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The value and further evaluation of the mechanisms of weed interference of early vigour wheat genotypes

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The identification and quantification of the plant allelochemicals, microbial transformation products and microbial transformants would provide critical data on the weed suppression observed from early vigour wheat lines in the field and over the course of the growing season. Such data as will be gained from this investment will provide...

2 Nov 2022 - 30 Jul 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Independent review of the Grains Research and Farm Business Updates

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The GRDC Grains Research Updates (GRU) and Farm Business Updates (FBU) are an integral part of the GRDC's extension landscape and event calendar. These flagship investments play a key role in the grower adoption cycle, delivering the latest research findings to GRDC's key stakeholder audience across all three grain growing...

16 Feb 2023 - 31 May 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN - WA Growers Canola Tour of Victoria

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

WA growers have raised concerns over the lack of hybrid canola seed availability in WA and have asked why the seed companies are unable to supply orders once they are made, especially the newer varieties. This investment includes travel to Horsham in VIC to meet with hybrid canola seed producers...

18 Sep 2022 - 21 Sep 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Grower and advisor survey - pests and disease 2022

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will assist another investment that will estimate the economic impacts of pests and diseases across crops and grain growing regions. It will provide an indication of the scale of losses to be minimised to protect potential yield. It will inform on how these impacts may have changed since...

1 Sep 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN Improving and understanding the interaction between Water Use Efficiency and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Canola

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Growers participating in National Grower Network (NGN) forums in Southern NSW require canola nitrogen management strategies for different seasonal water conditions. They require data on the most appropriate strategy to deploy in declining, increasing, or stable soil water conditions through the growing season. This investment will specifically focus on risk...

1 Jul 2022 - 20 Apr 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (NSW)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This 1 year 9 month project will support NSW grain growers to minimise the impact of crop diseases (winter cereals, winter pulse and winter oilseed species). An integrated project design will support NSW grain growers to minimise the impact of priority winter crop diseases through: 1. Access to diagnostic capacity...

1 Jul 2022 - 30 Apr 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Grower driven strategies to maintain constant ground cover in Central Queensland

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will engage growers their advisers using a participatory research approach to evaluate grower driven farm practices that seek to maintain and or re-establish ground cover in Central Queensland farming systems. Growers in Central Queensland (CQ) are faced with a number of situations in which farming practices or environmental...

1 Jul 2022 - 20 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN 2)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The development of fungicide resistance and the limitation of available fungicide Mode of Actions is an ongoing issue for grain growers. The investment CUR1905-001SAX Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN), led by Curtin University, has successfully engaged a network of experts in plant pathology and fungicide resistance to develop consistent...

10 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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ACRCP Phase 5: Optimising genetic control of wheat rusts through identification of gene editing targets for broad spectrum wheat rust control

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Plant diseases are a significant production constraint to all agricultural crops, including wheat where rust diseases remain a major threat. Rust disease resistance in wheat regularly breaks down due to the evolution of new virulent wheat rust races. New sources of rust disease resistance genes are therefore continually required to...

3 Apr 2023 - 31 May 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Exploring a cotton and grains agricultural traineeship model

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Exploring the potential for an agricultural traineeship model with a focus and benefit to cotton and grains.

1 Jul 2022 - 1 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia