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  • Watch for crop residue tying up soil-applied herbicides

    Media Releases

    Local grower Jeff Nixon, Dr Dale Shaner, US researcher and Mark Congreve, ICAN

    Article Date
    21.05.2013

    A leading United States-based researcher has brought key messages from his research on the interaction of crop residue and soil-applied herbicides directly to Australian graingrowers.

  • Growers benefit from pulse research

    Media Releases

    Photo of Keith Harris, GRDC northern panellist; John Hamparsum,

    Article Date
    20.05.2013

    A new collaborative research project across northern NSW will bring northern region grain growers closer to maintaining healthy levels of pulse crops in their winter rotations.

  • Crop health tool addresses new seasonal challenges

    Media Releases

    Predatory beneficial mites left, the red legged earth mite, centre, and balaustium mites, right. Photo: Pia Scanlon, DAFWA.

    Article Date
    20.05.2013

    PestFax– a vital link in the fight to maintain Western Australia’s current levels of crop health – has resumed its free weekly service, as the new season presents a fresh set of pest and disease challenges.

  • Strategic tillage: threat to no-till benefits?

    Media Releases

    tillage

    Article Date
    17.05.2013

    Early research results show one-time tillage may be able to improve grain yields and profitability without losing the benefits of no-till.

  • Spotlight on summer grains

    Media Releases

    Grain Flashes logo

    Article Date
    15.05.2013

    The five grains of summer – maize, soybean, sorghum, sunflower and mungbeans – will again be the focus of the Australian Summer Grains Conference (ASGC) when the 2013 event takes place from 17-19 June.

  • Watch for chickpea viruses near canola

    Media Releases

    Joop van Leur, NSW DPI plant pathologist

    Article Date
    14.05.2013

    Larger canola plantings may have been responsible for unusually severe outbreaks of viruses in the northern region’s chickpea crops last year.

  • Heads up on crown rot tolerance

    Media Releases

    Grain Flashes logo

    Article Date
    14.05.2013

    New crown rot analysis funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has taken a closer look at tolerance ratings in current and future wheat cultivars with positive results.

  • Seeding rate important for early canopy closure in chickpeas

    Media Releases

    Chickpea crop

    Article Date
    13.05.2013

    Seeding rate is proving important for ensuring early canopy closure and minimising the spread of viruses in northern chickpea crops.

  • Weed Seed Wizard

    Media Releases

    Grains

    Article Date
    13.05.2013

    As weed seed management gains traction as a key strategy for managing herbicide resistance, northern region grain advisers have a new tool for assessing the extent of the challenge.

  • Barley varieties more susceptible to powdery mildew

    Media Releases

    barley crop

    Article Date
    13.05.2013

    Monitoring of all Western Australian barley crops for powdery mildew disease and careful fungicidal management including the use of seed dressings will reduce the risk of yield losses this season, with commonly grown varieties found to have an increased susceptibility to the disease.