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: 631 - 640 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: FAR1906-003RTX
Development and validation of soil amelioration and agronomic practices to realise the genetic potential of grain crops grown under a high…
This investment will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of novel soil management technologies and crop specific agronomic management practices on the profitability of irrigated systems. The aim being to address key constraints of yield and…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Maize, (Cereal)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAW1905-010RTX
Survey Of The Summer/Autumn Brassica Refuges For Diamondback Moth In The Western Region To Predict Early Season Risk Of Infestation
This project aims to provide Western Australian canola growers and advisers with earlier warning about potential diamondback moth (DBM) outbreaks, so they can be pro-active in managing this insect pest. The evolution of resistance to insecticides in …- Project start date:
- 30/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2024
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UWA1905-007RTX
Improving canola heat tolerance - a coordinated multidisciplinary approach
Extended period of high temperature stress and short periods of heat shock are major threat to canola grain and oil yield in canola growing regions in Australia.This project looks specifically at the genetics of heat tolerance in canola and will…- Project start date:
- 21/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DAW1903-008RMX
Optimising high rainfall zone cropping for profit in the Western Region
This project aims to work with growers, advisers, researchers and the broader grains industry to define the research and development needs in the high rainfall zones of GRDC's Western and Southern Regions. Experimental sites in various and…- Project start date:
- 15/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Barley, (Cereal)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: NGA1905-001RTX
Herbicide options for the management of emerging summer grass weeds in winter cereals
This investment will evaluate currently registered herbicides in wheat for the management of late winter/early spring germinated summer grass weeds in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2021
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA1905-015RTX
New knowledge and practices to address topsoil and subsurface acidity under minimum tillage cropping systems of South Australia
Soil acidity has been a constraint to crop production in Australia for many decades, especially on sandy soils where pH drops rapidly and in the higher rainfall cropping areas. The investment instigated new long-term field trials and glasshouse…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2022
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOQ1905-009RTX
Post-doctoral Fellowship: Understanding P dynamics and bioavailability in alkaline clay soils aligned to UQ00082
This investment will use the large amount of current data on phosphorous utilisation to develop an interpretative framework that quantifies the key process interactions and how they influence phosphorous use efficiency and crop growth/yield across…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2022
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CUR1905-001SAX
Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN): fungicide resistance management targeted at regional level
Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) will be formed through collaboration with participating organisations to deliver an integrated extension and communication solution for the training of growers and agronomists from each of…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2022
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UWA1905-006RTX
Program 3: Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola: Identification of novel sources of blackleg resistance genes
The use of genetic resistance is a major strategy for minimising blackleg disease in canola. It is necessary to identify novel sources of resistance to blackleg disease for incorporation into Australian breeding programs. The outcome of this work…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOM1905-003RTX
Program 2 - Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola: Coordinating international blackleg research and development
The use of resistance genes is one of the major strategies for minimising the impact of blackleg disease of canola. Therefore, the accurate identification of resistance genes in Australian canola cultivars is essential for the continued high levels…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2019
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed