Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Survey of vertebrate and invertebrate pests and beneficials harbouring in harvest weed-seed control systems This project will provide insights into how different harvest weed seed control (HWSC) systems influence invertebrates and mice populations. The … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Apr 2019 - 28 Feb 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Pulse grains Plant science Research project High Value Pulses – Raising awareness, optimising yield and expanding the area of lentil, chickpea and faba bean in Western Australia Pulses are an important part of many productive, profitable and sustainable farming systems in Australia. Historically in the western region, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 28 Feb 2022 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
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 Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Expanding the sowing window for canola and lupins – what works in WA? Canola and lupins are the two major break crops grown in Western Australia, comprising 1.5 million hectares. However, growers need more … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Investigating phenology diversity in germplasm to optimise profitability from April sown oats Current milling oat varieties have a restricted season length. While early to medium spring types are available (~8 days spread when … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 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]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Disease epidemiology and management tools for Australian grain growers Diseases are a major cause of yield loss and downgrading in Australian cropping businesses. This investment will conduct detailed epidemiology, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Nutrient re-distribution and availability in ameliorated and cultivated soils in the western region This investment aims to improve grain growers and advisers' understanding of how soil modifications alter the availability of nutrients in … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Sep 2022 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Crop protection Research project DAW00256 - Building Crop Protection and Production Agronomy R&D Capacity in regional Wester The Western Australia (WA) grains industry has identified the need to develop regionally-based crop production and crop protection capability in … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Dec 2015 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Improved genetic solutions for management of yellow spot in wheat This project is the second phase of a significant research effort to provide improved genetic solutions for yellow spot (YS) … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Innovative approaches to managing subsoil acidity in the western region Soil acidity is one of the few soil constraints to agriculture for which there is a profitable solution. However, treatment … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Apr 2015 - 30 Sep 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Plant science Research project DAW00249 - TACTICAL WHEAT AGRONOMY FOR THE WEST This project has the objective of increasing industry profitability by delivering updated decision support information illustrating the effect of key … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 7 Jan 2015 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Yield loss response curves for host resistance to leaf, crown and root diseases This project was designed to develop more accurate yield loss information for the major diseases of wheat and barley where … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 1 Jul 2019 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Pulse grains Plant science Research project Development of lupin molecular markers tagging yield QTL genes and yield-related Lupin is the most important grain legume in Australia for acid, well drained, light textured soils in southern Australia. It … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Oilseeds Plant science Research project DAW00227 - Tactical break crop agronomy in Western Australia The grain growing region of south-west WA is dominated by wheat and barley production. This investment will explore the management … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 25 Jun 2013 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Plant science Research project DAW00224 - Management of barley and barley cultivars in Western Australia This investment will investigate the impact of environment and management options on barley yield and quality to generate and disseminate … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2012 - 1 Jul 2019 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cotton Research project Cotton Map This initiative provides ongoing support for an online tool that enables cotton growers to communicate the location of cotton to … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Pasture, fodder & feed Plant science Research project Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern region This cross-sectoral project investigated the effectiveness of cover crops to increase infiltration, reduce evaporation, and increase plant-available water for dryland … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 May 2017 - 20 Oct 2020 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Dairy Research project People in Agriculture People in Agriculture is an online portal of practical employment information for growers/producers and employees across Australian agriculture to … Funded by Dairy Australia Project date 8 Sep 2015 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisations Australian Eggs, Australian Pork (APL), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Dairy Australia, Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)