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
- ☐ 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: 131 - 140 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: UWA2307-004RTX
Expanding phenological diversity in narrow-leafed lupin using novel flowering time genes
Australian narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) is a broad-acre grain legume crop and important component of Western Australia's acid sandy soil cropping systems. Historically, lupin cultivars bred in Australia have focused on earlier…- Project start date:
- 01/08/2023
- Project end date:
- 26/08/2025
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: MAA2308-001RTX
NGN - Increased sorghum yield and reliability in South West QLD through optimising crop establishment and fertiliser strategy
There is currently a gap between yield potential and achieved yield in sorghum crops in the Southern Qld region which is occurring in part due to uneven crop establishment and lack of adequate nutrition being available to the plant.Rapid and even…- Project start date:
- 01/08/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOA2308-004RTX
Optimising slug management: Enhancing capacity and capability through population modelling and innovative management strategies.
Slugs are the sixth most damaging invertebrate pest for the Australian grains industry, costing growers an average of $8.7 million annually. The expenditure on molluscicide baits continues to increase in Australia with average baiting costs of…- Project start date:
- 01/08/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2027
- Crop type:
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- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2307-003RTX
Determining the effect of wheat morphological and anatomical traits on frost susceptibility of wheat
In Australian cropping environments, frosts represent a major and increasingly regular constraint to wheat yields and enduring grower profitability. The most damaging frosts are those that occur in spring when cereals are close to, or at flowering.…- Project start date:
- 30/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 20/12/2026
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOT2307-001RSX
GRS (Raul Gimenez) Improving the profitability of high value pulses (chickpea and lentil) across Australian agroecological zones
Improving the profitability of high value pulses (chickpea and lentil) across Australian agroecological zones Chickpeas and lentils are valuable components of Australian cropping systems. Besides being profitable crops, they provide rotational…- Project start date:
- 25/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 04/07/2026
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: EAS2307-001SAX
Wheat Powdery Mildew - Residue studies in support of new fungicide registration
Wheat powdery mildew (WPM) has been documented to cause up to 25% yield loss in Australia (https://grdc.com.au/news-and-media/newsletters/paddock-practices/protecting-cereal-crops-from-powdery-mildew). Wheat varieties that are commonly being grown…- Project start date:
- 13/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CSP2307-002RTX
Accelerating development and deployment of long-hypocotyl canola to improve establishment
Canola is Australia's most important oilseed crop with more than 8 million tonnes produced in 2022 and valued at $6 billion. However, canola suffers from unreliable establishment across our major growing regions, which reduces yield potential,…- Project start date:
- 10/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: AGX2307-001BGX
Infrastructure grants - 2023 - Acquisition of AGX P100 Agricultural Drone for the timely and efficient application of baits, fertiliser,…
GRDC is investing $20 million in research, development and extension infrastructure across Australia to build grains research capacity and support the enduring profitability of the nation's grain growers.This investment with AgXtra forms part of …- Project start date:
- 03/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DPI2307-001RTX
Proof of concept to explore epidermal flavonoids as high throughput phenotype markers for heat tolerance in wheat
Australia has warmed, on average, by 1.47 ± 0.24 °C since national records began in 1910 and this trend will continue. To mitigate crop losses and establish sustainable wheat production, GRDC is investing to identify target biochemical…- Project start date:
- 03/07/2023
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2025
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active