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View allECR Fellowship: Exploring new opportunities for Australian canola
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Canola is the third-largest oilseed globally, with Australia ranking as the second-largest exporter. While canola oil drives market demand, nearly half of the crop's yield, its protein-rich by-product, is often discarded or used for low-value applications like fertiliser. With rising global i...
ECR Fellowship - Pulse Plant Architecture
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Plant architecture - the shape, size, and structure of a plant - is a fundamental determinant of crop yield, as it determines the number and distribution of leaves, stems, fruit, and seeds. Genetic pathways controlling shoot branching and plant height were strongly selected during grain crop dome...
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View allAFREN - managing foliar diseases and fungicide resistance workshop - Toowoomba
Location: Toowoomba, Queensland | North
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GRDC Herbicide behaviour workshop - Merredin
Location: Merredin, Western Australia | West
GRDC Event
Podcasts and videos
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VideoHow can I manage wheat powdery mildew? #GRDC #Shorts #AFREN
VideoWhat to do about Wheat Powdery Mildew: Strategies for managing fungicide resistance
Podcasts
Podcast
18 Mar 2025 |
00:12:21 min
Get bang for your herbicide buck - GRDC
Podcast
11 Mar 2025 |
00:19:45 min
Applied N under irrigation - what’s the magic number? - GRDC
Publications
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Using crop competition to suppress weeds - GRDC
This publication details how increasing competition in grain crops can suppress in-crop weeds by narrowing row spacing, increasing crop density and/or the use of more competitive crop species and cultivars.
Transitioning a viable farm business to the next generation - GRDC
This farm business fact sheet provides a guide to understanding the key financial factors impacting on the transfer of a viable farm business to the next generation.