Mullaley Grains Research Update proceedings

Thursday 21st July 2016

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• Practical applications for UAV's and digital imaging. Ben Boughton (Nuffield Scholar & CEO Satamap)
• Russian wheat aphid - identification, detection, management and implications. Melina Miles (DAF Qld)
• Managing patches of glyphosate resistant weeds – what have we learnt from grower experience?  Costs, advantages and practicalities of key IWM tactics. Tony Cook (NSW DPI)
• Harvest weed seed capture systems in the northern region. Experience with the Harrington Seed Destructor and the Chaff Deck system for weed tramlining. Michael Walsh (University of Sydney)
• Yield drivers and agronomy for high yielding sorghum - closing the yield gap! Guy McMullen (NSW DPI)
• Minimising nitrogen losses to improve use efficiency in cropping systems. Graeme Schwenke (NSW DPI)
• Nematodes: Summer cropping options and soil health solutions to manage root-lesion nematodes. Kirsty Owen (USQ) & Nikki Seymour (DAF Qld)
  
  • Summer cropping options to manage root-lesion nematodes. Kirsty Owen (USQ) 
  • Biological suppression of root-lesion nematodes in northern grain-growing soils. Nikki Seymour (DAF Qld)
• Sorghum after canola on the Liverpool Plains - is there an issue with mycorrhizae? Richard Daniel (NGA)
• 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)
• A new strain of wheat leaf rust. Potential impacts, which varieties and what to look for. Adult plant resistance - its role and use in rust management. Robert Park (University of Sydney PBI, Cobbitty)