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August 09
Australian research
project may help to breed more frost tolerant cereal varieties
Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia extends public comment period for the
review of the GM Crops Free Areas Act
July 09
Western Australia
Department of Agriculture and Nufarm discontinue Wongan Hills canola
trials due to lack of rainfall
Competitive crops called on
to combat weeds
May 09
New research to unlock
mystery of black pod syndrome in lupins
Authorised inspection
officers are ready for Western Australia's first GM canola trials
Innovative new techniques to
aid insect pest control
March 09
New GrainGuard
co-ordinator for Western Australia
February 09
DAFWA
agricultural scientist Dr Bill Bowden is GRDC Western Region
Seed of Light winner
Malting barley
Baudin and Gairdner remain popular with growers in Western
Australia
Root lesion nematode
research to aid crop management
Department of
Agriculture releases CSIRO report on biofuel production in Western
Australia
January 09
Trim seeds to fight
weeds
Fusarium head blight
detected in small number of wheat and barley samples in Western
Australia
December 08
Western
Australia approves limited commercial-size trials for GM canola
Indonesia looks
to Western Australia’s seed potatoes
Western Australian
lupin growers encouraged to have seed tested for manganese levels before
next season
November 08
Western Australia lifts
moratorium on commercial production of GM cotton
October 08
Farmer trading
now permitted for Vlamingh barley seed in Western Australia
Department of
Agriculture and Food grains extension officer Ian Pritchard to oversee
pulse breeding in Western Australia
Western Australia Ag
Department widening the search for exotic grain pests
September 08
Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia undertakes research on how cereal crops
respond to frost
New publication for
Western Australian lupin farmers
Malting barley variety
receival recommendations developed for the 2009-10 harvest
New model to forecast
risk of bean yellow mosaic virus
August 08
Barley variety
guide for Western Australia 2008
Western Australia Ag
Department submits two barley varieties for commercial malting and
brewing accreditation
June 08
Western Australia Ag
Department cautions that re-seeding canola is not a viable option
Fungicide still required
for disease resistant chickpeas
May 08
Course to assist Western
Australian farmers in identification of crop and pasture plant diseases
Early sown canola could
escape serious blackleg infection, says the Department of Agriculture,
Western Australia
April 08
Invasive weed giant
Parthenium hysterophorus found in Kimberley, Western Australia
Climate change moderates
salinity in Western Australian agricultural areas
March 08
Department of Agriculture
and Food, Western Australia releases Wheat Variety Guide 2008
Policy to keep silverleaf
whitefly out of the Kimberley region of Western Australia
February 08
Successful
introduction of virus testing into the seed potato certification
schemes of Western Australia
Future climate
to impact wheat production in Western Australia
New canola
varieties prove more flexible and profitable for Western
Australian growers
Vlamingh barley
shows plenty of promise in Western Australia
Redlegged Earth
Mite (Halotydeus destructor) resistance to insecticides
spurs search for control options
Western Australia's Ag
Department reminds graingrowers to have seed tested
January 08
Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia hosts forum to discuss the future of the
wheat industry
November 07
GRDC and Western
Australian State Government form Intergrain Pty Ltd, responsible for
future breeding and selection of superior Western Australian wheat
varieties
October 07
End point royalty
increase Wyalkatchem wheat
Western
Australia's Grain Licensing Authority approves barley licences
Warmer weather slows
down stripe rust in Western Australia
Research coordination
meeting of FAO and IAEA to meet in Perth, Western Australia
September 07
New high yielding
narrow-leafed lupin for Western Australia's southern coastal areas
August 07
Reports of bacterial
stripe blight in oats in Western Australia
Western Autralian farmers
urged to look for signs of stripe rust and wheat streak mosaic virus
Western Australia
releases GM cotton report for public comment
June 07
Community in Western
Australia asked to look out for Noogoora Burr seed
May 07
Western Australia looks to
Europe for better weed control
Trial shipment of Western
Australian seed potato to help boost market interest in Thailand
Trials confirm that the weed
Paterson’s curse is resistant to herbicides
Increased sowing
window for field peas in
Western Australia
April 07
Promising new Victorian
barley variety still undergoing commercial malting and pilot brewing
trials
February 07
Gairdner and
Baudin surpass Stirling as the most popular barley varieties
grown in Western Australia
Dry season
affects results of wheat trials in Western Australia
Delayed sowing
