Project to optimise nutrition for WA pulse crops
Lupins to be fortified for disease resistance
18 Mar 2024Renewed vigour is being applied to narrow-leafed lupin development with a major cross institutional project upping the ante for disease resistance. Four high priority diseases will be the focus of the investment with the aim...
SA grain growers to shape research investment
15 Mar 2024South Australian grain growers, particularly those in the Eyre Peninsula, are being called upon to participate in a series of...
Barley grass stripe rust variants characterised by increased virulence
15 Mar 2024BGYR (barley grass stripe [yellow] rust), was first detected in Australia in 1998, predominantly affecting wild barley grass weed species. Through comparative greenhouse studies, the...
Growers urged to report mouse numbers
14 Mar 2024Prevention the key to biosecurity when sowing
13 Mar 20246 To minimise the risk of plant pathogens and pests spreading through the transportation of seed, there are a few simple farm biosecurity practices that can...
Helping noodle wheat meet Japanese expectations
08 Mar 2024The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre is Australia’s market-facing agency for the Japanese noodle market, in collaboration with the Grain Industry Association of WA’s Wheat Council. For more than 10 years, AEGIC has been central to supporting this market through sensory assessment of new varieties, as well as providing technical support, crop reports and resources to address seasonal issues.
Dryland pasture systems innovation for mixed farms
04 Mar 2024A suite of projects that identified a new generation of legume pasture species that are better adapted to dryland mixed...
Researchers gain access to genetic resources to speed up oat, lupin breeding
01 Mar 2024The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has announced a strategic partnership with Traitomic, a Denmark-based crop trait development company,...