Dubbo Grains Research Update proceedings booklet (10 Mb PDF)

Tuesday 28th February & Wednesday 1st March 2017

Click on the title to read the relevant Update Paper.

General plenary session day 1

• Will digital agriculture deliver on the hype? New R&D projects and industry case studies (Richard Heath, Aust Farm Inst)
• New developments and understanding in resistance mechanisms and management (Christopher Preston, Adelaide University)
• Seed treatments – Systiva^® performance in northern trials(Greg Platz, Lisle Snyman, Ryan Fowler, DAF Qld)
• Evaluation of fungicide management strategies to control spot-form of net blotch in barley(Steven Simpfendorfer and Maurie Street)
• Leaf rust in Compass (Lislé Snyman, Clayton Forknall and Greg Platz, DAF Qld)
• Increased levels of net form of net blotch in Commander and Shepherd (Ryan Fowler and Greg Platz, DAF Qld)
• Loose smut in 2016 (Greg Platz, Lisle Snyman and Ryan Fowler, DAF Qld)
• Scald and other wet season diseases - what did we learn in 2016? (Greg Platz, Lisle Snyman & Ryan Fowler, DAF Qld)

General plenary session day 2

• New fungicides and disease management strategies for wheat and barley (N. F. Poole and T. Wylie, FAR Australia)
• Can we refine planting dates further? (Matt Gardner, AMPS)

Canola and insects concurrent session

• Optimised canola profitability project – what’s new from 2016 research? (Rohan Brill, NSW DPI)
• Insect pest management research update 2017 (Melina Miles, DAF Qld)
• Russian wheat aphid – what do we know? (Ken Young, GRDC)
• High nitrogen fertiliser strategies on canola – does it always pay? Analysis of the profitability of two year, canola wheat rotations(Ben O’Brien & Maurie Street, GOA)

Pulse concurrent session

• Minimising risk of disease in 2017 chickpea crops (Kevin Moore, NSW DPI)
• Chickpea Ascochyta – Further evidence that varieties differ in reaction of pods (Kevin Moore, NSW DPI)
• The impact of residue on air temperature in the canopy, phenology, biomass and grain yield of chickpea in 2016 (Andrew Verrell, NSW DPI)
• Disease risk prediction for Phytophthora root rot of chickpeas: inoculum detection problems (Sean Bithell, NSW DPI)
• Faba bean disease management update(Joop van Leur, NSW DPI)

Disease concurrent session

• Barley disease yield loss response curves - How much yield is lost in varieties with different levels of genetic resistance under different disease pressures? (Greg Platz, DAF Qld)
• Canola disease - sclerotinia (Kurt Lindbeck, NSW DPI)
• Blackleg in the farming system – understanding disease risks (Susie Sprague)
• Septoria tritici blotch rears its head in central and southern NSW – identification, impact, pathotype variation, fungicide resistance and management (Andrew Milgate, NSW DPI)
• Low levels of Fusarium head blight in 2016 – where did it come from and what does it mean? (Steven Simpfendorfer, NSW DPI)

Weeds and application concurrent session

• New actives and herbicide use patterns relevant to broadacre cropping in Central NSW (Christopher Preston, Adelaide University)
• Spray application tips and tactics (Bill Gordon, Nufarm)

Cereal agronomy concurrent session

• Agronomic drivers of yield in rain fed wheat production systems of the Northern Grains Region - Liverpool Plains and Central West NSW (Rick Graham & Greg Brooke, NSW DPI)
• Longer season varieties – pros and cons in central west cropping environments (Neil Fettell)
• Heat tolerance, wheat varietal differences and improved phenotyping methods (Rebecca Thistlethwaite, University of Sydney)

Soils and nutrition concurrent session

• Wheat, barley and chickpea varietal root responses to N, P, K and S and implications for management (Chris Guppy, UNE)
• Soil organic matter – maximising biomass is the key (Jayne Gentry, DAF Qld)
• Farming systems and nutrient legacy – stubble residue impact on key nutrients (N, P & S) (BP Singh, NSW DPI)