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June 09
Western
Australia in the spotlight for global plant geneticists
Controlling
wild radish
Barley leaf
rust outbreak in Western Australia
Vigilance
needed to overcome glyphosate resistance
The Crop Doctor:
Fusarium: a lot
of rot
May 09
Fungicide
resistance emerging as a new threat in Australia’s wheatbelt
GRDC publishes
fact sheets on crown rot in cereals
Australian
canola growers urged to manage blackleg risk this season
Cereal rust
poses a clear and present danger in Western Australia
The Crop Doctor:
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New varieties
are vital in a changing climate
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Win win for
grain growers and Nuffield Farming Scholarships
Timely tips for
successful lupins
Help prevent
fungicide resistance
Lessons from
Canada on managing glyphosate resistance in weeds
The Crop Doctor:
Integrated weed
management routs resistant ryegrass
April 09
Hybrid lupin
is world first for Western Australian researchers
New Wheat
Variety Classification Panel appointed in Australia
Research on GM
canola underway in Western Australia
New tool for
the genetic analysis of frost tolerance in cereals
GRDC review
shapes next round of variety trials
March 09
GRDC and
Australian Oilseeds Federation release GM canola case
studies
The Crop Doctor:
High amylose
wheat variety promises health benefits for consumers
Safflower
potential under investigation in northern Queensland
The Crop Doctor:
History sheds
revealing light on crop sequencing
Australian
grain growers should carefully note that label changes will
affect how they manage fungicide resistance
February 09
DAFWA
agricultural scientist Dr Bill Bowden is GRDC Western Region
Seed of Light winner
Panel to
discuss GM canola at Western Australia Agribusiness Crop
Updates
January 09
The Crop Doctor:
Just imagine
innovation
Best
practice for Roundup Ready canola
Trim seeds
to fight weeds
Flaxleaf
fleabane emerges as a weed of broadacre crops on Western
Australia’s south coast
December 08
Growing
Roundup Ready canola in Australia's eastern states
New Near
Infrared Calibrations technology increases energy yield by
16-25% per hectare in new triticale varieties
Monsanto
Technical Manager for Australian Oilseeds and Cotton reports
on the first year of Roundup Ready canola growing in
Victoria and New South Wales
November 08
Raising the bar
with better canola agronomy
Coleoptile
counts in barley breeding
Movement on
the resistance front exposes wheat killers
Wheat
variety upgrades for Eastern Australia
The Crop Doctor:
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Continuous
cropping favours cereal cyst nematode
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Myth
busting false lupin logic
October 08
Aphids
cause havoc for canola producers in New South Wales
University
of Adelaide researchers identify new sources of stem and
leaf rust resistance in wild grasses relatives of wheat
Twin sowing,
a new technique for sowing legume pastures
Many
constraints to rain lupin production in the United Kingdom
The Crop Doctor:
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Lupins show
healthy potential for increased human consumption
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Aquaculture
continues to develop as an important market for Australian
lupins
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Rust
prevention: best bet when waging war on rust
Mandelup
magic for the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia
September 08
GRDC Rust
management fact sheet - September 2008
The Crop Doctor:
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Lupins at a
crossroads in Western Australia
Making the
case for a glyphosate tolerant lupin
August 08
CB Argyle, the
latest variety from Canola Breeders Western Australia, to be
available for sowing in 2009
Stemming the
spread of stem rust in Western Australia
Western Australia
to test implementation of grower-based malting barley variety
purity testing
Jandaroi
durum wheat variety has been upgraded in Western Australia
to Australian Premium Durum
Barley
variety guide for Western Australia 2008
July 08
Murdoch
University researcher evaluates Russian wheat aphid
resistance in wheat and barley
Australian
grain growers are consulted on new wheat variety
classification arrangements
The Crop Doctor:
- Lupins for
health and wealth
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Bacterial
disease affects oat crops in Western Australia
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Weed Seed
Wizard's wonderful weed decisions
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Pestlinks
website aims to deliver regionally specific information to
identified stakeholder groups
June 08
Identifying
wheat cultivars that will perform well in drought and
compacted soil conditions
The Crop Doctor:
- Western
Australia's cereal success story
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New lupin
varieties released in Australia
May 08
Redlegged earth
mite populations on two Western Australia properties found
to have major resistance to widely used synthetic pyrethroid
insecticides
Australia's National Invertebrate Pest Initiative (NIPI) to foster
grower adoption of integrated pest management practices for
invertebrate pests in the grains industry
Integrated weed
control is hard to resist
Wyalkatchem a
winner in wheat variety trials on Western Australia’s south
coast
