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: 41 - 50 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: CSP2404-019RTX
Expediting the delivery to industry of a novel method of eliminating Late Maturity alpha-amylase in wheat
Wheat growers face quality and pricing challenges due to Late Maturity -Amylase (LMA) and Pre-harvest Sprouting (PHS), caused by the enzyme Wheat alpha-amylase type one (TaAMY1). This enzyme's stochastic accumulation during grain development can …- Project start date:
- 15/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/07/2028
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2403-018RTX
Program 2: Enhancing the agronomic and nutritive value of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing seed coat thickness and increasing protein…
The Australian narrow-leafed lupin (NLL) is a vital pulse crop, serving as a cost-effective protein source for animal feed. NLLs are well adopted WA's climate and acidic soils, playing a pivotal role in crop rotations, enriching soil nitrogen…- Project start date:
- 02/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 28/04/2028
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UWA2406-010BGX
Dr Jun Zou: GRDC International Visiting Fellowship 2023/2024
Canola is the second biggest crop in Australia, based on gross income, and is the largest winter oilseed crop in China. The prosperous academic exchange and international cooperations between researchers in Australia and China would further benefit…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 05/10/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOQ2404-013SAX
NGN - Development of management strategies for controlling Phalaris in Northern NSW and Southern QLD
Phalaris is a winter annual grass which was ranked as the 9th most prevalent weed in the Northern region in 2016. The current impact of this weed is likely much greater, as in recent years Phalaris has increasingly become a problem weed in the…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2026
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CRT2404-002BGX
GroundCover suite - editorial and hardcopy newspaper publication
Source and provide editorial and image content for Groundcover newspaper and Groundcover Supplement- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: WMG2404-001SAX
NGN - Soil water repellence in sand, sandy duplex and gravel soils in the Geraldton and Kwinana West region
Growers in the Kwinana West and Geraldton port zones are seeing non-wetting soils becoming an increasing issue over larger areas of paddocks and soil types. With increasing land values growers are asking whether they should reconsider amelioration…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/04/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UMU2404-007RTX
Program 1: Enhancing the nutritional quality of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing anti-nutritional seed alkaloid levels.
Narrow-leafed lupin (NLL), commonly known as Australian Sweet Lupin, plays a pivotal role in Australia's agricultural landscape, serving as a cost-effective protein source, disrupting cereal disease cycles in crop rotations, and enriching…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2028
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UMU2404-003RTX
Increasing wheat nitrogen use efficiency through improved genetics
Nitrogenous fertilizers are vital to agriculture. However, wheat crop uses less than 40% of applied nitrogen and only 33% is recovered in the grain. Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) will maximise wheat yield and grain protein and thereby…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2029
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2403-017RTX
Sandy Soils II: Management to sustain production potential in the low to medium rainfall environments of the Southern cropping region
In the southern cropping region of Australia (including South Australia and Victoria) a three-component program to tackle key challenges of 1) where, how and when to ameliorate sands; 2) evidence-based strategic and tactical management to sustain…- Project start date:
- 25/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CUR2403-003RTX
Towards developing improved resistance to BGM in chickpea and lentil.
Botrytis grey mould (BGM), caused by Botrytis cinerea in chickpea and B. cinerea and B. fabae in lentils, poses a significant biotic stress challenge to Australian pulse production. While some Australian lentil varieties show moderate resistance to…- Project start date:
- 22/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 01/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active