is a worthwhile strategy for weed management in lupin crops
Barley
varieties differ in their competitiveness against ryegrass
Western
Australian farmers urged to pasture needs for 2007
Selecting the
best seeding time is key to managing blackleg in canola
Australian field pea farmers losing yield to
virus
Lucerne value in
reducing salinity
‘Green bridge’ cereals
and grasses are key to wheat streak
New lupins adapted to
the south coast of
Western Australia
January 07
Spaced out grain
December 06
Western Australian tomato growers
on alert for
potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd)
Western Australia's
growers on alert for lettuce aphids
November 06
Ag Department announces
open seed trading for several wheat, canola and lupin varieties in
Western Australia
Field peas prove their
worth in dry season in Western Australia's northeastern wheatbelt
October 06
DAFWA virus
testing benefits potato industry in Western Australia
Paterson’s Curse, the
noxious weed that plagues Australian pastures
Bulk seed test for wheat
streak mosaic under development in Western Australia
September 06
Western Australian
researcher to assist Indonesian vegetable industry
Wheat Streak Mosaic
Virus detections over a wide area of the Western Australian wheat belt
pose seed questions
Research work to be
presented at the 15th annual Australian weeds conference
Researchers from
Western Australia's Ag
Department appealing
for farmers to contribute weed seeds or mature seed heads
August 06
Healthy seed is key to
wheat streak mosaic virus management
Early seed trading announcement for
Mandelup lupins
in Western Australia
July 06
Biological battle on
ryegrass toxicity
June 06
Western Australian barley
growers to target right protein levels for beer production
Western
Australia's Ag
Department launches
new biofuel website
May 06
Western
Australia border restrictions to protect from Tomato yellow leaf curl
virus
Wheat streak mosaic virus
quarantine restrictions end in Western Australia
Hamelin barley tough enough
for metribuzin herbicide
Border
restrictions to protect Western Australia from Tomato yellow leaf curl
virus
Back to basics - key to
field peas
Wheat streak mosaic virus
should not affect seeding in Western Australia
Wheat streak mosaic virus
found in Western Australia
Field pea planning pays off
for Western Australian growers
April 06
Farmer trading of malting
barley varieties Baudin and Hamelin authorized in Western Australia
Season plan to bean rust
in Western Australia
Research
station changes sought in
Western Australia
to expand
field research capacity
March 06
Reducing the incidence
of smut in barley crops in
Western Australia
Danger year for risky
wheat varieties in Western Australia
Targeting rust with
fungicide in the lead up to seeding
Department of Agriculture
Western Australia amends some of the conditions placed on growing soft
wheat variety EGA2248
Western Australia lupin
taskforce examines crucial issues
Moves to cut high rust
risk in Western Australia
Bees
pollination of canola
plants increases seed and oil production
Trials
confirm summer weeds have major impact
on wheat grain yield and
protein
February 06
New Australian oat
grain varieties stack up
Five years of ryegrass
control in Western Australia
Field pea growers test new harvesting
techniques
Alternative weed
control in lupins
Emergency temporary
measures on the importation of wheat seed to prevent the spead of Wheat
streak mosaic virus into
Western Australia
January 06
Fumigation with
phosphine favoured throughout
Australia
Bad bugs make good
December 05
Growers in Western
Australia break field pea record
Western Australian
field pea growers advised to get their seed tested for Pea seed-borne
mosaic virus infection
Review of wheat streak
mosaic virus threat to crops in Western Australia
Alliance brings tomato
opportunities to Western Australian producers
Western Australia's
Agriculture Minister announces GM reference group
November 05
Independent long-term
animal feeding trial to gain data on the safety of GM food crops
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
India looks to Western
Australia’s Kaspa to meet field pea demand
Higher risk of stripe
rust for most of
Western Australia's
grainbelt for 2006
Western Australia
Department of Agriculture researcher Angelo Loi on low rainfall pasture
Pure varieties
essential for malting barley
October 05
Lupins
highly tolerant to metribuzin and carrying the anthracnose disease
resistance gene
New Western Australian
malting barley on the way
New crop breeding
facility for Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia
Field peas prevent wind
erosion
September 05
Successfully
harvesting semi-leafless field peas
Western Australian
sites used for disease resistance trials to be managed in line with GM
protocols
New oat variety raises
plenty of interest in Western Australia
Bedstraw plants
confirmed in cereal crops in Western Australia
Stripe rust threat
reappears in Western Australia
Looking out for
Western Australia’s wildflowers
August 05
Western Australia's Ag
Department
