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)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Input management Research project Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser Majority of agricultural crops establish mutually beneficial associations with AM fungi, which benefit the host plants directly via enhanced uptake … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
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)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Input management Research project Re-engineering soils to improve the access of crop root systems to water and nutrients stored in the subsoil. Multiple interacting soil constraints are reducing Plant Available Water (PAW), grain production and long-term profitability of crops across most of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Feb 2019 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Increased grower profitability on soils with sodicity and transient salinity in the eastern grain belt of the western region. Interacting combinations of sodicity and transient salinity, often associated with high subsoil pH, ion toxicities and poor subsoil structure, interact … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2023 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Input management Research project Increasing farming system profitability and longevity of benefits following soil amelioration Research and consultant analysis indicates that amelioration of sandplain soils in the western region is highly profitable, resulting in consistent … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 15 Jun 2024 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cotton Input management Research project Honours: Soil Coalescence & compaction in southern NSW Sub-surface coalescence/compaction can significantly limit yields of all broad acre crops but there is limited understanding of whether it … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Plant science Research project Preserving Australia’s Rhizobial Collections to Benefit the Australian Grain Industry The gene-bank collections of rhizobia strains in Australia have provided the cultures for development of commercial inoculant production and are … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 11 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2023 Research organisation Murdoch University
Multiple industries Beef cattle Pasture, fodder & feed Sheep & lamb Crop protection Research project The Healthy Soils Project This project will provide practical information and actions to producers and advisors on the management of common soil issues impacting … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 30 Sep 2018 - 30 Sep 2022
Cross industry Input management Research project Maintenance of O. Vacca Beetles (Dung Beetles) Meat & Livestock Australia has reached agreement with Invetus to maintain the O. vacca beetles in Armidale until 31 October 2018, when … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 12 Jul 2018 - 31 Oct 2018
Sugar Multiple technology areas Input management Plant science Research project New approaches to quantifying nitrogen fluxes in enhanced efficiency fertilisers in Australian sugarcane This project is using a range of techniques to understand how nitrogen (N) flows in EEFs in relation to soil types and environmental conditions in sugarcane. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland
Sugar Multiple technology areas Input management Plant science Research project Implementation of root system diagnostics to deliver a field-based measure for root health This project will build on extensive research including recent projects that have developed a test which reports the quantity of live sugarcane roots in field soil samples. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 1 Oct 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Sugar Input management Research project Characterising nitrogen-use efficiency in sugarcane This project will build on previous research evaluating the genetic variation in N response in the field and characterising traits that contribute to nitrogen-use efficiency. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Sep 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland
Wine Multiple technology areas Crop protection Input management Research project Undervine cover cropping for healthy and productive soils This project will investigate the growth of cover crops below the vine which are both beneficial to the soil and … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Oct 2020 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Improving root growth in dispersive soils The Australian grains belt has large areas of sodic soils, which in nature are dispersive and often associated with dense … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2018 - 31 Mar 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Understanding mechanisms of subsoil amelioration This investment aims to develop cost effective techniques to ameliorate poorly structured subsoils and increase crop production and profitability through … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation La Trobe University
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Input management Research project Using soil and plant testing data to better inform nutrient management and optimise fertiliser investments for grain growers in the southern region At present soil testing is widely recognised across Australia as the best way to determine supplies of plant available phosphorus, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 31 May 2018 - 29 Nov 2021
Research project Integrating NRM Activities with industry-led sustainability initiatives This project aims to examine and build the evidence base on the integration of the activities of the natural resource … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 18 Apr 2018 - 31 Aug 2018 Research organisation GHD
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constraints in the northern region: Economics of adoption This project aims to deliver an economic assessment framework and tool for growers and advisers to evaluate the economics of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Mar 2018 - 30 Apr 2022 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)