GRDC Grains Research Update Chinchilla 2016

Chinchilla Grains Research Update proceedings booklet (3.7 Kb PDF)

Wednesday 22nd June 2016

Click on the title to read the relevant Update Paper.

• Killing storage pests without mercy – fumigation strategies that work. Andrew Ridley (DAF Qld)
• Using insect traps to find and control storage pests early - help build a reputation with grain buyers as a reliable supplier. Greg Daglish (DAF Qld)
• Super cool results – achieving great aeration results. Simple maintenance/changes to greatly improve aeration airflow. Results from on-farm trials in 2016. Philip Burrill (DAF Qld)
• Chickpea and faba bean disease update. Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
  • Effect of chickpea ascochyta on yield of current varieties and advanced breeding lines – the 2015 Tamworth trial VMP15
  • New ascochyta and botrytis grey mould advice for 2016 for chickpeas
  • Chickpeas what we learnt in 2015 and recommendations for 2016
• High performance crop sequences for South Western Queensland. Long-term economics, risk, water-use-efficiency, nutrient use efficiency & impacts on soil sustainability. Lindsay Bell (CSIRO)
• Practical applications for digital imaging. Peter Birch (B & W Rural/Satamap)
• Mungbean agronomy: plant population, row spacing, time of sowing, water use, varieties, optimising nitrogen fixation and key yield drivers. Kerry McKenzie & Nikki Seymour (DAF Qld)
• Managing the major mungbean diseases; halo blight, fusarium wilt, tan spot and powdery mildew. Lisa Kelly (DAF Qld) & Sue Thompson (USQ)
  • Management of the major mungbean diseases in Australia. Lisa Kelly (DAF Qld)
  • Fungicide management of mungbean powdery mildew. Sue Thompson (USQ)
• Minimising nitrogen losses to improve use efficiency in summer crops. Mike Bell (QAAFI)
• Compost as a nutrient source. Crop, microbial and soil effects after 5+ years of use. Duncan Weir (DAF Qld)
• Fallow management of grass weeds - new data on key problem weeds and new weeds such as button grass. Richard Daniel (NGA)