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DEECA 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

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DPIRD 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 - 31 Mar 2029

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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UA/SARDI 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 May 2024 - 30 Mar 2029

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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CESAR 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...

20 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2029

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Program 4 - Largescale phenotyping and development of IDM strategies: Effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea (Phase 2)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Ascochyta blight is the greatest disease threat to the Australian chickpea industry and can result in complete crop loss. Currently there are limited genetic options, and therefore, management is reliant on multiple fungicide applications. To alleviate the risk of Ascochyta blight, reduce the reliance on fungicides, and improve profitability for...

1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Program 1 - Pathogen studies: Effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea (Phase 2)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Ascochyta blight (AB) is a major disease in chickpea that is caused by the Ascochyta rabiei fungi and can lead to significant damages to crops and yield losses under favourable conditions when not managed. Our previous studies shown that Ascochyta rabiei isolates are rapidly adapting to overcome the resistance of...

1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Modelling plausible impacts of Biological Nitrification Inhibition in Australian farming systems

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Retaining nitrogen (N) in soils in the form of ammonia (NH4) by inhibiting nitrification processes has been long hypothesised as a solution to N loss from denitrification and leaching of nitrate (NO3) below the root zone. Enhanced-efficiency fertilisers (EEF) that inhibit nitrification offer a partial solution, but they are ineffective...

1 Jun 2024 - 30 Sep 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Hyper Yielding and Profitable Cereals - Quantifying the economic impact of management practices for wheat and barley in medium and low rainfall zones of the southern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This GRDC investment led by CSIRO brings together experts in crop agronomy, physiology, modelling, economics and communication. The focus is on raising yield potentials in environments where water is more likely to limit yield in some seasons more than others. While the Hyper Yielding Crops (HYC) investment has shown a...

15 Apr 2024 - 30 Sep 2027

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN: Improving the management of grass weeds in grain oat crops in the Western Region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to provide growers in the western region with improved strategies for the effective management of problematic grass weed species in oat-grain crops. Oat production in Australia has remained consistent, with Western Australia leading in production. There's a projected increase in oat cultivation, driven by its grain value...

10 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Part B: Enhancing Rhizobia resources to improve N fixation in pulse crops across Australia

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Legumes fix an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of nitrogen pa in Australian agriculture, equivalent to an annual fertiliser cost of $3.5 billion. Inoculating legumes with highly effective rhizobia is key to the ongoing success of this nitrogen fixation asset. The International Legume Inoculant Genebank (ILIG), housed within Murdoch University's Legume...

1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2028

Australian Capital Territory, Australia