GRDC Grains Research Update – Goondiwindi

Past online event

Summary

Session 1

General Plenary day 1 topics included looking at new technologies such as satellites, drones and connectivity with:

• Arthur Gearon (GRDC),
• Tim Neale (DataFarming),
• Tom Andrews (Connected Farms),
• Brendan Griffiths (Data-Ag),
• Keith Pembleton (USQ).

Update Papers

• Taking the first steps to automated agronomy by Tim Neale
• Telco connectivity for broadacre agriculture on the move by Tom Andrews
• Applications of three dimensional measurement of soil water properties using electromagnetic induction by Brendan Griffiths
• Using precision ag to understand constraints to crop production by Brendan Griffiths
• Improving grain grower business resilience before, during and post drought arm online tools to assist on-farm decision making by Keith Pembleton.

Session 2

Nutrition concurrent session, day 1, looking at topics such as:

• managing N risk in farming systems,
• soil health changes over time
• impact of long term cropping on soil carbon.

Presented by:

• Lindsay Bell (CSIRO),
• Jayne Gentry (QDAF),
• Meghan Barnard (UQ).

Update Papers

• RiskWise N management systems - exploring N banking in the northern region by Lindsay Bell
• Soil health stocktake Queensland by Jayne Gentry
• The impact of long term cropping on the storage and composition of soil organic carbon in Queensland vertosols by Meghan Barnard.

Session 3

'Time for a pea' concurrent session day 1 topics included:

• Ascochyta blight in chickpeas,
• soil water impact on flowering and pod-set in chickpeas,
• pigeon pea performance
• insects in pigeon pea.

Presented by:

• Ido Bar (Griffith University),
• Yash Chauhan (QDAF),
• Bruce Winter (QDAF),
• Trevor Volp (QDAF).

Update Papers

• Current knowledge on pathogenicity of ascochyta rabiei and implications for disease and risk management by Ido Bar
• Effect of soil water on flowering and pod set in chickpea implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress by Yash Chauhan
• Pigeonpea: a new dryland summer pulse for northern region farming systems by Bruce Winter
• Keeping the insects out of pigeonpea - key pests and strategies by Trevor Volp.

Session 4

Mung bean concurrent session, day 2 topics included:

• mitigating mung bean risk,
• mung bean harvest management,
• powdery mildew in mung bean.

Presented by:

• Kylie Wenham (UQ),
• Jayne Gentry (QDAF),
• Shanice van Haeften (UQ),
• Lisa Kelly (QDAF).

Update Papers

• Mitigating mungbean risk - time of sowing, soil water and management options by Kylie Wenham
• Desiccating mungbeans can we do better by Jayne Gentry
• Management of mungbean powdery mildew by Lisa Kelly.

Session 5

Crop protection concurrent session, day 2 topics included:

• reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicides in barley,
• Rutherglen bug,
• plant growth regulators in barley,
• root-lesion nematodes.

Presented by:

• Noel Knight (USQ),
• Zorica Duric (NSW DPI),
• Hazel Parry (CSIRO),
• Matt Gardner (AMPS Research),
• Jason Sheedy (USQ).

Update Papers

• Incidence of decreased sensitivity to fungicides in barley net blotch in Queensland by Noel Knight
• Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor): risk forecasting and management. Climate, weedy pasture, and canola as factors that impact risk in summer grain crops e.g. sorghum by Zorica Duric and Hazel Parry
• How reliable are plant growth regulators (PGRs) in dryland barley by Matt Gardner
• Impact of root lesion nematodes on wheat and mungbean yields and how to interpret tolerance and resistance ratings by Jason Sheedy.

Session 6

General plenary day 2 topics included:

• Fall armyworm management,
• Ag-tech ethics
• Cereal rust and disease update.

Presented by:

• Melina Miles (QDAF),
• Joe Eyre (UQ),
• Elizabeth Read (AIA),
• Steven Simpfendorfer (NSW DPI).

Update Papers

• The ethics of cybersecurity, data use and AI in agriculture by Elizabeth Read
• Cereal disease update for 2024 where do we sit in the north by Steven Simpfendorfer

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