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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  • GRDC Code: UWA2007-002RTX
    Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative - Phase 6
    The evolution of herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds is a major concern to the productivity of Australian cropping systems. This project supports developing better weed management strategies to mitigate and manage herbicide resistant weeds…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: UOA2007-007RTX
    Developing strategies to mitigate and manage resistance to key herbicides
    The overarching objective of this project is to provide new knowledge on the mechanisms and inheritance of herbicide resistance in key grain cropping weeds in Australia. Regionally effective strategies to manage and mitigate new herbicide resistance …
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: MSF2007-001SAX
    Applying current knowledge to inform grower decision making to mitigate the impact of frost, now and in the future - southern region
    The purpose of this investment is to extend and apply the outcomes of previous R&D investments relating to frost to build knowledge that will inform grower and advisor decisions relating to pre-season planning, in-season management and…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    18/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
  • GRDC Code: UOA2007-003RTX
    The development of an accurate, high throughput, affordable and relevant screen for LMA risk for the Australian wheat industry
    Falling number is a global industry standard used to quantify detrimental pre-harvest sprouting, as early release from seed dormancy leads to significant effects on end-product quality. However, low falling number can also be caused by the Late…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: FAR2004-002RTX
    Hyper Yielding Crops
    GRDC's Hyper Yielding Crops investment will build on previous work completed at the Tasmanian Hyper Yielding Cereals project and the South Australian Crop Technology Centre to identify, develop and support growers and their advisers to implement …
    Project start date:
    01/04/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: WMG2003-001SAX
    Increasing the profitability of the double break rotation in the medium rainfall zone of WA Wheatbelt through incorporation of an early…
    In the past, one of the reasons for delaying the seeding of pulse crops has been due to the need for a double knock to reduce weed competition from staggered weed germination, however, the delayed sowing of pulses can result in lower yields (Larn et …
    Project start date:
    06/03/2020
    Project end date:
    31/05/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2003-011RTX
    INVITA - A technology and analytics platform for improving variety selection
    The INVITA AU project, leveraged off a similar existing initiative in Europe, will develop a platform for improving variety selection by accessing and developing enabling technologies and analytics solutions that will be deployed within National…
    Project start date:
    04/03/2020
    Project end date:
    31/12/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: UMU2003-004RSX
    GRS - (Rhys Copeland) Determining the spatial distribution of P. quasitereoides/P. curvicauda in the WA wheatbelt, and understanding how…
    This research project is divided into two parts. In the first part, the aim is to address the identity of root-lesion nematode (RLN) populations present in the WA wheatbelt, with a focus on determining whether populations identified as P.…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2020
    Project end date:
    31/08/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: CSP2002-006RTX
    Frost SENSE: An integrated modelling framework to rapidly map the extent of stem and reproductive frost damage in wheat and barley
    Frost risk occurs virtually every year across southern and eastern Australian agricultural regions. Actual occurrence of frost is determined by location and landscape factors as well as climate. This project aims to demonstrate the capability of…
    Project start date:
    28/02/2020
    Project end date:
    30/01/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: UOA2002-007RTX
    Machine learning to extract maximum value from soil and crop variability
    The yields of major crops in Australia are often below their water-limited potential. A reason for this is the complexity of Genotype x Environment x Management (GxExM) interaction, which results in crop growth with high variability. This project…
    Project start date:
    24/02/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2022
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West