Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning to extract maximum value from soil and crop variability The yields of major crops in Australia are often below their water-limited potential. A reason for this is the complexity … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 24 Feb 2020 - 23 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Imagery Research project CropPhen: Remote mapping of grain crop type and phenology This project aims to develop a software-based tool to remotely map crop type (wheat, barley, chickpea, lentils, sorghum and mungbean) … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 24 Feb 2020 - 30 Jan 2024 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Identifying a machine learning approach to weed recognition in Australian grain production systems The project will create an open source weed image library to make weed recognition data freely available to the weed … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning applied to high-throughput feature extraction from imagery to map spatial variability This project will advance upon existing techniques for image analytics by setting up datasets from a greater range of situations, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning to map soil constraint variability and predict crop yield This project will use a variety of Machine Learning techniques to bring together previously underutilised on-farm, satellite, and weather data … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 31 Oct 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Utilising novel genetic diversity to increase Barley yields nationally This project aims to utilize an exotic barley population (HEB-25) to enhanced yield potential of future Australian barley varieties by … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2023 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project LMA Project C – An improved model of Late Maturity alpha-Amylase (LMA) field risk in Australian wheat. The susceptibility of new wheat varieties to the Late Maturity alpha-Amylase (LMA) defect is a key concern for breeding programs … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Imagery Research project Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 1: Soil - root interactions using intact field soil cores. Research on root morphology, distribution and function are complicated by the difficulties associated with taking root measurements without causing root … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 15 Oct 2019 - 30 Jun 2023 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Imagery Research project Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 3: Soil - organic matter fractionation using intact soil cores Soil organic matter is an important contributor to soil health and crop production. This investment will develop Synchrotron methods to … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 15 Oct 2019 - 30 Jun 2023 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Imagery Research project Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 2: Soil - nutrient availability mapping under field conditions using intact soil cores Depletion of phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) in soil sublayers is a significant issue for crop production. Decreased availability of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 15 Oct 2019 - 1 Mar 2023 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Manipulation of stomata to increase yield potential in wheat (IWYP collaboration) Maximizing grain yield requires a careful balance between photosynthesis, water use efficiency (WUE) and maintaining optimal leaf temperature for photosynthesis. … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Oct 2019 - 30 Apr 2023 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Development and validation of soil amelioration and agronomic practices to realise the genetic potential of grain crops grown under a high yield potential, irrigated environment in the northern and southern regions. This investment will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of novel soil management technologies and crop specific agronomic management practices on … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2023 Research organisation Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Post-doctoral Fellowship - Understanding sorghum root growth and function in cold soils aligned to UOQ1808-001RTX This investment aims to improve grower and adviser knowledge of the effects of establishing winter grown sorghum including the impact … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Post-doctoral Fellowship: Understanding P dynamics and bioavailability in alkaline clay soils aligned to UQ00082. This investment will use the large amount of current data on phosphorous utilisation to develop an interpretative framework that quantifies … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 May 2019 - 30 Oct 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project New knowledge and practices to address topsoil and subsurface acidity under minimum tillage cropping systems of South Australia Soil acidity is an emerging issue in some areas of South Australia under minimum tillage cropping systems. This investment will … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Photosynthetic acclimation to high temperature in wheat aligned with US00080 High temperature stress constrains Australian wheat yield, resulting in economic losses estimated at over $1 billion per annum. In wheat, heat … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Apr 2019 - 26 Mar 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Post-doctoral Fellowship: A Model for Predicting Chickpea Ascochyta Blight Risk Ascochyta blight, caused by the fungus Ascochyta (Phoma) rabiei, is one of the most devastating diseases of chickpea worldwide; and … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 15 Mar 2019 - 30 Sep 2021 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Unravelling the relationships between soil mixing uniformity by spading and crop response Rotary spaders are increasingly being used by grain growers to incorporate surface applied soil amendments, loosen compacted layers and mix … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 15 Mar 2019 - 30 May 2021 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Post-doctoral Fellowship - Enhancing Genomic Prediction for Sorghum to deal with genotype-by-environment interactions for yield This project will investigate the opportunity to develop more powerful genomic prediction methods that can better handle the effects of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Plant science Research project Next generation plant breeding: integrating genomic selection and high throughput phenotyping to enhance genetic gain in sorghum and mungbeans A range of new technologies including genomic selection and high throughput (HTP) phenotyping systems have the potential to dramatically improve … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)