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To evaluate a number of commercially available Lupin varieties and two Faba Bean varieties for yield.
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To investigate a range of management options across the latest varieties and potential new releases in faba bean at Westmere, and investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties.
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Developing new varieties that are high yielding with a manageable level of resistance to the major fungal diseases and with quality suited to the major markets, particularly the Middle East.
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To test the differences between faba bean varieties.
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To report on the faba bean variety trial at Hamilton.
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To identify the current Faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.
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To identify the current faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.
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The Grain and Graze program was keen to test the findings from extensive trial work with a group of farmers to see if the theories of grazing cereals provided the desired response under a range of conditions and farming situations. The financial gain from the exercise was also calculated.
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To demonstrate and assess the value of sowing into cereals
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To determine optimum sowing times for the various field pea varieties in the HRZ.
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To investigate a range of management options across the latest varieties and potential new releases in field pea.
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To develop high yielding lines with good disease resistance.
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To develop specific disease management strategies for more susceptible wheat varieties.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of foliar fungicides applied to barley and compare strobilurin fungicides with the "older' triazole and conazole fungicides.
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To evaluate a range of fungicide products applied as single doses on the flag leaf (GS39), versus two spray programmes applied at GS32 (second node) + 39. The trial assessed product performance on the basis of disease control and yield.
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To provide advice to breeders, researchers, agronomists and growers on the plant characteristics suited to the HRZ.
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To compare two nozzles, a 90 degree vs a 45 degree spary angle nozzle, in their efficacy in controlling ARG in canola. The 90 degree angled nozzle was tested at two droplet sizes, (i) medium and (ii) very coarse.
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To provide an evaluation of the conventional, Clearfield and TT varieties that are available.
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To test a number of grain legume crops grown in a stubble burnt and stubble retained situation and planted with different equipment.
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To compare the early sowing performance of a high yielding Australian wheat variety with reasonable lodging resistance (Revenue) with an English variety recognised for strong stem strength (Einstein). As an additional comparison, the new triticale variety Endeavour was included as it has a strong winter habit (vernalisation requirement) before… read more
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The objective of this study was to evaluate existing and future wheat varieties for performance when sown early (March) without grazing.
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To test a number of potential malting quality barley lines out of the Syngenta Seeds breeding program in comparison to current commercial barley varieties.
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To evaluate yield, agronomic and malt quality performance of numerous breeding lines under evaluation for the medium to high rainfall zones of Eastern Australia.
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To compare a number of feed and milling quality varieties that are commercially available against several long season durum lines potentially suited to southwest Victoria. These variety trials were evaluated with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated cont… read more
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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.
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To investigate the drivers for yield loss under grazing with a view to make grazing crops less risky.
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To see how new varieties fared at different sowing dates compared with varieties suited to those dates.
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To investigate how nutrition can help mitigate waterlogging losses in wheat, canol and faba beans after a wet winter
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To identify whether growth regulators reduce lodging in canola and increase in higher yields.
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The demo sites fit into the objectives of the HSSF project which are:
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To compare new hybrid and open pollinated (OP) varieties in the mid to late maturity groups suited to the 2.0 to 4.0 t/ha environments and evaluate them statistically, head to head, across all five herbicide technologies.
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To develop a phosphorus response curve for high rainfall production of white wheat as well as investigating the responsiveness of acid soils to zinc and or copper based products which showed promise in the 2000 trial at Streatham.
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To report on the high inupt cropping trial.
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To undertake an economic and agronomic evaluation of a high input treatment versus a district practice treatment.
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To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2000.
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To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2001.
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To quantify how nitrogen application and timing (upfront versus stem elongation) influences the need for disease control in a susceptible wheat cultivar.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulating grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulation grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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To answer the question: how fast is lime moving and is it treating acidity at depth?
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To select milling quality wheat lines that have good yield potential, grain quality and disease resistance for growing in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 fungicide best practice trial results
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 performance trial results.
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To determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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To identify those alternative pasture legume spcies that, when sown in rotation with crops, have the capaicty to improve crop plant productivity in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.
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To compare tactical nitrogen management options for improving nitrogen use and high quality wheat varieties including Janz, Chara and mira.
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To determine whether the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria.
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To answer the question: Can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of Southern Victoria?
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The aim of this trial was to determine potential grain yield loss from a late grazing (cutting) relative to the increased grazing production.
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This project assists farmers in adopting improved stubble management practices by comparing the performance of two stubble
systems – full incorporation and a no-till approach – to demonstrate the impacts of each system on soil health, water penetration and crop performance.
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To test the hypothesis that incorporation of the carbon rich stubble into the soil will not necessarily increase the humus content of the soil and compare it with other stubble management systems and in particular examining the impact these systems have on the soils organic matter levels over a period of time.
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This trial is part of larger GRDC funded project, which examines whether lower plant populations and later timed nitrogen approaches are suited to the HRZ in Australia, it also examines whether these techniques which were principally established for wheat can be used in malting barley, where high protein can be undesirable.
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To report on ian ntegrated weed management demonstration - cultural and chemical methods for controlling herbicide resistant annual ryegrass.
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The aim was to investigate ryegrass control using Bayer Sakura 850 WG and other commonly used herbicides in mixtures or as standalone treatments.
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To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices prior to crop seeding in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.
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To assess the impact of strobilurin application on the need for PGR application.
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To examine the interaction of Nitrogen management with disease management in winter barley Inverleigh
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To quantify how “upfront” nitrogen application versus application at stem elongation (GS 30-31) influences the need for disease control in varieties of differing disease resistance.
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To investigate Stubble Management Systems to Reduce Dependence on Burning in the HRZ Region of Southern Australia.
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The key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions which can allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning.
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The key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions which can allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning.
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To investigate the benefits of specialty nitrogen products and liquid nitrogen options in cereals
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To investigate emerging grain legume inoculant technologies.
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To investigate the benefits of speciality phosphorus products and liquid phosphorus options in cereals.
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To investigate the benefits of specialy nitrogen products and liquid nitrogen options in cererals.
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To investigate the benefits of specialty phosphorus products and liquid phosphorus
options in cereals
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To evaluate a number of winter wheat and shorter season white milling wheat varieties when sown later than the recommended sowing time.