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Glasshouse assays to determine the role logo
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Glasshouse assays to determine the role

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Pasture dieback has emerged widespread across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This will determine the progress of dieback from initial infestation with mealybug (in 3susceptible grasses) from initial infestation to death of grass, identifying any association with other pathogens that may lead to dieback. Screening...

20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Biology of Pasture Mealybug and Identification of Natural Enemies (CAS-1) logo
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Biology of Pasture Mealybug and Identification of Natural Enemies (CAS-1)

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Pasture dieback has emerged widespread across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This will investigate a potential causal agent, the mealybug, to assist in the understanding of what causes pasture dieback. Potential natural enemies of the mealybug will also be identified. This project falls under the...

20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Resistant grass varieties and endophytes logo
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Resistant grass varieties and endophytes

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Pasture dieback has emerged across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This project aims to identify pasture species that are resistant to dieback and find endophytes that protect grasses from mealybug attack. If successful, the outcomes provide both short term (pasture species)recommendations, assist plant breeding and...

20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Impact of herbicides, pesticides and other farm management tactics logo
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Impact of herbicides, pesticides and other farm management tactics

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will review published literature and consult with industry to identify the impact of management practices, such as herbicides, pesticides and soil inputs, on legume-rhizobia interactions and devise legume re-inoculation strategies. This will help inform future R&D investment to optimise N-fixation and legume, biomass and livestock production.

10 Dec 2019 - 15 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Boosting natural regeneration of the nitrogen capital in grazing lands logo
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Boosting natural regeneration of the nitrogen capital in grazing lands

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The project aims to quantify bioavailable-nitrogen (N) under contrasting spelling, fire and stocking regimes. It will also identify and characterise the microbial communities that generate nitrogen and identify N-smart management strategies that maximise nitrogen and bioeconomic outcomes.

1 Nov 2019 - 30 Apr 2024

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Dieback: Rapid diagnosis of pasture dieback using SIFT-MS logo
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Dieback: Rapid diagnosis of pasture dieback using SIFT-MS

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Rapid and accurate identification of pasture dieback is essential to correctly identifying outbreaks and the application of suitable management interventions to ensure feed for livestock. This project will test the proof of concept of the rapid analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and chemical markers detected by Mass Spectrometry (MS)...

15 Aug 2020 - 30 Nov 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Dieback: Determining the Role of Ground Pearls logo
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Dieback: Determining the Role of Ground Pearls

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project forms part of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Pasture Dieback response under the federal government grant. The primary objective of this project is to determine whether or not ground pearls are linked with the cause of pasture dieback and if so, how they can be effectively managed. This...

25 Aug 2020 - 30 Jul 2024

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Dieback: Management options and species evaluation to increase productivity in dieback affected pastures logo
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Dieback: Management options and species evaluation to increase productivity in dieback affected pastures

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project forms part of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Pasture Dieback response under the federal government grant. The aim of this project is to develop and evaluate alternative agronomic practices for pasture management and feed options for livestock in pasture dieback-affected areas. Trial sites will leverage against others forming...

15 Aug 2020 - 15 Oct 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Applied Horticultural Research Pty

Dieback: Comprehensive diagnostic analysis of pasture affected dieback logo
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Dieback: Comprehensive diagnostic analysis of pasture affected dieback

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The project will complete an analysis of pastures in the main areas affected by dieback to identify the range of pathogenic/pest organisms at these sites and to assess their role in pasture dieback expression. The project aims to clarify the range of these pathogenic organisms across multiple regions in Qld...

10 Sep 2020 - 3 Mar 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Spatio-temporal prediction of pasture dieback using UAVs and remote sensing logo
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Spatio-temporal prediction of pasture dieback using UAVs and remote sensing

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will integrate remotely sensed imagery from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and satellite based platforms to identify spectral signatures of pasture dieback (PD) for easy. Cost effective identification, mapping and monitoring over time and at scale using satellite based systems. Once developed this capability will also allow further monitoring...

1 Sep 2020 - 30 Jan 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)