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Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Southern region - Victoria)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as climatic trends) that informs industry of disease risks and assists in identifying RD&E investment priorities for...

1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Southern region - South Australia)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as climatic trends) that informs industry of disease risks and assists in identifying RD&E investment priorities for...

1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Management of spot form of net blotch in the low rainfall zones of Western Australia

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Spot form net blotch (SFNB) is one of the most common foliar diseases of barley in Australia. It can be economically important in favourable seasons. In the low rainfall zones (LRZ) of Western Australia, there is a lack of confidence and knowledge of the factors that will cause a SFNB...

30 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Sclerotinia management for narrow leaf lupin crops in Western Australian farming systems

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) is a serious but sporadic disease of broadleaf field crops in Australia. The main causal organism, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, has a host range in excess of 400 plant species including all broadleaf crop species within the dryland cropping rotation. In recent years, SSR has become an important...

26 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Determining the economic impact of Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) in cereal crops in the Western Region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Since 2018, there has been an annual and increasing trend in Western Australia of native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) causing feeding damage in cereal crops, particularly wheat, which is not the species’ traditional host crop. An early hypothesis was that large populations had migrated earlier than usual into the grain-growing regions,...

1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Area Wide Management for cropping systems weeds: investigating the weed management, social and economic opportunity

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The traditional approach to tackling weeds has been to focus on paddock or farm scale management. Instead this project aims to take an area-wide approach to weed management. The theory being that if the number of weeds over the entire landscape can be reduced, everyone in that area should benefit,...

1 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Cultural management for weed control and maintenance of crop yield

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

In the past, many single factor studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of cultural weed control tactics in decreasing weed biomass and seed production in Australia. However, these studies have largely failed to integrate multiple weed control tactics in a single study. Herbicides remain the primary and most efficient method of...

9 Nov 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Developing strategies to mitigate and manage resistance to key herbicides

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The overarching objective of this project is to provide new knowledge on the mechanisms and inheritance of herbicide resistance in key grain cropping weeds in Australia. Regionally effective strategies to manage and mitigate new herbicide resistance issues will then be developed and tested in the field. The weed species that...

1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Epidemiology of Septoria Tritici Blotch in the low and medium rainfall zones of the Southern region to inform IDM strategies.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Septoria tritici blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) (STB) is a damaging disease of wheat that without control can cause extensive losses in susceptible wheat cultivars in high rainfall (HRZ) situations, but in the medium (MRZ) and low rainfall zones (LRZ) of the southern grain growing regions of Australia its impact on yield...

1 Apr 2021 - 30 May 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Improved Management of Rutherglen bug in the Northern Region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Rutherglen bug (RGB) is a migratory native species that causes occasional but significant damage to the grains industry. Impacted grain crops include sunflower, sorghum, canola and safflower. In years of significant populations, pulses and cereals may also be infested. This investment will produce management guidelines for the pest RGB, by...

30 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia