GRDC Investments

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• GRDC Code: MAN2204-001SAX

  NGN - Communication and extension of slug management in the Southern region

  Slugs are the sixth most damaging invertebrate pest for the Australian grains industry, costing growers an average of $8.7 million annually (Murray, et al., 2013). Slugs are particularly damaging to establishing canola, with experiments…

  Project start date:

  29/04/2022

  Project end date:

  31/03/2024

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  South

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: LAK2204-002SAX

  NGN Fallow Management and the economic costs

  There is also grower interest in looking at different fallow systems as some growers use "fallow" in different contexts. This investment will incorporate the different versions of fallow treatments that Grower Network members have…

  Project start date:

  22/04/2022

  Project end date:

  30/04/2024

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)

  Region:

  West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: UOQ2204-010RTX

  Predicting nitrogen cycling and losses in Australian cropping systems - augmenting measurements to enhance modelling

  Fertiliser inputs represent about a third of the costs production for most grain producers, dominated by nitrogen (N) costing about $1.1 billion p.a. The proportion of fertiliser N recovered by the crop within the season it is applied is typically…

  Project start date:

  18/04/2022

  Project end date:

  30/09/2026

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Barley, (Cereal)
  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Active
• GRDC Code: FAR2204-001RTX

  Enhancing frost tolerance and/or avoidance in wheat, barley and canola crops through in-season agronomic manipulation

  Australian crop production takes place in a challenging environment where growers have to cope with climatic extremes. Managing production risk in yield-limiting environments due to abiotic events such as drought, high temperatures and frost is a…

  Project start date:

  11/04/2022

  Project end date:

  31/10/2025

  Crop type:

  • Barley, (Cereal)
  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Active
• GRDC Code: DAW2204-003RTX

  Western Australian Farming Systems

  Farming systems in the medium and low rainfall zones of Western Australia have evolved over the last 20 years, with both increases in area cropped and yields being achieved. This has been due to growers adapting to strategic risks by implementing…

  Project start date:

  04/04/2022

  Project end date:

  09/07/2027

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Barley, (Cereal)
  • Lupins, (Legume)
  • Chickpeas, (Legume)
  • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
  • Vetch, (Legume)
  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  West

  Project Status: Active
• GRDC Code: UOQ2201-007RSX

  GRS - (Christopher Mann) Systemic RNA biopesticides for controlling fungal pathogens in grain crops

  Protecting major Australian grain crops against fungal disease requires the development of safe and sustainable pesticides suited to modern practices and markets. This project will develop non-toxic RNA-based biopesticides for the control of major…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2022

  Project end date:

  31/12/2025

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Chickpeas, (Legume)
  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Active
• GRDC Code: TGC2204-001RTX

  NGN - Validation and extension of management strategies for wheat powdery mildew

  Wheat powdery mildew is a sporadic disease that can cause up to 25% yield loss in conducive conditions. In the Southern region, Wheat powdery mildew (WPM) has increased in prevalence, with reported incidence and severity particularly high in areas…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2022

  Project end date:

  30/06/2024

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)

  Region:

  South

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: SAD2204-001SAX

  NGN - Unlocking yield potential of Durum in the South East of South Australia

  New technologies are now available to Durum growers that presents an exciting opportunity to expand the yield frontier of durum and close the yield gap to bread wheat. Durum is of particular importance to SA, over the past 5 years' average area…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2022

  Project end date:

  19/09/2025

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)

  Region:

  South

  Project Status: Active
• 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:

  • 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

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: UOS2203-004RTX

  Capturing global diversity and international genetic gains of wheat and barley: CAIGE 2022-2026

  The CAIGE program coordinates the importation, quarantine, multiplication, distribution and evaluation of bread wheat, durum wheat and barley lines from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and International Center for…

  Project start date:

  01/03/2022

  Project end date:

  28/02/2027

  Crop type:

  • Wheat, (Cereal)
  • Barley, (Cereal)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Active