GRDC Grains Research Update North Star 2016

North Star GRDC Grains Research Update Proceedings

Thursday March 3rd, 2016

Click on the title to read the relevant Update Paper.

• Field ready frost research for the northern slopes and plains. Variety management, environmental issues and options - Tim March (University of Adelaide)
• High yield cereal and durum agronomy update - Guy McMullen (NSW DPI)
• Rust - what worked, what didn’t and what’s new - Steve Simpfendorfer (NSW DPI)
• Managing grain crops in nematode-infested fields to minimise loss and optimise profit - Richard Daniel (NGA) and Jeremy Whish (CSIRO)
  • Impact from Pratylenchus thornei, Macalister 2015 - Brendan Burton & Linda Bailey (NGA), Kedar Adhikai (University of Sydney, Narrabri)
  • How long does it take to reduce Pratylenchus thornei (Root lesion nematode) population in the soil? - Jeremy Whish (CSIRO)
• How much water does your soil hold? Characterising soils for plant available water capacity (PAWC): methods, tools and accuracy - Brett Cocks and Jeremy Whish (CSIRO)
  • Drivers of fallow efficiency: Effect of soil properties and rainfall patterns on evaporation and the effectiveness of stubble cover - Kirsten Verburg & Jeremy Whish (CSIRO)
• Driving and measuring fallow efficiency - David Freebairn 
  • SoilWaterApp – a new tool to measure and monitor soil water - David Freebairn
  • Commonly asked questions about soil water and soil management - Graeme Wocknwer and David Freebairn
• Harvest management of canola - Maurie Street (GOA)
  • To windrow or not to windrow in 2016? This is the question, but if so, when? - Maurie Street
  • Canola harvest management in northern NSW: Snapshot from year 1 - Leigh Jenkins, Rick Graham, Rohan Brill and Don McCaffery (NSW DPI)
• Pulse agronomy - nutrient omission, time of sowing, varietal interactions, plant population and row spacing - Bec Raymond (DAF Qld)
  • Faba bean agronomy: Ideal row spacing and time of sowing - Bec Raymond (DAF Qld)
  • Nutrition in chickpea 2015 (northern NSW pulse agronomy project) - Andrew Verrell & Leigh Jenkins (NSW DPI)
  • Faba bean density experiments 2015 (Northern Winter Pulse Agronomy) - Andrew Verrell & Leigh Jenkins (NSW DPI)
  • Effect of seed size at sowing on grain yield of PBA Nasma faba bean - Andrew Verrell & Leigh Jenkins (NSW DPI)
• Chickpea diseases – critical issues to focus on in 2016 - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Chickpeas: What we learnt in 2015 and recommendations for 2016 - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Is chickpea on chickpea worth it? - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Chickpea Ascochyta: latest research on variability and implications for management - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Effect of chickpea ascochyta on yield of current varieties and advanced breeding lines – the 2015 Tamworth trial VMP15 - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Phytophthora in chickpea varieties HER15 trial –resistance and yield loss - Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • A new DNA tool to determine risk of chickpea Phytophthora root rot - Sean Bithell & Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
    
    

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