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Testing cuts yellow spot costs
Date: 01.09.2010
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.
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Strategy to flatten weeds
Date: 01.09.2010
A strategic approach is helping to combat feathertop Rhodes grass in Australia’s northern grains region
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WA growers host IPM research
Date: 01.09.2010
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.
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Nematode testing
Date: 01.09.2010
Growers can combat the potential for yield losses arising from soil pests by using laboratory testing
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Research to stunt southern weed infestations
Date: 01.09.2010
With barley grass on the rise in southern wheat crops, new research is addressing control measures for the weed in southern Australia.
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New checklist for farm biosecurity
Date: 01.09.2010
=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).
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GM canola in high demand in WA
Date: 01.09.2010
Plantings of GM canola in Western Australia have far exceeded expectations, with more than 70,000 hectares sown in 2010.
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Australian summers no barrier to rust
Date: 01.09.2010
New evidence supports the long-held belief of plant pathologists that cereal rust diseases can survive the non-cropping summer months.
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Crop treatment delay can be a money saver
Date: 01.09.2010
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.
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Multi-pronged strategy aims to limit frost impact
Date: 01.09.2010
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
- Research & Development
- Market Research
- Rotation and Planning
- Pre Breeding Research
- Breeding/New Varieties
- Variety Evaluation
- Crop Establishment
- Crop Monitoring
- Crop Nutrition
- Crop Protection
- Biosecurity/Market Access
- Agronomy/Farming Systems
- Environment/Climate/Land Management
- Harvesting and Storage
- Crop Products
- Quality/Standards
- Business Management
- Extension and Communication
- Building Capacity

