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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Crop Type
Crop Type
- ☐ All Crops
- ☐ All Pulses
- ☐ Barley
- ☐ Canary Seed
- ☐ Canola/Rapeseed
- ☐ Cereal Rye
- ☐ Chickpeas
- ☐ Cow Peas
- ☐ Faba/Broad Beans
- ☐ Field Peas
- ☐ Lentils
- ☐ Linseed/Linola
- ☑ Lupins
- ☐ Maize
- ☐ Millet
- ☐ Mungbeans
- ☐ Navy/Kidney/French Beans
- ☐ Not Crop Specific
- ☐ Oats
- ☐ Peanuts
- ☐ Pigeon Peas
- ☐ Safflower Seed
- ☐ Sorghum
- ☐ Soybean
- ☐ Sunflower Seed
- ☐ Triticale
- ☐ Vetch
- ☐ Wheat
Results found: 21 - 30 of 53 search results
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GRDC Code: UOM2306-003RTX
Modelling the incursion and spread of hitchhiker and windborne plant pests in Australia
Recent incidents of Khapra beetle have highlighted the need for improved surveillance of hitchhiker pathways. The Centre for Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) have developed a model APPDIS (Australian Priority Plant & Disease…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2023
- Project end date:
- 26/10/2024
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Canary Seed, (Cereal)
- Cereal Rye, (Cereal)
- Maize, (Cereal)
- Millet, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Triticale, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- 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)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Linseed/Linola, (Oilseed)
- Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Sunflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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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
Project Status:
Completed
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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
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOQ2306-011RTX
Effective virus management in grain crops (C2)
Combating grain yield reduction due to yellow virus infection is a significant challenge to the Australian grains industry. To address this issue, this project will research, novel virus and vector control methods for Australian Grain industries.…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2027
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DAW2305-006RTX
Increasing stable lupin productivity through enhanced disease resistances
This project involving a collaboration between Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Murdoch University, Curtin University and Australian Grain Technology (AGT) aims to improve the disease resistance of …- Project start date:
- 01/05/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: KAL2303-001SAX
NGN: Investigation of seeding system soil throw and pre-emergent options to control blue lupin establishment and growth in narrow-leaf lupin
The Western Australian blue lupin (Lupinus cosentinii) was introduced into Australia for summer sheep feed and soil improvement in the Geraldton, West Midlands, Dandaragan and Gingin districts in the 1900s, and was popular in areas due to its…- Project start date:
- 31/03/2023
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2025
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOA2303-006RTX
Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones
Brome grass is a serious weed of many Australian cropping regions, but is widespread across the sandy soils of the low rainfall zones of WA, SA, Vic and southern NSW. It is estimated to cause $22.5M in loss of yield revenue annually across all…- Project start date:
- 01/03/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/03/2028
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Barley, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DAQ2209-001RTX
National resistance monitoring and management of stored grain pests
Australian growers rely heavily on phosphine fumigation to disinfest stored grain and meet market expectations for high-quality grain with adherence to 'nil tolerance' for live insects. The key to the sustainable use of this cheapest and…- Project start date:
- 28/09/2022
- Project end date:
- 31/08/2025
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Canary Seed, (Cereal)
- Cereal Rye, (Cereal)
- Maize, (Cereal)
- Millet, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Triticale, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- 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)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Linseed/Linola, (Oilseed)
- Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Sunflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOA2206-007RTX
Impact of root diseases on pulse crops in Northern and Southern regions
New research will be undertaken across the Southern and Northern regions to determine the causes of root disease in pulse crops and to measure the extent of impacts on root health and on grain yield and biomass reduction. The project will run from…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2025
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DPI2206-023RTX
Managing sclerotinia in oilseed and pulse crops in Northern and Southern farming systems
The growing of 'pulse break crops' of, chickpea, lentil, faba bean and lupin is an important crop rotational strategy adopted by Australian farming systems for the management of soil nutrition, weeds, pests and reducing the build-up of…- Project start date:
- 10/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Active