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Development of state-of-the art genomic resources for pine breeding to enable single-step genomic selection logo
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Development of state-of-the art genomic resources for pine breeding to enable single-step genomic selection

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project aims to double the rate of genetic gain in the pine breeding program in Australia via an across industry rollout of a low-cost, high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping assay and modern, single-step genomic selection methods.

20 Sep 2019 - 15 Jun 2021

Victoria, Australia

Development of best practice guidance for protective guarding of mobile plant used in Australian forests logo
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Development of best practice guidance for protective guarding of mobile plant used in Australian forests

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project intends to create and implement a Best Practice Guideline for guarding of machinery used in Australia's forest industry. It has arisen from industry wide concern expressed in relation current standards and inconsistencies in guarding of machinery used in Australia’s forest industry, with specific consideration of the following situations:...

26 Jul 2019 - 30 Apr 2021

Victoria, Australia

Eagle Eye - Applying the Internet of Things to landscape scale Wedge-tailed eagle management logo
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Eagle Eye - Applying the Internet of Things to landscape scale Wedge-tailed eagle management

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project is applying the Internet of Things to identify the presence of wedge-tailed eagles in nesting locations across Tasmania. Utilising wireless Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) remote sensing technologies to improve wedge-tailed eagle management options for forestry and electricity network industries, by detecting and reporting wedge tailed eagle nesting...

5 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Victoria, Australia

Assessing the economic impact of damage to Eucalyptus nitens logs during mechanised harvesting operations logo
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Assessing the economic impact of damage to Eucalyptus nitens logs during mechanised harvesting operations

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project will deliver improvements to practices and equipment to reduce log damage to Eucalyptus nitens logs during mechanised harvesting, improving profitability for landowners, forest growers, contractors, and machine manufacturers.

5 Jun 2019 - 31 Mar 2021

Victoria, Australia

Minimising market-limiting discolouration in appearance Tasmanian hardwood logo
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Minimising market-limiting discolouration in appearance Tasmanian hardwood

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project will investigate the cause of market-limiting, grey discolouration and ‘tyre track’ of Tasmanian Plantation Oak (Eucalyptus nitens), a future resource, as well as process-induced discolouration of appearance Tasmanian hardwood boards, particularly ‘sticker mark’ in Tasmanian Blackwood and Oak.

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Victoria, Australia

Implementation of single-step genomic selection in eucalypts logo
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Implementation of single-step genomic selection in eucalypts

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

Application of single-step genomic selection has the potential to double the rate of genetic gain in tree improvement programs for hardwood eucalypts by substantially reducing the generation interval and increasing the accuracy of breeding value prediction. This project will enable the technology and test its application on an industrial scale...

23 Aug 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Victoria, Australia

Development of best-practice fatigue management for the Australian Forestry Industry logo
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Development of best-practice fatigue management for the Australian Forestry Industry

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project will provide evidence to tailor the implementation of fatigue management guidelines for different forestry workplace environments (e.g. forests, sawmills), and develop tools to help support worker safety.

22 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Victoria, Australia

Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern region logo
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Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern region

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This cross-sectoral project investigated the effectiveness of cover crops to increase infiltration, reduce evaporation, and increase plant-available water for dryland grain and cotton and irrigated cotton. The research found that cover crops can protect the soil from erosion in low cover fallows and maintain stored water in most years. Importantly,...

1 May 2017 - 20 Oct 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Commercial development and evaluation of a machine vision-based weed spot sprayer logo
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Commercial development and evaluation of a machine vision-based weed spot sprayer

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project aimed to integrate machine vision-based weed discrimination algorithms with commercial spray control systems from a spray equipment manufacturer, to develop a field-ready, optimised, precision weed detection system. Traditional practices of broadacre weed management were compared with the use of the machine vision-based spot spray system by calculating the...

1 Jul 2013 - 30 Apr 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

Smarter Irrigation 2: Precise real-time automated cotton & dairy irrigation for improved water productivity logo
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Smarter Irrigation 2: Precise real-time automated cotton & dairy irrigation for improved water productivity

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project is building on previous research to further develop fully autonomous broadacre irrigation systems for cotton (furrow and pivot) and dairy pasture (pivot). Research is being conducted on large commercial-scale fields under commercial farming conditions. The project will maximise yield improvements or water saving objectives using existing advanced bio-physical...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Dairy Australia, University of Southern Queensland (USQ)