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: 741 - 750 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: BAS1706-002RTX
Agvet #050 Grant Agreement -Maize/popcorn - Northern blight - Priority Use - BASF
Fluxapyroxad is registered for the management of foliar diseases in cereals. No use pattern has been established in maize in Australia, although there is registration in corn overseas.This investment will provide the efficacy, crop safety and…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- Maize, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: BCS1706-001RTX
Agvet #046 Grant Agreement -Peanuts - Aphids/Mealybugs - Priority Use -Bayer
Spirotetramat has registration in vegetable crops and also in cotton for control of some invertebrate pests.This investment will provide the efficacy, crop safety and residue data required to extend the registered use of Spirotetramat to allow the…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- Peanuts, (Legume)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CSP1706-013RTX
CSP00210 - Methods to predict plant available water capacity (PAWC)
Plant available water (PAW) is a key determinant of potential yield in dryland agriculture. Obtaining a measurement or estimate of PAW can, therefore, inform crop management decisions relating to time of sowing, crop type or the level of fertiliser…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOQ1706-006RTX
UQ00086 - Fertiliser form and soil interactions when applied in high concentration bands - Post-Doctoral Fellow aligned UQ00063
Although crop rotations with grain legumes and ley pastures play an important role in maintaining and improving soil fertility, fertilisers remain the major source of nutrients to replace those removed by grain production. The greater reliance on…- Project start date:
- 05/06/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA1601-007RTX
UA00168 - The 10 Genome Wheat Sequencing Consortium
Modern wheat cultivars carry a wide range of different genes associated with important traits, such as increased yield and disease resistance. This project will develop deep sequence profiles and assemblies for ten diverse wheat genotypes that can…- Project start date:
- 26/05/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAQ1705-005RTX
DAQ00211 - Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern…
More effective capture and storage of rainfall are major challenges for both grain and cotton growers across the northern region where only 20-40% of rainfall is typically transpired by dryland crops, while up to 60% of rainfall is lost to…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2017
- Project end date:
- 20/10/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CSP1703-007RTX
CFF00011 - Improving farming system efficiency in southern NSW
Australian grain growers have adopted crop benchmarking tools such as the French and Schultz water use efficiency (WUE) tool to compare the performance of individual crops with predicted water-limited potential. However less work has focussed on the …- Project start date:
- 30/03/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA1703-014RTX
UA00157 - Development of tools to accelerate nematode resistance gene deployment
Nematodes are important pathogens of cereal crops in Australia. This investment will explore sources of resistance to two major nematodes, Cereal Cyst Nematode (CCN) and Pratylenchus thornei.Cereal cyst nematode (CCN) was once a very damaging…- Project start date:
- 18/03/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOS1703-002RTX
US00084 - Innovative crop weed control for northern region cropping systems
Herbicide resistant weeds have major impact on grower profitability. In the northern cropping zone, problematic weeds of significance include annual ryegrass, wild oat, sow thistle, African turnip weed, wild mustard and fleabane (in winter cropping) …- Project start date:
- 18/03/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DAS1703-024OPX
DAS00148 Australian Pastures Genebank
The Australian Pastures Genebank (APG) is the custodian of one of the world's most diverse and significant temperate and tropical pasture and forage collections. The APG was established in 2014 from eleven significant pasture seed collections…- Project start date:
- 18/03/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active