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MU: Calcium requirements of Australian pest snails and the impact of liming

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Botrytis grey mould (BGM), caused by Botrytis cinerea in chickpea and B. cinerea and B. fabae in lentils, poses a significant biotic stress challenge to Australian pulse production. While some Australian lentil varieties show moderate resistance to BGM, all current chickpea varieties are susceptible. Limited information exists regarding the identification...

1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Achieving improved genetic gain for yield in chickpea, faba bean and lentil using genetic diversity

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The low profitability of some pulse production in Australia can be addressed by enhancing crop productivity, in addition to creating markets. Chickpea, lentil and faba bean production encounter challenges due to limited genetic diversity, resulting in meagre yield improvements of less than 0.5 per cent per year. The primary cause...

15 Mar 2024 - 19 Mar 2029

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Understanding the economic impact of Macrophomina (Charcoal rot)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project will integrate field and glasshouse experiments with molecular biology and advanced detection methodologies to generate new knowledge on impact and epidemiology of Macrophomina spp. in Australia. Deliverables include two glasshouse trials at the University of Melbourne to inform host association of Macrophomina spp. and to assess effectiveness of...

4 Jan 2024 - 30 Jul 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Program 1: Enhancing the nutritional quality of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing anti-nutritional seed alkaloid levels.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Narrow-leafed lupin (NLL), commonly known as Australian Sweet Lupin, plays a pivotal role in Australia's agricultural landscape, serving as a cost-effective protein source, disrupting cereal disease cycles in crop rotations, and enriching cropping systems with valuable fixed nitrogen. While lupin alkaloids contribute to resistance against herbivorous insects, notably aphids, stringent...

1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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UA: Calcium requirements of Australian pest snails and the impact of liming

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Four snail species of European-Mediterranean origin have established in southern Australia and become significant pests of grain crops: Cernuella virgata (common white snail), Theba pisana (white Italian snail), Cochlicella acuta (conical snail), and C. barbara (small pointed snail). Snails climb crop plants in spring and contaminate the grain harvest, creating...

17 Feb 2024 - 31 Aug 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Program 2: Enhancing the agronomic and nutritive value of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing seed coat thickness and increasing protein content.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The Australian narrow-leafed lupin (NLL) is a vital pulse crop, serving as a cost-effective protein source for animal feed. NLLs are well adopted WA's climate and acidic soils, playing a pivotal role in crop rotations, enriching soil nitrogen and breaking disease cycles. With the growing demand for plant-based diets, NLL's...

2 Apr 2024 - 28 Apr 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Genetic initiative to transform symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulse crops

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Legume pulses, including chickpea, lentil, field pea, fababean, lupin and mungbean, are a valuable part of the grains industry in Australia because of their protein rich seeds and their ability to capture atmospheric nitrogen for growth, via symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Typically, more than half of pulse nitrogen is derived from...

18 Mar 2024 - 30 Jun 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN - Stopping seed set of barley grass on the upper Eyre Peninsula

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Barley grass (Hordeum glaucum) continues to be the major grass weed in cereal cropping on the upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Barley grass on the upper EP has been documented to have higher seed dormancy levels than elsewhere in the lower rainfall zone (UOA1904-004SAX). Additionally on the upper EP, there are...

1 Mar 2024 - 1 Apr 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN - Gazanias incidence and impact on grain cropping in the Southern region.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Gazanias are an increasingly difficult to control weed in grain production paddocks of the Mallee, Riverland and Wimmera regions of Victoria and South Australia. Gazanias were raised as an emerging difficult to control weed at the 2023 Loxton, Bowhill and Langhorne Creek National Grower Network forums. Growers stated that chemical...

29 Feb 2024 - 31 Aug 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NSW Seasonal status of pests and diseases delivered to growers

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will facilitate the integration of surveillance and diagnostics of established pests and diseases of the Australian grain industry to provide growers with timely seasonal biotic threat levels, with capacity to respond to epidemics and coordinate communications. This state-based approach will integrate a national support network while maintaining and...

1 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2029

Australian Capital Territory, Australia