April 08
GRDC offers
three scholarships to Australian graingrowers through the
Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars
Australian
researchers are a step closer to turning plants into
‘biofactories’ capable of producing oils which can be used
to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a range of
products
Controlling
wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella, which transmits
Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus
Shining the
light on sunflowers in Australia
Kaspa, the
friendly field pea from the Pulse Breeding Australia program
Northern
Australian grain growers urged to consider strategic ‘at
planting’ fungicide treatment as part of three-pronged
strategy for combating cereal rust
Australia's
National Variety Trials implements standardised disease
resistance ratings
The Crop Doctor:
Ramping up the
green bridge
Developing
field pea varieties with resistance to black spot caused by
Mycosphaerella pinodes
The Crop Doctor:
A growing
investment in climate change
March 08
GRDC publishes
2008 barley variety guide for Victoria, South Australia and
New South Wales
InterGrain: a
new West Australian wheat breeding company
GRDC helps
facilitate sustainable wheat breeding
Useful sources
of resistance to white rust disease, caused by Albugo
candida, identified in Brassica juncea germplasm
from Australia, China and India
New bladder
clover, chosen for its hard seededness and high seed
productivity, is full of promise
Department of
Agriculture and Food, Western Australia releases Wheat
Variety Guide 2008
Wheat
breeding, Western Australian style
February 08
Five major
summer crop industries agree to hold a combined conference
January 08
Model legume
parades genes
GRDC levy
remains working for Australian grain growers
Disease
resistant crop varfcieties head the ‘most wanted’ list for
Australian graingrowers
Positive pea
prediction
GRDC calls for
pre-emptive pre-breeding strategies to address the potential
threat of Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia
December 07
Business
opportunities are emerging for new wheat varieties being
developed under the AUSGRAINZ alliance between CSIRO Plant
Industry and New Zealand’s Crop & Food Research
Will Western
Australia's wheat yield weather climate change?
Breeding better
canolas for Western Australian growers
Present markets
for canola hay and prices above A$500 per tonne for canola grain
put the oilseed back on the agenda for Australian growers
November 07
Breeding better
canolas
GRDC welcomes
decision by New South Wales and Victoria to lift their moratoria
on the commercial production of GM canola
GRDC and
Western Australian State Government form Intergrain Pty Ltd,
responsible for future breeding and selection of superior
Western Australian wheat varieties
Australian
growers can access more than a decade of national varietal
herbicide tolerance trial results on the National Variety Trials
(NVT) website
October 07
Australia's
Grain Research and Development Corporation sees the CRC National
Plant Biosecurity as secure investment
End point royalty
increase Wyalkatchem wheat
September 07
Gains in maize
breeding for tropics
Stripe rust
'streaking' ahead in Western Australia
Study finds
widespread multiple herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in
Western Australia
Managing frost
risk in cereal crops in Australia
Helping
Australian barley growers understand new variety developments
and the latest crop agronomy
Developing a
new test to determine the levels of wheat streak mosaic virus in
bulk seed lots
New lupin
variety joins the fight again Black Pod Syndrome in Western
Australia
August 07
Understanding how
new wheat varieties respond to photoperiod and vernalisation*
Providing
solutions for greater control of necrotrophic fungal pathogen
resistance in legumes
Brassicas for
food, fuel or fiction?
July 07
GRDC signs
strategic alliance agreement with ICARDA
Chickpea - the
profitable break crop
Grains Research and
Development Corporation's new website delivers faster key
research, development and extension results
Climate change on
the radar of the Grains Research & Development Corporation
Resistance movement
June 07
Barrel medic with
more durable forms of aphid resistance
Downy mildew has
returned to Western Australia’s southern cropping areas,
infecting canola crops
New lupin variety
with high level of resistance to black pod syndrome
Collaboration with
Chinese and Indian scientists could benefit Australia's canola
oilseed industry
Weedseeker
technology limits wild radish seed set in wheat crops
International joint
venture research project produces experimental wheat variety
with 70 per cent amylose content
May 07
Blackleg management
strategies help canola growers
Victorian barley is
a boon for growers in northern New South Wales and southern
Queensland
Winter Cereals
Pre-Breeding Alliance established to promote collaboration among
Australian cereal pre-breeders
Short season wheats
deliver in Western Australia
Prime time for
sowing seeds of success
April 07
Australia is a step
closer to having a national durum wheat industry
Australian
sunflowers are newest addition to major U.S. seed bank
Action plan released
for ascochyta blight on chickpeas for Central Queensland
Farmers gain new
weapon to combat wheat streak mosaic virus
Early maturing
canola variety CB Tanami is a boon for Australian canola growers
in dry areas
First case of
metsulfuron-methyl resistance in doublegee in Western Australia
