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Australian Cereal Rust Control Program - Continued monitoring of cereal rust pathogens in Australia 2022-2027

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Rusts are a common fungal disease of plants, including many of Australia's cereal and horticultural crops. They are prevalent in most wheat growing areas around the world, threatening global wheat yields. Rusts are highly adaptable and evolve to overcome resistance. This project builds on longstanding work focussed on reducing the...

1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2027

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN Better summer weed management decisions in southern and western Australia

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Despite research and researchers promoting the importance and high expected returns of summer weed control it is clearly observed that substantial areas of summer weeds remain uncontrolled by growers. In the limited studies involving mainly heliotrope, grain yield losses due to water and N losses caused by summer weeds varied...

7 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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NGN Improving Powdery Mildew Management in Mungbean

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Powdery mildew is a disease that impacts mungbean crops annually and if left unmanaged can cause yield losses of up to 40%. With little genetic resistance in current varieties, management relies on the application of fungicides. There are, however, some inconsistencies in the various communication materials available with regard to...

1 Feb 2022 - 1 Sep 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Predicting nitrogen cycling and losses in Australian cropping systems - augmenting measurements to enhance modelling

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Fertiliser inputs represent about a third of the costs production for most grain producers, dominated by nitrogen (N) costing about $1.1 billion p.a. The proportion of fertiliser N recovered by the crop within the season it is applied is typically small and variable (often in the range of 25-70%), and...

18 Apr 2022 - 1 Jun 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Managing sclerotinia in oilseed and pulse crops in Northern and Southern farming systems

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The growing of 'pulse break crops' of, chickpea, lentil, faba bean and lupin is an important crop rotational strategy adopted by Australian farming systems for the management of soil nutrition, weeds, pests and reducing the build-up of disease inoculum. However, in recent years, the increase in frequency of these crops...

10 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Epidemiology and management of Rhizoctonia in low and medium rainfall zones

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Rhizoctonia is a significant constraint to barley and wheat production in the low rainfall zone (LRZ) and medium rainfall zone (MRZ) of the Southern and Western regions, costing Australian growers $78M annually with potential costs of $165 million (Murray and Brennan, 2009). The disease, caused by the fungal pathogen, Rhizoctonia...

10 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Impact of root diseases on pulse crops in Northern and Southern regions

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

New research will be undertaken across the Southern and Northern regions to determine the causes of root disease in pulse crops and to measure the extent of impacts on root health and on grain yield and biomass reduction. The project will run from 2022-2025 and includes researchers from the South...

15 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Updating acidification rates, lime recommendations and extension aids to overcome soil acidity constraints to crop production in the southern region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Soil acidification currently affects more than 2M ha in SA and, unless liming applications are expanded and rates increased, this could increase to 4-5 Mha over the next few decades, especially given increased cropping intensity and reliance on fertiliser nitrogen in most areas. Acid soils in Victoria were estimated at...

1 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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ACRCP Phase 5: Optimising genetic control of wheat rusts through high value resistance genes

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

CSIRO with partners in the Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP) have common interests in ensuring development of cultivars that are resistant to the three rust diseases for reducing crop losses, enhancing profitability and protecting the environment. To achieve these goals, Phase 5 of the ACRCP is geared towards identifying...

1 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2027

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Integrated management of Fusarium crown rot in the northern and southern regions

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Fusarium crown rot is a soil-borne disease that poses a major threat to winter cereals, particularly wheat. Despite causing yield losses of up to 80 per cent, its significance is often overlooked by growers in certain regions. The disease is especially difficult to detect in Mediterranean climates, where 'softer' finishes...

1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia