Sugar Multiple technology areas Imagery Machinery & hardware Research project To understand the relative health of a sugarcane crop through the use of drone technology. The purchase of a drone with associated agriculture software may be seen to be cost prohibitive to a large number … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 13 Dec 2021 - 19 Jan 2023 Research organisation Plane Creek Productivity Services Limited
Multiple industries Fruits Nuts Vegetables Crop protection Research project Biopesticides in horticulture – efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum to control Botrytis cinerea in horticultural crops The overall objective of this project is to improve the efficacy of biopesticides, using a strain of Trichoderma harzianum as … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 20 Dec 2019 - 1 Dec 2024 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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 Cotton Dairy Pasture, fodder & feed Sugar Input management Research project More Profit from Nitrogen:Enhancing the Nutrient use efficiency of intensive cropping and pasture systems This project aimed to improve the nitrogen use efficiency in the irrigated cotton, dairy, cherry, mango and sugar industries, by … Funded by Dairy Australia Project date 1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jan 2021 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Dairy Australia, Hort Innovation, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Sugar Research Australia (SRA), Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA), The University of Melbourne
Pasture, fodder & feed Research project The Australian crop mirid: An emerging pest in lucerne seed production systems in South Australia. Lucerne is an important pasture species in Australia and pest management is critical in seed crops to maximise yield. The … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 14 Nov 2022 - 28 Sep 2023 Research organisation Lucerne Australia Inc.
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Wildfire impact on disease and pest populations and successional re-establishment in a grain crop fire scar Recent bushfires across Australia impacted a range of crops at different stages of growth. The impact of bushfires has been … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 2 Mar 2020 - 26 Mar 2021
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Wildfire impact on disease and pest populations and successional re-establishment in a grain crop fire scar Recent bushfires across Australia adversely impacted a range of crops at different stages of growth. The impact of bushfires has … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2020 - 13 Jun 2021
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Fruits Oilseeds Pulse grains Wine Crop protection Research project Area Wide Management for cropping systems weeds: investigating the weed management, social and economic opportunity The traditional approach to tackling weeds has been to focus on paddock or farm scale management. Instead this project aims … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Cotton Multiple technology areas Automation Crop protection Research project Trial to compare mechanical and chemical tactics for effective crop termination of herbicide tolerant cotton Control of cotton re-growth (ratoons) is a critical part of an insect resistance management plan, however the presence of GM … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisations Annabelle Guest Agricultural Development (AGDel), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the western region This project aims to give GRDC's western region grain growers increased confidence in decision making around fertilisers with a focus … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 1 Oct 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Development of crop management packages for early sown, slow developing wheats in the southern region Winter wheat cultivars can potentially allow wheat growers in the southern region to sow much earlier than currently practiced, allowing … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 10 Mar 2017 - 30 Sep 2020 Research organisation La Trobe University
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Determining the economic impact of Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) in cereal crops in the Western Region Since 2018, there has been an annual and increasing trend in Western Australia of native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) causing feeding damage … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2023 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Using Machine Learning To Develop New Methods For Genetic Gain In Crops Challenged By Fungal Diseases This project will apply a machine learning approach to genetic and high throughput phenotyping data to draw out genetic markers … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation Curtin University
Cotton Plant science Research project Improving the nitrogen use efficiency of cotton crops through better understanding the role of dissolved organic N Soil, arguably a farm’s most important asset, relies on its organic matter for soil health and fertility. But in … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), The University of Queensland (UQ)
Cotton Research project Climate proofing Australia’s cotton industry through improving crop water use and photosynthetic carbon assimilation (Climate Proof Cotton) This project aims to generate new, in-depth knowledge around abiotic stress physiology to fortify Australia’s cotton production under future … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 5 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation Western Sydney University (WSU)
Cotton Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: IPM-demonstrating the ability of the crop to compensate for early season post damage This project supported the CottonInfo team to run a series of in-field trials to demonstrate research outcomes to growers. In … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Oct 2020 - 31 Aug 2021 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Genetic control of nematode species affecting major crops - Germplasm enhancement for nematode control in cereals and pulses Root lesion nematodes (mainly Pratylenchus thornei and Pratylenchus neglectus) cause estimated yield losses worth approximately $123 million pa (2020 data)in intolerant … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 18 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Crop protection Research project Development of gene deployment strategies: using evolutionary principles to optimise the development of genetic resistance in crops Disease control in agriculture is very often ephemeral with resistance based on genetic approaches often showing little durability. A major … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Dec 2020 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
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 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]