March 07
Resistant wheat
weapon in Victorian cereal rust strategies
Oat information
galore
Robbing a seed
bank for a good cause
Australian growers
urged to complete disc seeder survey
Pulse Breeding
Australia, a new pulse joint venture, will deliver better
varieties faster
Diagnostic test
for detecting wheat streak mosaic virus in bulk wheat samples
now available from AGWEST Plant Laboratories
Two new superior
lentil varieties will be available to Western Australian growers
in 2008
February 07
PestFax Editor
Peter Mangano receives GRDC Seed of Light award
Over 70
National Variety Trial (NVT) sites across Western Australia in
2007
Western
Australia announces a unique bulk seed test to detect wheat
streak mosaic virus
January 07
Long-term rust
resistance closer for sunflowers
Celebrating ten
years of local R&D
No identity
crisis with GM canola, says ABARE report
Molecular
markers make their mark in plant breeding
Crossing wheat
with wild relatives to introduce salt and waterlogging tolerance
New website
offers information and resources about weed management
techniques to minimise the risk of developing glyphosate
resistance
2006 Australian
National Variety Trial results now online
Report from the 13th
Conference of the Australian Society of Agronomy
December 06
Two GRDC-supported
projects strenghten barley's future in Western Australia
Crop rotation vital to
combat root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei)
November 06
Peter Hayman
wins GRDC Seed of Light Award
Canola hungry
for nitrogen
Enabling Australian
wheat breeding programs to develop varieties suited to specific
agro-ecological zones
Testing field pea lines
for stem strength and disease resistance
Biserrula, a promising pasture legume worth a punt
GRDC invests in wheat
technology for healthy future
Australia's Grains
Research and Development Corporation invests in wheats for healthy
future
CSIRO, Limagrain and
GRDC announce partnership to accelerate the development of new
super-healthy wheat varieties
Australian barley
growers need to be aware of varietal purity when preparing their seed
for the coming season
October 06
Sunzell offers
Australian wheat growers an early planting option with rust resistance
Challenges still lay
ahead for lupin breeding
Mix of old and new
techniques can help slow the development of herbicide resistance in
ryegrass
Vlamingh, Western
Australia’s newest barley variety, to receive malting barley status in
2007
Affinity had
potential for selective control of wild radish in lupins and
chickpeas
Virus damage widespread and severe in
wheat crops in New South Wales
Testing time for
triazine tolerant canolas
Moti chickpea to earn Central
Queensland farmers an extra $5-6 million over the next five years
Bulk seed test for wheat
streak mosaic under development in Western Australia
New Udon wheat variety
released in Australia
September 06
GRDC
scholarships now available to
the next generation of grain growers,
agronomists and researchers
GRDC releases 2007-08
investment plan
Doors open for Western
Australian wheat varieties
Grain quality is more
important than ever before, says GRDC Western Panel Chairman
GM crop opportunities
for Queensland
End Point Royalties
debate defines crop breeding future in Australia
Cooperative Research
Centre for Tropical Plant Protection develops nine new disease resistant
and high yielding varieties of lucerne, stylo, cowpea and oats for the
Australian farm fodder industry
Getting the drift on
stripe rust
GRDC calls for innovation to drive
Australian grains
industry's future
August 06
Stripe rust alert for
eastern Australia
Field truth for faba bean
research in Australia
Grain varieties on trial
in Western Australia
Newly
discovered species of
wheat curl mite
complicates crop protection
Call for expressions of
interest: Delivery platform and supply chain infrastructure requirements
for GM wheat and barley crops and products within the Australian grains
industry
Better barley breeding
Albus lupins are hard to
resist
Improved tolerance to
waterlogging and dryland salinity in wheat
July 06
Australian soybean breeding
program refocussed towards culinary quality varieties for higher value
markets
Northern Australian
graingrowers closer to canola varieties offering disease-break benefits
and good oil content
Australian research project
focuses on canola as dual purpose grain and graze crop
GRDC-supported research finds the same gene associated with two
different fungal wheat diseases
Australia's Glyphosate
Sustainability Working Group provides information and resources about
weed management techniques
June 06
GRDC publishes two
new Ute Guides: "Sorghum disorders" and "Maize disorders"
Philom Bios and
GRDC announce CEO for Australian joint venture
GRDC and Philom
Bios join forces to develop high-value inoculents in Australia
New wheat lines for
Queensland's harsh wheat growing environment
New canola guide for
Western Australian growers
Australian durum wheat
making a come-back
Better cereal varieties
faster through biotechnology
Guide to help Australian
canola growers control blackleg
Australian Plant Breeder's
Rights: A Guide for Grain Growers
Testing the grain quality
of Australian wheat varieties
"Advances in Plant
Genetics" - a computer-based resource package for Australian high school
science teachers
Disorderly conduct: the
case of “unidentified sunflower disorder” in Central Queensland
May 06
GRDC-backed research into
the potential for irrigated grain crops in cotton cropping systems
Soybeans go coastal in
northern New South Wales
Developing
a new barley that, when malted for brewing, will produce lower calorie
beer
Faba
beans attracting renewed interest in Australia
April 06
Three new drought and
disease resistant peanut varieties to be released in Queensland over the
2007 summer peanut growing season
Pearl or mutabilis lupins
to boost Western Australia's grain industry
Improving herbicide
tolerance in pulses
GRDC Research Update -
Canola review: whats new for 2006
A new annual medic, world
first annual pasture legume, available in 2006
Barley Breeding Australia to release new
barley varieties of superior quality for 2006
Faba bean good and getting
better in Western Australia
Bringing gold back to the
northern New South Wales grains industry
High R&D performance the
key to survival, GRDC Chairman tells growers
Don't lose the one you
love, says Australia's
Glyphosate
Sustainability Working Group
Australian National
Variety Trials online - seek before you sow
International joint
venture will commercialise high value inoculants in Australia
March 06
Inter-cropping of
sunflowers and soybeans
Australia’s
graingrowers will have to adapt to climate change
Workshop series from the Australian Centre for Intellectual
Property in Agriculture:
"Seed Licences,
End Point Royalties (EPR) and Plant Breeders’ Rights: Issues for
the Grains Industry"
New barley variety
for Western Australia's export malting barley industry
Legumes and the
energy bill
Long term impact of
Australia's emerging ethanol industry on the way grain is priced
Rhizosphere interactions
to influence variety selection
Innovation
is the answer, GRDC Chairman tells Australian graingrowers
February 06
GRDC
Seed of Light Award to 'No-Till Bill' Crabtree
Pulses in the Central
West region of New South Wales
It's time for the
annual round of GRDC's Grains Research Updates
Wheat and oats
information for Western Australia
Reports from the 5th Australian Sorghum Conference:
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Challenges for sorghum
- When the going is
tough
- Sorghum by the book
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The Australian sorghum
industry: a cooperative industry
January 06
Fumigation with
phosphine favoured throughout
Australia
Rot goes deeper with
pythium root disease, the 'common cold' of cropping systems
Queensland's Department
of Primary Industries releases new Ute Guides on disorders in sorghum,
maize and sunflowers
Results of Australian
National Variety Trials becoming available on NTV website
COGGO-AGT joint venture
to give Western Australia's wheat growers quick access to germplasm for
high-earning wheat varieties
The chickpea code
The
effective use of pulses in combination with other strategies to reduce
crown rot in wheat
December 05
High-tech and
sorghum
Australian
growers relax and fungus invades
Current technologies to be focus of
the Fifth
Australian Sorghum Conference
ABARE's November issue of the Australian Crop Report
Rust war in Western
Australia: resistant varieties are the ultimate weapon
November 05
Award-winning seed
coating provides growth benefits too
Wheat to chase deep water:
matching
plant roots to cropping systems in northern New South Wales and
Queensland
Research being
conducted in Australia into an early season biserrula variety
Lupins highly tolerant
to the broadleaf herbicide metribuzin and carrying the anthracnose
disease resistance gene
Home truths about
chickpeas
Western Australia
Department of Agriculture researcher Angelo Loi on low rainfall pasture
A lot's in a name:
Kyabra chickpea
October 05
Cracking the secrets of
chickpea yields
Novel moisture retention
system for grain crops generates interest among farmers and researchers
Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia releases potential dwarf milling oat
variety
South Australian growers
need to mix up their wheat varieties to avoid rusts
2005 Nuffield scholar
for Western Australia to explore the value-adding potential of providing
fully traceable grain products
Tougher international
competition for the Australian wheat industry
September 05
GRDC signs novel
inoculant agreement with Philom Bios
GRDC contacting
farmers who are hosting canola trials found to be contaminated with GM
material - NSW Farmers Association says trials should not be destroyed
Wheat
Products Guide gives Australian growers
detailed
understanding of present and future wheat products and the markets that
demand them
Formation of Barley
Breeding Australia to
double the size of
Australia's barley industry
Professor Tim Reeves
assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Grains Research and
Development Corporation
New South Wales
Department of Primary Industries releases new Sorghum AgFact
Good, bad and ugly
sorghum insects
Australian breeders develop new phytophora root rot resistant variety by
crossing chickpea with a wild cousin
The cost of storing
grain
August 05
Western Australian wheat growers can look
to lucerne in ongoing rotations to boost yields
Lupins for dinner
Glyphosate resistance in
ryegrass
still a worry in Australia
Glyphosate
resistant ryegrass confirmed at four new locations in Australia
Early harvesting of grain
under study in Australia
Hounding heliotis
GRDC reports wheat and
pulse breeding progress
Stripe rust campaign gets
a road map in Australia
How
might climate change affect the long-term future of crop production in
Central Queensland?
