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.
Please let us know what you think as we welcome any feedback.
Crop Type
Crop Type
- ☐ All Crops
- ☐ All Pulses
- ☐ Barley
- ☐ Canola/Rapeseed
- ☐ Cereal Rye
- ☑ Chickpeas
- ☐ Cow Peas
- ☐ Faba/Broad Beans
- ☐ Field Peas
- ☐ Lentils
- ☐ Lupins
- ☐ Maize
- ☐ Mungbeans
- ☐ Navy/Kidney/French Beans
- ☐ Not Crop Specific
- ☐ Oats
- ☐ Peanuts
- ☐ Pigeon Peas
- ☐ Safflower Seed
- ☐ Sorghum
- ☐ Soybean
- ☐ Triticale
- ☐ Vetch
- ☐ Wheat
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GRDC Code: EAS2306-002SAX
Group 4 herbicide tolerant Lentil - Crop Safety Field Studies to alternative actives
These trials will evaluate the crop safety and yield of clopyralid tolerant lentils when treated early post emergent (EPE) with 4 alternative Group 4 herbicides.Trials will be located in South Australia and Victoria, the major Lentil growing states…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: EAS2305-001SAX
Crop Safety Field Studies - Clopyralid Herbicide Tolerant (CT) Field pea
Novel field pea genotypes with an induced target site mutation have been developed that provide a high level of tolerance to clopyralid herbicide. Clopyralid tolerance provides an alternative or complimentary herbicide group and may provide improved …- Project start date:
- 12/06/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: DAQ2303-006RTX
NGN - Understanding the nitrogen contribution of chickpea in Queensland using the natural abundance technique
A range of summer and winter pulse crops are widely grown in the Northern Region for the benefits they provide in the crop rotation including improved nitrogen (N) nutrition, weed and disease management. While the perception has been that legumes…- Project start date:
- 01/03/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2024
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North
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GRDC Code: DPI2205-022RTX
Bench marking chickpea yield genetic gain
National chickpea yields have remained stable with an average of 1.08 t/ha over the last four decades, peaking in 2016 at 1.88 t/ha. There are many potential reasons for the lack of apparent improvement in national average yield, including the…- Project start date:
- 23/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: DAW2205-004RTX
Accelerating the development of chickpea with enhanced acid soil tolerance
This project involving a collaboration between Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Murdoch University and Agriculture Victoria aims to initiate and lay the foundation of research and breeding for acid …- Project start date:
- 16/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: DAW2205-005RTX
Improved field phenotyping, validation and development of chilling tolerance in chickpea
This project involving a collaboration between Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and CSIRO aims to initiate and lay the foundation of research and breeding for chilling tolerance in chickpea. Under…- Project start date:
- 16/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: EAS2205-007SAX
Crop Safety Field Studies - Imidazolinone Herbicide Tolerant (IT) Chickpea
Novel chickpea genotypes with an induced target site mutation have been developed that provide a high level of tolerance to some imidazolinone herbicides. Providing improved post-emergent weed control in all chickpea growing areas. This investment…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: EAS2205-008SAX
Residue Field Studies - Imidazolinone Herbicide Tolerant (IT) Chickpea
Novel chickpea genotypes with an induced target site mutation have been developed that provide a high level of tolerance to some imidazolinone herbicides. Providing improved post-emergent weed control in all chickpea growing areas. This investment…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: GAL2204-001SAX
Market analysis to identify current and future opportunities for pulses
The purpose of this project is to build a sophisticated, forward looking understanding of grain markets so that Australian grains industry can identify and take advantage of the best current and future opportunities. This project will focus only on…- Project start date:
- 13/04/2022
- Project end date:
- 20/12/2022
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Cow Peas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Mungbeans, (Legume)
- Navy/Kidney/French Beans, (Legume)
- Peanuts, (Legume)
- Pigeon Peas, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
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GRDC Code: AIP2203-001SAX
NGN Tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula
In 2022 and 2023, this investment will establish a frost management site to demonstrate tactics for growers and advisers to better manage frost in the central Eyre Peninsula. At additional sites (over both years), monitoring of canopy temperature…- Project start date:
- 04/03/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South