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Post-doctoral Fellowship - An integrative approach towards sustainable management of sorghum stalk rot in the GRDC northern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This post-doctoral fellowhip will generate new knowledge on the genetic and genotypic variability and structure of Macrophomina phaseolina in sorghum paddocks of Queensland and New South Wales. It will also develop a standardised protocol for assessing the incidence and severity of charcoal rot in sorghum.

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jul 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Crown rot resistance and tolerance evaluation for genetic improvement

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Crown rot is a significant constraint to the profitability of grain growers across Australia. There are currently limited control options for the disease while conservation farming and drier climates can exacerbate the issue. One component of a sustainable option for addressing crown rot is the development of high yielding resistant...

1 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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ULA00011 - National Phenology Initiative

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The GRDC National Phenology Initiative aims to deliver accurate cultivar and environment specific estimations of wheat and barley phenology to grain growers and their advisers. It will achieve this by improving and validating the APSIM Next Gen phenology routine and allowing cultivars to be parameterised using controlled environment data, molecular...

13 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in Victoria

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will deliver local development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise faming systems benefits from grain legume production. This will be achieved through the delivery of a hub and spoke model of delivery for grower-driven grain legume validation and demonstration trials across Victorian sub-regions to...

20 May 2021 - 31 Jul 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Farming Systems & Agronomic Changes For Integration of Long Coleoptile Wheat in the West Region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment is intended to provide growers with knowledge on the risks and benefits associated with using longer coleoptile wheat. The trials proposed will focus on better understanding the long coleoptile trait impact on time to emergence, soil temperature, planting depth and their combined effect on crop establishment in the...

29 Mar 2021 - 6 Apr 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Better understanding farming system and/or agronomic changes to maximise profitability of the long coleoptile trait in wheat - CQLD & SWQLD

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Growers in central and southern Queensland have identified that the ability to plant wheat into stored sub-soil moisture in the same way they currently plant chickpea at depth, would increase the frequency, timeliness of planting and the successful emergence of wheat in this environment. Incorporating wheat varieties with long coleoptile...

27 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Investigating the value of companion cropping systems of chickpea and cereals for improved crop and fallow water use efficiency.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Grains growers in Australia have successfully implement retained stubble farming systems to reduce evaporative water loss on their farm systems, with cereal stubble retaining water at close to double that of grain legume stubbles over the fallow periods. This project will evaluate the value that different companion cropping scenarios of...

1 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South Australia.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The investment will deliver local development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise faming systems benefits from grain legume production. This will be achieved through the delivery of a hub and spoke model of delivery for grower-driven grain legume validation and demonstration trials across South Australian sub-regions...

26 May 2021 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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National Soybean Breeding Program 2017 - 2021

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Soybean is an integral part of the diverse range of cropping systems in Australia. This project aims to develop varieties that deliver a robust and profitable soybean phase to maximise the benefits of soybean in the cropping system. This investment is focussed on increasing disease and weathering tolerances, ensuring broad...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Sep 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Durable resistance to Oat crown rust [CSIRO].

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Oat is attacked by two rust diseases: crown rust and stem rust. The pathogens that cause these diseases do not infect other cereal crops. Crown rust reduces oat yield and causes thin kernels with low test weight - factors which greatly reduce milling quality. This investment delivers a desktop analysis...

3 May 2021 - 30 Jul 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia