GRDC Investments

Investments

Welcome to our investments. We invest in Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

Here you will find active investments, and investments completed after 1 January 2020 from our RD&E portfolio. Some investments will display related communication and extension activities, and other associated outputs.

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Investment list

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  • Project start date:
    12/05/2023
    Project end date:
    02/10/2026
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: CES2208-001RTX
    Understanding and developing a response to blue green aphid resistance to chemical controls
    Recently, field populations of bluegreen aphids (BGA - Acyrthosiphon kondoi) have been found with resistance to the insecticides omethoate, chlorpyrifos and pirimicarb. This is the first detection of insecticide resistance in BGA in the world. The…
    Project start date:
    19/08/2022
    Project end date:
    30/11/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: DJP2205-008SAX
    Determining the level of genetic variation for protein content in diverse pulse crops
    This project will utilise high throughput, non-destructive technologies based on NIR and image analysis sensing to screen approximately 10,000 pulse (chickpea, field peas, faba bean and lentil) germplasm lines within the AGG and associated…
    Project start date:
    15/06/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: UOS2204-005RTX
    NGN Mapping yield gap and yield variability in commercial pulse crops
    Growers are interested in making pulse crops a more significant part of on-farm sequences, however cash flow in the year of pulse production continues to act as a handbrake on greater representation of pulses in the crop sequences. Many of the…
    Project start date:
    28/04/2022
    Project end date:
    15/08/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
  • GRDC Code: SFS2112-002SAX
    NGN Large stubble loads and the impact of stripper/disc systems in the High Rainfall Zone of Southern Australia
    This investment will compare the stripper and disc seeding systems as a method for managing the high stubble loads generated from high yielding crops.Growers in the southern region have repeatedly expressed interest in stripper and disc systems as a …
    Project start date:
    01/12/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
  • GRDC Code: GGA2110-002SAX
    Closing the Economic Yield Gap for Grain Legumes in Western Australia
    Grain legumes currently contribute in a small and diminishing way to the profitability of Western Australian farming systems. GRDC analysis indicates farmers are aware of the benefits of growing a legume in their rotation but have concerns about…
    Project start date:
    01/10/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2026
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: KAL2104-001SAX
    NGN - Phosphorus Response Curves for Pulses in the Esperance and Albany Port Zones
    Growers and advisors have told GRDC that their pulse nutrition management is currently based on cereal response curves rather than known pulse information. Research conducted in Chile in 2014, found that there was a correlation between wheat and…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2021
    Project end date:
    30/04/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: DAW2104-003RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (Western region)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations for cereals, oilseeds and pulses including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2021
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: DJP2103-005RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Southern region - Victoria)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as climatic trends) that…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2021
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    South
  • GRDC Code: UOA2104-012RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Southern region - South Australia)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as climatic trends) that…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2021
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    South