New lucerne varieties for Queensland
and northern New South Wales
July 05
The 'Flowering
Calculator' helps Australian wheat growers maximize yield potential
Virus resistance key to expansion of pulse industry in northern New
South Wales
National barley breeding
program to help Australian industry meet expected demand increases by
2020
Integrated Weed Management
revs up in Australia
Focus on herbicide
resistance
Strategies
to lift the annual productivity growth of Australian graingrowers
New production manuals
available to Western Australian pulse growers
Central Queensland
Sustainable Farming Systems project's sorghum trial: a good dry weather
experiment ruined by rain
Swedish scientists work with Australia's Tamworth Agricultural Institute
on "Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy"
June 05
GRDC’s national
mungbean breeding program prepares to release two new varieties
New barley
varieties to give Australia edge in malting barley quality
Fact sheets on
blackleg management in canola
Renovation cropping
can improve protein levels in the following wheat crop
Western Regional Panel of
GRDC revitalized with new members
Five new members for GRDC
Northern Panel
Website offers information
on risk and control of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)
GRDC to strengthen its
wheat research alliance with CIMMYT
New generation of wheat
varieties being developed by Australian Grain Technologies
Endemic Australian grass could provide answer in quest to find – or
breed – frost tolerant wheat
Wheatgrass factors to boost
salt tolerance in wheat
Col Mullen receives Grains
Research and Development Corporation “Seed of Light” award
May 05
GRDC takes
industry advice
Australian grain crops under
the satellite spotlight
Chickpeas do it for Nyngan,
New South Wales group of growers
Co-ordinated Improvement
Program for Australian Lentils to commercialise two new lentil varieties
Australia's national barley
breeding program has been established
Research
could lead to development of new inoculants against root diseases like
Crown rot, Rhizoctonia, Take-all and Pythium
Work begins in Australia on a
national strategy to manage insect resistance to stored grain
insecticides - beginning with phosphine
A close look at moist grain
harvesting
GRDC research update papers:
- Wheat
varieties updated in 'Flowering Calculator': a model predicting
flowering time
- Optimum sowing time of new
wheat varieties in Western Australia
- New wheat varieties:
performance characteristics and attributes; do they fit our system?
- New wheat varieties:
performance characteristics and premiums
- Prospects for increasing
yield in sorghum by breeding
- National variety trials
Are
there apples and oranges in munbean seed?
April 05
Cercospora leaf spot - an
emerging disease in faba beans?
Field pea varieties for
northern New South Wales and southern Queensland
New sub clover cultivars -
where do they fit?
Kaspa, the friendly pea
Dual resistance to both
ascochyta blight and chocolate spot moves closer in faba beans
Field peas for northern
New South Wales and Queensland
Australia's peanut
industry going hard in tough times
March 05
Two new desi chickpea
varieties available to Western Australian growers
High levels of herbicide
resistance observed in annual ryegrass and wild radish in Western
Australia
GM canola facts - the
Canadian experience
Canola quality mustard
(Brassica juncea)
hots up
New publication from the
CRC for Australian Weed Management: "Weeds in Winter Pulses – Integrated
Solutions"
Collaborating for change
in the Australian grains industry
Look back to find sound
principles for grazing cereals
Wheat stripe rust can be beaten, says
New South Wales plant pathologist
February 05
GRDC to tap grains
industry passion
Superior varieties of
yellow lupin for Western Australian graingrowers
National
Australian Pulse Breeding Program to unite field pea, chickpea, faba
bean and lentil breeding programs
GRDC supports
aggressive breeding strategy to incorporate frost tolerance into
commercial barley varieties
"Protect glyphosate" is
the message
Australian breeders aim
at "more crop per blessed drop"
January 05
Australian growers find integrated
approach hard to resist
Focus on
canola breeding and remote sensing at Adelaide GRDC Grains
Research Update
University of
Queensland study finds bright future for guar
Skip those wide and skip
rows in maize
GRDC
working with growers for growers on barley, farming systems
Crossing the green
bridge
New GRDC project
focusing on oat agronomy and industry development
December 04
CSIRO's High Rainfall
Zone cereal lines show promise in stripe rust battle
More than 25,000
hectares of Kaspa field peas across Western Australia in 2005
Pulse Australia and the
GRDC address the need for objective assessment of new pulse varieties
Grains Research and
Development Corporation initiates national Glyphosate Sustainability
Working Group
GRDC-supported research
finds ways to make future varieties tolerant to pre-harvest sprouting
Central Queensland
grain growers are keen to keep herbicide options
GRDC-funded barley
variety Hamelin received as malting quality in Western Australia
EGA Eagle Rock wheat
has best package of resistance to rust diseases
Biocontrol technique to
reduce aflatoxin in peanut crops on the horizon
Heliothis management
research in Queensland’s Darling Downs benefits graingrowers
November 04
