Narrabri Grains Research Update proceedings booklet (PDF 2.6mb)

Friday 22nd July 2016

Click on the title to read the relevant Update Paper.

• Crown-rot resistance breeding. Phil Davies (University of Sydney) & Meiqin Lu (AGT)
• Chickpea and faba bean disease update. Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Effect of chickpea ascochyta on yield of current varieties and advanced breeding lines – the 2015 Tamworth trial VMP15
  • New ascochyta and botrytis grey mould advice for 2016 for chickpeas
  • Chickpeas what we learnt in 2015 and recommendations for 2016
• A new strain of wheat leaf rust. Potential impacts, which varieties and what to look for. Adult plant resistance - its role and use in rust management. Robert Park (University of Sydney PBI, Cobbitty)
• Killing storage pests without mercy – fumigation strategies that work and Super cool results - achieving great results with silo aeration. Pat Collins & Philip Burrill (DAF Qld)
• Russian Wheat Aphid – identification, detection, management and implications. Melina Miles (DAF Qld)
• Managing patches of glyphosate resistant weeds – what have we learnt from grower experience?  Costs, advantages and practicalities of key IWM tactics. Tony Cook (NSW DPI)
• Tillage impacts of weed seed burial and subsequent management. Michael Widderick (DAF Qld)
• Harvest weed seed capture systems in the northern region. Experience with the Harrington Seed Destructor and the Chaff Deck system for weed tramlining. Michael Walsh (University of Sydney)
• Stopping spray drift - volatility, droplet drift, inversions and management. Field and wind tunnel studies, comparing spray deposition and drift potential of a range of nozzles and droplet size spectra all tied together with automated weather updates by a new App. Chris O'Donnell (University of Queensland)