The grains industry could be spared more than $100 million a year in costs from yellow (or tan) spot disease through new GRDC-supported research.

A strategic approach is helping to combat feathertop Rhodes grass in Australia’s northern grains region

Researchers will home in on Western Australia’s cropping systems as part of a GRDC-supported project exploring the veracity of integrated pest management (IPM) techniques over three years.

Growers can combat the potential for yield losses arising from soil pests by using laboratory testing
to guide their crop rotations

With barley grass on the rise in southern wheat crops, new research is addressing control measures for the weed in southern Australia.

 =Plant Health Australia (PHA) has revised its Farm Biosecurity Manual for the Grains Industry with version 3.0 with new information to help growers identify the highest priority exotic pest threats, including karnal bunt (extreme) and kaphra beetles (high).

Plantings of GM canola in Western Australia have far exceeded expectations, with more than 70,000 hectares sown in 2010.

New evidence supports the long-held belief of plant pathologists that cereal rust diseases can survive the non-cropping summer months.

Growers in high-rainfall zones (HRZs) who delay their fungicide and nitrogen applications could lift profitability, according to the latest recommendations that have emerged from GRDC-funded research.

After losing about 30 per cent of last year’s wheat crop to frost, one farming family is embracing all the management options available to mitigate the risk