GRDC Investments

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• GRDC Code: DAV1905-003RTX

  Multi-species DNA chip platform - A resource for pulse genetic improvement

  This project will develop and provide a low-cost DNA genotyping platform for chickpea, field pea, faba bean, lentil and lupin for use by the Australian pulse breeding and pre-breeding programs. In addition, it will ensure that data generated using…

  Project start date:

  01/05/2019

  Project end date:

  31/07/2023

  Crop type:

  • All Pulses, (Legume)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: UOM1904-004RTX

  Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola Program 1: Disease Epidemiology and Management

  Blackleg disease is the major threat to the canola industry in Australia and worldwide, having caused major epidemics on several occasions. Changing farming practices to avoid inoculum, application of fungicides and the use of plant resistance genes …

  Project start date:

  30/04/2019

  Project end date:

  30/06/2023

  Crop type:

  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: CSP1904-007RTX

  Program 4 - Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola: Phenotyping for Adult Plant Resistance (APR - Quantitative Resistance) in…

  Blackleg disease is a threat to canola production in Australia with an estimated 15% reduction in total grain yield annually. Control strategies include isolation of crops from disease sources, chemical control as well as varietal resistance. Major…

  Project start date:

  29/04/2019

  Project end date:

  01/04/2024

  Crop type:

  • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: SFS1904-003WCX

  Integrated weed management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass at Lake Bolac

  The integrated weed management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass at Lake Bolac will provide local grain growers and advisers with better tools and techniques to control annual ryegrass in their cropping program. The current project treatments…

  Project start date:

  12/04/2019

  Project end date:

  01/06/2021

  Crop type:

  • All Crops, (All Crops)

  Region:

  South

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: SEP1904-002WSX

  Optimising the profitability of high rainfall zone farming systems - survey, farmer-scale demonstration trials and field days

  This investment is focussed on reducing the gap between current and potential yield in the high rainfall zone. Activity will be targeted at wheat and canola. The HRZ has high crop yield potential however, current yield gaps are averaging at least 1…

  Project start date:

  05/04/2019

  Project end date:

  15/03/2023

  Crop type:

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

  Region:

  West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: CSP1904-005RTX

  The adaption of pulses (chickpea and lentil) across the northern grains region.

  Chickpea is an extremely important crop for growers in QLD and NSW, with recent grain prices making it the most profitable crop for the many grain producers. Lentil is also a high value pulse crop grown in south-eastern Australia that attracts…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2019

  Project end date:

  31/03/2020

  Crop type:

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

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: UOA1904-004SAX

  Demonstrating and validating the implementation of integrated weed management strategies to control barley grass in the low rainfall zone…

  Research into the ecology and control tactics of barley grass has occurred and now this need to be transferred into the development and testing of localised Integrated Weed Management (IWM) strategies. This investment will test localised IWM…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2019

  Project end date:

  29/04/2022

  Crop type:

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

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: CES1904-002RTX

  Identification, surveillance and advisory platform for management of grains pests

  A national grains pest identification, surveillance and advisory initiative that will use available monitoring data to accurately identify pest problems and provide timely and independent management options for growers and advisers.

  Project start date:

  01/04/2019

  Project end date:

  07/05/2022

  Crop type:

  • All Crops, (All Crops)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: UWA1904-005RTX

  Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser

  Majority of agricultural crops establish mutually beneficial associations with AM fungi, which benefit the host plants directly via enhanced uptake of nutrients that might be physically or chemically inaccessible to root systems, or indirectly via…

  Project start date:

  01/04/2019

  Project end date:

  31/03/2023

  Crop type:

  • All Crops, (All Crops)

  Region:

  North, South, West

  Project Status: Completed
• GRDC Code: FMO1903-001WSX

  Extent of RLN throughout the grain growing regions of WA and options to address

  Root lesion nematodes (RLN) are species of Pratylenchus nematodes that feed on the roots of grain crops and can cause yield loss. Surveys conducted in WA have indicated that RLN is at yield limiting levels in approximately 40% of paddocks.…

  Project start date:

  31/03/2019

  Project end date:

  30/04/2022

  Crop type:

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

  Region:

  West

  Project Status: Completed