GRDC’s
web-based Harvest Radio features information on general
research, trials, new varieties, farmer activities and case
studies
New stubble and
rotation guidelines for reducing economic losses from blackleg
in canola
National
variety testing in Australia moves closer
High science
approach to chickpea disease
Campaign to
make chickpeas more profitable for graingrowers in northern
Australia
Grains Research &
Development Corporation: Call for
expressions of interest to participate in the provision of
National Variety Trials
CLIMA collection mission to
Morocco brings back germplasm which is
likely to benefit Australia’s pasture industry for years to come
Australian
grains and oilseeds exports to increase
Australia’s
soybean industry wants more varieties with qualities that suit
the food trade
Beating bugs in
canola
Breaking new
ground with break crops
Don't panic on
stripe rust, says New South Wales Department of Primary
Industries cereal pathologist
Sunny outlook
for sunflowers in New South Wales
New generation
herbicides evaluated in Western Australia for managing herbicide
resistance in annual ryegrass and wild radish in cropping
systems
Cereal cyst
nematode and rust-resistant wheats in the pipeline in Australia
National Barley Breeding Program to be created in Australia
White Gold, new
mungbean variety from CSIRO, could mean yield increases, larger
grain and improved disease resistance
Three new Enterprise
Grains Australia wheat varieties name in Queensland
Exports of Australian
grains to increase in 2004-05
Strategic release for new chickpeas in Australia
October 04
Mandelup, a new robust
and high-yielding lupin variety, released in Western Australia
Fungicide strategies in
integrated management of wheat and barley leaf diseases in southern
Western Australia
Wheat monoculture may be
sustainable after all
Modern
herbicides are too precious to be allowed to fail because of resistant
weeds
Finding a place for faba
beans in the Darling Downs, Queensland
Golden opportunity for
Australian mungbean farmers
Chickpeas varieties go
regional in Australia
September 04
Grain breeding’s ‘Holy
Grail’, a drought tolerant, high yielding crop
Hard choices to be made
on stripe rust in wheat crops in New South Wales
Rocky times for the
genetic cradle of pasture genetic resources
Plant breeding for the
tough times
Research aims at
decreasing the thickness of the seed coat in narrow leaf, yellow and
albus lupin
“Probing” all lucernes:
good or bad
A natural seed coating
helps in the fight against fungal diseases
The price of keeping
glyphosate
Papers from the Cereal
Foliar Disease Workshops held in July in five locations in Australia
Integrating seed
treatments and foliar fungicides
Remote sensing -
farming for the future
Prototype near
infra-red analyser records grain protein and moisture during harvesting
2004 prospects and
options for dryland cotton in Australia
August 04
Western Australia dreams
of durum wheat
Matching Australia's crop
varieties to different farming systems
Rotational crops such as
peanuts or soybeans are a 'must' for Australian sugar cane farms
New bioinformatics tool
for crop legume researchers could accelerate biological discovery and
benefit growers
Identifying 'good mothers'
is key to improved lucerne varieties for dryland situations
Lucerne hay: turning the
'art' of haymaking into more of a science
Timely focus on wheat rust
in New South Wales
Cereal foliar diseases
under the microscope in Australia
July 04
Using computer
models to minimise development and spread of glyphosate
resistance
High Rainfall Zone
of Australia could see higher yields of wheat, malting barley,
pulses and oilseeds
CROPCHOICE helps New
South Wales farmers make decisions by keyboard
Chickpea Disorders:
the Ute Guide
Australian growers
reap R&D rewards
Record canola plantings in
the north west of News South Wales
Russian Federation looms as
competitor for Australian grain exports
June 04
Frost tolerance
breakthrough in barley
Australia's winter
crop down
The
dream of every
irrigation farmer in Australia:
the eight tonne wheat crop
GRDC funded project
targets small seeded dodder
Western Australia's
wheatbelt cropping systems must change to remain sustainable
Campaign to manage
heliothis in grains and cotton wins GRDC's “Seed of Light” award
Western Australian
chickpeas feel the cold
Stubborn resistance
Incorporating
metribuzin tolerance into anthracnose resistant lupin cultivars
Protecting Australian grains from exotic insects and diseases
Managing disease to
keep canola in the rotation
Barley is no
“disease sucker”
GRDC will stand by GM
research for the future's sake
May 04
Drought tolerance
traits could soon be picked off the shelf by plant breeders
Predicting and
managing spread of blackleg and other important leaf and stem
diseases in crops in Mediterranean environments
Grains Research and
Development Corporation will continue to invest in GM research
Quest to cure
pythium, the 'common cold' of cropping
Fighting
ryegrass in wheat fields through cross sowing
Regional canola
update packages now available from Oilseeds Western Australia
and the Ag Department
New soybean varieties
with improved seedpod weathering resistance and culinary grade
quality for Queensland
Independent national
variety testing program for Australia
Barley in north Queensland:
focussing on feed
April 04
Sow less canola
seed and reap more. Could that work?
