of changing break crop type and reduced fertiliser inputs on subsequent wheat yields and longer term profitability.

To investigate the effect of crop topping cereals for annual ryegrass control with nonselective herbicides.

To evaluate durum breeding lines and commercial cultivars of bread wheat and durum wheat for resistance and tolerance to crown rot (Fusarium pseudograminearum).

To identify management decisions that impact on blackspot in field peas and to validate disease risk predictions from Blackspot Manager.

• To demonstrate and refine the technique to suit the many mixed farmers on Kangaroo Island.

To look at the effectiveness of grinding our local limesands and comparing the changes in soil pH against unground lime.

To demonstrate yield of various forage crop varieties.

To conduct ground truthing for the Pastures from space program, which provides estimates of pasture growth rate during the growing season by mean of remote sensing.

This research aims to evaluate all new varieties in the NVT program.

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

To evaluate durum breeding lines and commercial cultivars of bread wheat and durum wheat for resistance and tolerance to crown rot (Fusarium pseudograminearum).

To investigate the effects of row direction, row spacing and stubble cover on grain yield and quality. 

• To demonstrate how Pastures from Space technologies can be used to increase grazier’s skills in sustainably increasing stocking rates.

• To assess the yield response using honey bees for pollination in dryland faba beans.

• To demonstrate the effect of crop canopy densities on pollination.

To maximise production advantages of new faba bean varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.