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Factsheet
Stay safe around grain storage
14.11.2011The fundamental approach to grain storage safety is the same as for all other farming activities. The aim is to have a safe workplace for everyone on the farm, including workers, contractors, families, visitors and the owner/managers.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
Finding the balance between frost tolerance and flowering time in…
01.11.2011This is a project summary for GRDC Project CSP00131.Australian grain breeders now have new lines of wheat and barley with different versions of the major heading-date genes (the genes that control the length of time it takes for the crop to produce
Region: National, South, North, West
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Factsheet
Yellow Leaf Spot Fact Sheet
22.08.2011A break from wheat-on-wheat, stubble management and growing resistant varieties are important risk-reducing practices for the stubble-borne disease yellow leaf spot.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
Dryland water-use efficiency - What is it and how to improve it?
11.08.2011Take home messages • In dry-land farming, pre-crop management often has a greater impact on yield than in-crop management • Yields increase when a package of new genetic and/or management advances combine into an effective farming system • New
Region: South
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Update Paper
Wins and losses with soil-specific strategies
19.07.2011Take home messages • Production gains can come from managing for soil type variation using a combination of techniques including fertiliser rates, rotation and response to season-type. • Break crops and pasture greatly increased wheat yields in
Region: South
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Factsheet
Stem Rust of Wheat
05.07.2011Resistant wheat varieties have reduced the incidence of stem rust outbreaks but ongoing vigilance is needed to prevent the pathogen mutating to overcome this resistance.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
Breeding for frost tolerance in barley
30.06.2011This is a project summary for GRDC Project UA00063.Researchers have validated the commercial significance of Japanese-derived frost-tolerant barley, and justified investment (by breeding organisations) in the development of new frost-tolerant
Region: South, West, North
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Update Paper
Hart Bros Seeds 2010 cereal trials: Junee
11.04.2011The 2010 Hart Bros Seeds cereal trials at Junee Reefs were comprised of newly released, about to be released and commercially relevant wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties. The trials were managed and facilitated by AgriTech NSW. Data is made
Region: South
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Publication
Wheat Rust: The Back Pocket Guide
30.03.2011This back pocket guide is designed to help you identify the three wheat rust diseases by their different symptoms. Simply hold a suspect leaf next to the photos to identify which rust.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Cereal Root and Crown Diseases: The Back Pocket Guide
30.03.2011This guide will help you identify the common root and crown diseases that cause damage to cereal crops across Australia. Some of the diseases can be initially identified from paddock symptoms whilst others require a more careful inspection of the
Region: North, South, West