Australian
graingrowers could soon be enjoying the benefits of broadband
internet service
Blackleg warning
for Western Australia's canola growers
New high-yielding
kabuli chickpea variety released in Western Australia
Barley wants its
place in Queensland
New narrow leaf lupin
cultivars are immune to common necrotic form of bean yellow mosaic virus
New GRDC decision support
tool for Australian field pea growers facing blackspot
March 04
Grains Research and
Development Corporation salutes lupin specialist Peter Nelson
GRDC backs
"Towards a Single Vision" grain strategy
Millets: quick to grow, slow to
pay
Sorghum
ergot: minimising loss
The GRDC Crop Doctor:
summer sorghum is a valuable rotation crop
Guar in rotation with
winter wheat on some marginal soils of Queensland
Making precision
agriculture pay
GRDC and CIMMYT in
international wheat breeding alliance
Developing a National
Grains Industry Biosecurity Plan in Australia
New perennial legume
species for Western Australia
Mutabilis
lupin premium
Strategic initiative on
crown rot, common root rot and Fusarium head blight
February 04
GRDC supports lucerne
seed and rhizobia collecting missions in Turkmenistan
Packing sheds across
Queensland and northern New South Wales join grain quality push
Summer soaks offer
salinity solution
January 04
Pooling breeding
resources to develop a better barley in Australia
New management packages
needed to help stabilise Western Australia's canola production
Australian National University's
'sunflower cam' helps
develop more drought
tolerant sunflowers
Pulse Australia
recommends care with chickpea seed
Millet feeding study: new
varieties of dwarf pearl millet are potential alternative to grain
sorghum in feed
Sobering findings on
spaced out wheat
Identifying
frost tolerant wheat varieties
Dual
purpose wheat varieties for
New
South Wales
Drought tolerant
sunflower varieties on the way for Australian farmers
Dwarf pearl millet keeps
performing in Queensland
December 03
Waxy sorghum
benefit across Australia
GRDC Crop Doctor:
variety specific information for pulses
Is feed barley the way to go in
Queensland and northern New South Wales?
November 03
Australian pulse
production could double in 2003
GRDC climate investments
forecast change for growers
CSIRO in fight for GM
role
GRDC moves on crop
variety testing
University of
Sydney’s specialist cereal rust research team ranks wheat varieties
October 03
Strategic plan to map
the future of the Australian grains industry
October 03
Evaluating nutrient needs
of pulses
Australian scientists say
"stay cool" on rust threat
Pushing sorghum to cope
with climate change
Australia’s grains industry
scouts for talent
GRDC ponders machinery
research role
Drought proof oilseed
Collecting germplasm can
literally be a minefield
New chickpea for Central
Queensland
The challenges of barley
breeding
GRDC
targets 'hot spots'
GRDC posts research priorities for 2004-05
September 03
Grain Pool Managing
Director Peter Reading appointed Managing Director of the GRDC
Queensland Department of Primary research into
colour defects in barley
grain
Growers
vs. weeds
in Western
Australia’s
northern agricultural region
Field pea shooting for
resistance in Western Australia
August 03
Exploring
the use of Indian Mustard seed as a canola alternative
Pulse check
New faba bean
variety offers improved rust resistance, seed size and
appearance
Lucerne’s
increasing popularity in Western Australia
Protecting
Western Australia's
wheat varieties against rust
Cracking barley's
black point secrets
Less is more, says
GRDC Managing Director
Quality
assurance without the queue for
Western Australian grain growers
July 03
Breeding for
Australia’s
A$8
billion grains industry
Testing how bacteria boost
cereal yields
The big lucerne campaign
Consumers are key to a sunny future for
The
Australian sunflower industry
GRDC-supported research
develops high-methionine lupin cultivars
Identifying genetic
susceptibility to traditionally benign herbicides among new varieties
When is a false break really a false break?
June 03
Botrytis
is next challenge in chickpea disease management in northern
Australia
Keen for mustard?
Inoculate chickpea seed
Fighting branched broomrape, a parasitic plant that could cripple canola
yields
May 03
‘GST’ adds to A$3.5
billion weed problem
Once again, the tough
get going across Australia’s northern grains region
Backing pasture
future
Grains Research and
Development Corporation to make strategic contribution to the
Global Conservation Trust
Australian wheat
technology for the US, Canada
Australian Government
and GRDC pledge over $16.5m to Global Conservation Trust's
global seedbank project
Grains Research and
Development Corporation seeks new Managing Director
Ag production
simulation models might be good to look at, but what have they
done to improve grain yield lately?
Queensland¹s
Department of Primary Industries to conduct herbicide trials on
new cereal varieties
Finding the point of no return: when is it too late to sow canola?
