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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Majority of agricultural crops establish mutually beneficial associations with AM fungi, which benefit the host plants directly via enhanced uptake of nutrients that might be physically or chemically inaccessible to root systems, or indirectly via conferring resistance to host plants against biotic/abiotic stresses. The great potential of AM fungi in...

1 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Western Australia (UWA)

Increased grower profitability on soils with sodicity and transient salinity in the eastern grain belt of the western region. logo
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Increased grower profitability on soils with sodicity and transient salinity in the eastern grain belt of the western region.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Interacting combinations of sodicity and transient salinity, often associated with high subsoil pH, ion toxicities and poor subsoil structure, interact to constrain crop yields by reducing water extraction by crop roots. In the western region, approximately 2.5 million hectares of land in the eastern grain belt are affected by soil...

1 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 4: Plants - Novel foliar fertilisers and nutrition trait diversity of grains logo
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Synchrotron Postdoctoral Fellow no. 4: Plants - Novel foliar fertilisers and nutrition trait diversity of grains

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

As global attention shifts towards nutritional food security, the density of key micronutrients (zinc, iron, selenium, iodine and Vitamin A) in Australian cereal grains will increasingly become a key market requirements and potential differentiation point. This investment will utilise Synchrotron technologies to determine the micronutrient density in wheat from the...

15 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Murdoch University

Increasing knowledge and profitability of cropping on Ironstone gravel soils logo
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Increasing knowledge and profitability of cropping on Ironstone gravel soils

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The term ironstone gravel is loosely defined, as it covers a broad range of gravel soils which are located predominantly within the medium to high rainfall zones of the western region and on Kangaroo Island in the southern region. It is estimated that more than 2 million hectares of these...

17 Jun 2019 - 1 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Western Australia (UWA)

Boosting profit and reducing risk on mixed farms in low and medium rainfall areas with newly discovered legume pastures enabled by innovative management methods - southern region. logo
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Boosting profit and reducing risk on mixed farms in low and medium rainfall areas with newly discovered legume pastures enabled by innovative management methods - southern region.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Growers have shifted their focus from livestock to crops over the last 30 years, however continuously cropped paddocks are not sustainable and come with high risk, especially in dry areas where wheat cultivation dominates. Intensive cropping is susceptible to herbicide resistant weeds, requires large nitrogen fertiliser inputs, and there are...

10 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

Wildfire impact on disease and pest populations and successional re-establishment in a grain crop fire scar logo
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Wildfire impact on disease and pest populations and successional re-establishment in a grain crop fire scar

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Recent bushfires across Australia adversely impacted a range of crops at different stages of growth. The impact of bushfires has been devastating but to derive some positive benefit, this investment will conduct surveillance of the impact of a mid-harvest and post-harvest bushfire on the known disease and pest populations of...

1 Mar 2020 - 13 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

GRDC Grower Solutions Extension for the northern region (Central Queensland) logo
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GRDC Grower Solutions Extension for the northern region (Central Queensland)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

GRDC Grower Solutions Projects are the link between regional research and localised development resulting in fast-tracked locally relevant outcomes to help growers make decisions that increase farm production and profitability. In partnership with Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)and Fisheries, the GRDC Central Queensland Grower Solutions will operate over...

1 Jul 2015 - 31 Dec 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Using long season wheats for increases in profits and grazing opportunities logo
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Using long season wheats for increases in profits and grazing opportunities

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Long season, dual purpose wheats that allow for grazing without yield penalty are attracting significant attention in a range of higher rainfall farming systems. This investment will work with local growers to demonstrate time of sowing, varieties, and the opportunity for grazing of long season wheats in the high rainfall...

1 Jun 2019 - 30 Apr 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Increasing the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in pulse crops through development of improved rhizobial strains, inoculation and crop management practices logo
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Increasing the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in pulse crops through development of improved rhizobial strains, inoculation and crop management practices

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to improve the viability and profitability of high value pulses (faba bean, lentil and chickpea) through the provision of improved inoculant strains, the assessment of inoculant delivery technologies under hostile establishment conditions and improved understanding of pesticide impacts on the symbiosis. It will demonstrate where inoculation is...

30 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Adapted barley germplasm with waterlogging tolerance for the southern and western regions logo
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Adapted barley germplasm with waterlogging tolerance for the southern and western regions

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

High winter rainfall, combined with poor soil structure regularly causes severe waterlogging damage to crop growth, whereby winter waterlogging becomes the main limitation to grain production, particularly in the high rainfall zone of south eastern Australia. Compared to wheat, barley is more susceptible to waterlogging. The most economical way of...

31 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Tasmania (UTAS)