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Update Paper
Strategic use of zinc phosphide is critical for successful mouse…
25.02.2025This paper relates to the GRDC investment: ‘Determining the effectiveness of zinc phosphide rodenticide bait in the presence of alternative food supply’. Growers had reported concerns regarding the effectiveness of commercially prepared zinc
Region: South
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Barley head loss - grower's quest and breeder's challenge
25.02.2025Head loss is a complex trait influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Environmental stresses, such as wind and temperature extremes, weaken the peduncle (the stem segment supporting the head), leading to breakage.
Region: South
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Cereal disease update 2025
25.02.2025Implementation of proactive strategies for the control of cereal diseases can prevent avoidable losses when seasonal conditions are suitable for disease. This paper provides an update on the latest research regarding cereal diseases for Victorian
Region: South
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Fungicide resistance in blackleg disease in canola
25.02.2025Blackleg disease is the most economically important disease affecting canola in Australia and typically causes 5–30% yield loss, with previous epidemics causing up to 95% losses.
Region: South
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Update Paper
Slug communities' response to environment and management across…
25.02.2025The widespread adoption of conservation agriculture improves soil health and conserves soil moisture yet creates favourable conditions for slug populations. These management practices, in combination with the recent wet seasons, have created ideal
Region: South
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Update Paper
An integrated approach to effectively manage pulse diseases a…
25.02.2025The 2024 season relied on stored moisture and, with less rainfall through many parts of the state, resulted in low disease levels. There were still early reports of severe Ascochyta blight in lentils in high-risk situations, such as lentils in tight
Region: South
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Update Paper
Nutrition management for high rainfall crops at risk of…
25.02.2025Waterlogging occurs in most years in the high rainfall zone (HRZ) and is a cause of reduced yield and a constraint to crop choice. In this paper we refer to waterlogging as both a flooded soil where water is visible above the surface, and soils
Region: South
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Nitrogen cycling inputs and losses - towards a deeper understanding
25.02.2025Nitrogen (N) is one of six essential plant mineral macronutrients, along with phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, calcium and magnesium. It is taken up by plants in the mineral form as nitrate, or, less commonly, as ammonium.
Region: South
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Update Paper
Enhanced efficiency fertiliser
24.02.2025Nitrogen (N) is a major crop nutrient that suffers from inefficiencies in terms of plant utilisation due to loss as gases (the pollutant ammonia (NH3), the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) or dinitrogen (N2)), and through leaching of nitrate (NO3),
Region: National
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Update Paper
Lime responses on acid, low rainfall, sandy soils of southwestern…
12.02.2025Paper presented by Albert Gorman from Ag Grow Agronomy & Research at the GRDC Grains Research Updates in Wagga Wagga and Barry Haskins at Dubbo on lime responses on acid, low rainfall, sandy soils of southwestern NSW.
Region: North