Sub-soil constraints can hit grain yields
Mallow Brick Road - investigating Malva parviflora
Yellow lupin industry looms for Western Australia's wheatbelt
April 03
Increasing reports of
nematode damage to wheat crops following rotation with lupins
Halting the
resistance movement
Western Australia test
separates the best wheat and barley varieties from the rest
Canola seed size impacts
crop yields
Over the top cereal
production
Australian research combats
glyphosate-resistant ryegrass
Care still needed after the
drought
Eureka! $10,000 prize for
Australian grains research
Wheat variety guide distributed to Queensland and northern New
South Wales wheat growers
GM debate on the move in
Western Australia
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr
Norman Borlaug backs biotech revolution
Cereal crop crave shown in
wave
March 03
Graingene - new commercial
team in Australian grain research
Feeding the Asian giant
Whitefly threat: serious
but manageable
Feed grain supply under
pressure in Queensland and New South Wales
Pro proteins pro profits
Profiling anthracnose,
blackleg and black spot diseases
Specialty markets are the
way to go for Australian maize
Protecting cereal crops
from root lesion nematodes
Australia¹s maize growers
need a nutrient check
Tight genes race
Australian Department of
Agriculture appoints GM consultant
February 03
Scientists from
Australia’s leading climate research centres are urging farmers to
accept the reality of climate change
Australian soybean
industry reviews its future
Seed of Light extends to
barley development officer
Lucerne cultivars and
other herbaceous legumes that tolerate acid soils
Australian grain
advisers look past the drought
Chasing extra value in
grain
New pasture species
shows promise in Australia
Sweet corn research in
North Queensland
GRDC, driving innovation
in the Australian grains industry
January 03
Pearl millet a crop
for drought conditions
GRDC supports
research on diamondback moth in Western Australia's canola crop
New GRDC-backed
research on how best to handle foliar diseases of wheat
Rocket science
helps in weed management
New chickpea
research at the Centre For Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
Legume research backs
promiscuity
December 02
Looking for hard answers
on western pulses
Sequencing the first
legume: Medicago truncatula
Good farmers defy old
man drought in Australia
Phytopthora resistant
soybeans
All you want to know
about lucerne
GRDC’s new five year
plan drives innovation through business ventures
New barley, canola,
pulses, hay, milling oats and pasture varieties for Australian farmers
Dry performance wheat
Biotech speeds the way
to better wheats and barleys
Western Australian
molecular geneticists tackle key wheat fungal disease
GRDC wins
Prime Minister's Excellence Award
New malting barley
varieties are released in Western Australia
November 02
Mungbean growers
told they are in the food business
Banking on weed
management
Australian
mungbean industry launches five year strategic plan
Legumes are next
in sequence
GRDC's Ground
Cover newspaper a valuable source of research information for
Australian farmers
Novel seed
treatment for anthracnose
Australian
mungbean industry plans its future
New feed barley
released by Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Durum wheat for
saline country
Centre for
Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture testing disease resistant chickpeas
Ryegrass resistance
caught out
October 02
Barley breeders' beer
burden
Scientists explore Middle
East germplasm
Australian peanut
industry looks for models
"Slatts" to keep his
finger on the pulses in Northern Australia
All round tribute to
cricketing barley breeder
Return on seed capital
for Western Australian grain growers
Cross addressing future
research at the 12th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference
Grains Research and
Development Corporation to invest in development of rust and chocolate
spot resistant faba bean
Stripe rust is already on
the itinerary for Western Australia’s international visitors
September 02
GRDC tribute to
wheat breeder Frank Ellison
Grains Research
and Development Corporation backs Central Queensland whitefly
study
Keeping protein
in the lupin
Glyphosate
resistant ryegrass and brodal and atrazine resistant radish
Fungicides take the
punch out of Powdery Mildew in wheat and barley
August 02
To "B" or not to "B", that
is the question - How boron deficiency affects the yield of canola and
lupin
Waxy gene can improve
stockfeed sorghum
Australian Co-ordinated
Lupin Improvement Program targets anthracnose and phomopsis disease
resistance
Common sowthistle, also
known as milk thistle, has to be managed
Resistance of annual
ryegrass to glyphosate herbicides is growing
Tapping into lucerne's
winning ways
July 02
Weeds and their seeds
Disease aids for
Western Australian growers
Grains Research and
Development Corporation investing A$110 million in grain research
projects
CSIRO Plant Industry
scientists zero in on 'green revolution' gene
Drought proof crops a
step closer
Grains innovation set
to continue in Australia
Western Australian
researchers hunt for salinity solutions
Genetically Modified
Grains: Market Implications for Australian Graingrowers
June 02
CSIRO Entomology and the Grains Research and Development Corporation
form crop protection alliance
Growers take center stage in future of Australian mungbean industy
Taking the risk out of Central Queensland sorghum
GM debate gathers momentum in Australia
Fickle weather teases south-east Australia's grain growers
May 02
New lentil varieties being developed in Australia
Australian mungbean industry plans its future
Adelaide bioscience plant research centre vital to future of Australian
grain industry
Mustard and oilseed prospect in Australia
Testing time for resistance
Protecting crops is a real pest
Chickpea appreciated now in cotton rotations
Identity preservation inevitable for grain in Australia
Forecasting beet western yellow virus
Snorkeling wheat
Field pea breeding yields results in Western Australia
New soybean variety for Northern New South Wales
Performance of more than 500 field and grain crop varieties in Australia
now available on CD-ROM
Prime Hard varieties are focus for northern Australia wheat breeders
April 02
Three world-class grain
breeding ventures have been announced to significantly enhance the
global competitiveness of Australia’s wheat industry
National leadership in
breeding new varieties for Australia's $5.7 billion wheat industry has
been targeted by a new plant breeding venture |
