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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National Grower Network Pre-breeding

Investment list

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  • GRDC Code: DPI2307-003RTX
    NGN - Increasing sorghum area in North West NSW through understanding and adoption of early sown sorghum principles
    This investment aims to address the limited adoption of early sowing strategies in sorghum agronomy by providing growers with valuable information and tools to support on-farm decision-making in sub-regions of North West NSW and South West Qld. The…
    Project start date:
    05/07/2023
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAQ2106-007RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Northern region)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations for cereals and pulses including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as…
    Project start date:
    30/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    • Peanuts, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2002-010RTX
    CropPhen: Remote mapping of grain crop type and phenology
    This project aims to develop a software-based tool to remotely map crop type (wheat, barley, chickpea, lentils, sorghum and mungbean) and development stage at the sub-paddock scale. The project will combine remote sensing, crop simulation modelling, …
    Project start date:
    24/02/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2002-008RTX
    Machine learning applied to high-throughput feature extraction from imagery to map spatial variability
    This project uses Machine Learning to develop high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) of crop canopy features. Plant images from the many project partners train machine learning models for this. The model training is done using the Weiner supercomputer at …
    Project start date:
    17/02/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2022
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: USQ1907-001RTX
    Integrated disease management tools to manage summer crop diseases in the northern region
    This investment aims to reduce costs and losses attributable to endemic, emerging and exotic crop diseases in the GRDCs Northern Region by providing research, extension and training to improve grower management of crop diseases. The project will…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2019
    Project end date:
    30/09/2020
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ1906-010RTX
    Post-doctoral Fellowship - Understanding sorghum root growth and function in cold soils aligned to UOQ1808-001RTX
    This investment aims to improve grower and adviser knowledge of the effects of establishing winter grown sorghum including the impact of cold soils on root growth and function, water use patterns, water use efficiency, yield, profit and risk…
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    31/05/2022
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ1901-004RTX
    Next generation plant breeding: integrating genomic selection and high throughput phenotyping to enhance genetic gain in sorghum and…
    A range of new technologies including genomic selection and high throughput (HTP) phenotyping systems have the potential to dramatically improve the rates of genetic gain in crop breeding programs. This requires the development of integrated data…
    Project start date:
    01/01/2019
    Project end date:
    31/12/2021
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ1808-001RTX
    Optimising sorghum yield through agronomic management
    The overall aim of this project is to develop the knowledge and tools to assist growers and advisers on early sowing decisions for sorghum. The project will investigate how do combinations of sorghum hybrids, crop management and the environment…
    Project start date:
    06/08/2018
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: USQ1807-001RTX
    Post-doctoral Fellowship - An integrative approach towards sustainable management of sorghum stalk rot in the GRDC northern region
    This investment will generate new knowledge on the genetic and genotypic variability and structure of Macrophomina phaseolina in sorghum paddocks of Queensland and NSW. It will also develop a standardised protocol for assessing the incidence and…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2018
    Project end date:
    30/09/2022
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOA1806-013AWX
    Accelerating wheat genetic gain by establishing a high-throughput spike phenotyping platform
    The architecture of cereal heads (or ears) is an important trait to understand cereal responses to heat and frost, as well as understanding water limited yield potential. International researchers have developed X-ray CT scanning methods to allow…
    Project start date:
    30/06/2018
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed