GRDC Grains Research Update Adelaide 2018
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Timing of windrowing of canola can have a huge impact on profitability through its influence on yield and oil%. Profit could be reduced by up to $50/day for every day that crops are windrowed before they are ready. The window for windrowing on time is relatively small. Direct heading of canola is a viable and comparable alternative to well-timed wi...
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Soil-borne diseases most likely to pose the greatest risk to cereal crops in the southern region during 2018 include rhizoctonia root rot, crown rot and root lesion nematodes. • PREDICTA® B has new tests for ascochyta blight of chickpeas, plus yellow leaf spot and white grain disorder of wheat. Rhizoctonia root rot symptoms are worse in low rainfa...
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Increasing incidence of brome grass in cropping paddocks in southern Australia appears to be associated with selection of biotypes with greater seed dormancy by crop management practices used by growers. Higher levels of seed dormancy allow brome to germinate and establish after pre-sowing weed management, resulting in greater in-crop weed establis...
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The area sown to pulses in South Australia (SA) and Victoria (VIC) continued to increase, particularly lentils and chickpeas and in Mallee regions in response to highly profitable crops in 2016. Similar to previous seasons, the lentil variety, PBA Jumbo2A performed extremely well in 2017, highlighting its yield stability across a range of regions a...
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Annual ryegrass with resistance to the Group D and Group J pre-emergent herbicides will make management in cereals difficult. Indian hedge mustard populations have resistance to Groups B, C, F and I herbicides, greatly reducing control options in break crops. Common sowthistle with resistance to imidazolinone (IMI) herbicides is difficult to contro...
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