releases first provisional
milling quality dwarf oat
Western Australia’s Ag
Department releases new high-yielding, rust resistant wheat variety
Lettuce leaf blight (Pythium
tracheiphilum) discovered on two properties
in Western Australia
Temperature-based model
predicts timing of pea weevil infestations in field pea crops
First occurrence of wheat
leaf rust reported in Western Australia this season
Good markets for field
peas expected in Western Australia
Vigilance needed in
Western Australia on tomato virus
July 05
Western Australia's potato
industry gains from joint nematode research
Field pea rotations deliver results
in
Western Australia
Leaf spotting diseases
provide early problem in Western Australia
Timely check reveals
“growing” risk of rust infection in Western Australia's wheat belt
Advice rolls on for new
field pea growers in Western Australia
Feeding stock field peas
instead of lupins
Western
Australian growers to gain from international barley introductions
June 05
Homegrown oats needed in
Western Australia
Survey for potato-cyst nematode
begins in Western Australia
Department of Agriculture,
Western Australia offer web-based crop disease forecasting
USDA scientists share
technologies with Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Australia: summer produced
seed of wheat, EGA Eagle Rock, may contain a very low presence of a
Fusarium fungal species called Fusarium culmorum
May 05
Western Australia implements
measures to minimise lettuce aphid risk
Western Australia issues
warning about potential risks of weed seeds in imported pasture seed
mixes
April 05
New integrated
agricultural research institute in Western Australia names board
Western Australian wheat
growers could look to lucerne to help boost wheat yields
Future demand for feed
grain in Western Australia
Early rains modify rust risk assessment in
Western
Australia's wheatbelt
New
soft wheat EGA 2248 leads to changes in 2005 production agreement for
Western Australian
growers
Long season wheat are
ideal following rains, says the Department of Agriculture, Western
Australia
Western Australia Ag
Department concerned over the lack of seed testing this season
New website access for plant disease
forecasting in
Western Australia
Farmer to farmer trading of malting
barley varieties Baudin and Hamelin authorized in Western Australia
March 05
Western
Australian
Government approves ratification of
world’s first Emergency
Plant Pest Response Deed
Western Australia
Quarantine clamp down on unidentified seed consignments
In
Western Australia, lack of green on
St. Patrick's Day eases wheat rust risk for 2005
Western Australian growers
cautioned about Possum oat classification
Western Australian oat
grain production for 2005 cropping season
New hard wheats spark
interest for 2005 wheat programs
Light and temperature are
keys to weed seed dormancy
February 05
Essentials for ceral
leaf disease management
Crop rotation is key to
reducing nematode levels in cereal crops
Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia seeks input on grain variety release
process
Department of
Agriculture identifies eight new bread wheat varieties with good
herbicide tolerance
Field pea boom
anticipated in Western Australia
New Western Australian
wheat varieties suit common season break
Crop rotation is key to
reducing nematode levels
Integrated approach to
barley disease management
Sustainable stripe rust control
in Western Australia’s
grainbelt
New cultivar of eastern
star clover to be released to Australian growers in 2006
January 05
Western Australia’s
potato industry presents 'clean and green' image
December 04
New frontiers in annual
ryegrass toxicity research
New wheat targets
improved stripe rust resistance for low rainfall areas
Dry spring in Western
Australia brings high screenings in barley
November 04
Western
Australian farmers urged to watch out for annual ryegrass
toxicity
Large scale variety
testing of desi chickpea at Mullewa Research Station, Western Australia
Potentially serious weed,
three-horned bedstraw, detected for the first time in the central
wheatbelt of Western Australia
Western Australia on
the verge of dramatic increase in production of field peas
October 04
Malting Barley Council
of Western Australia downgrades Harrington and Unicorn barley to feed
grade
Western Australian
barley variety Hamelin achieves malting grade
Western Australia's Ag
Department to release advanced version of Blackspot Manager, modelling
tool to help minimise field pea crop damage from blackspot
New higher yielding
pulse crops with better disease resistance and standing ability for
Western Australian growers
Western Australian
farmers can help annual ryegrass toxicity research
September 04
Field pea rotation
combats nematodes
Integrated
agricultural research institute to be established in Western Australia
Frost tolerant barley
set for Western Australia
Rocky times for the
genetic cradle of pasture genetic resources
Management strategies
to prevent increase of horticultural pests
Hidden benefits of
field peas
Fusarium management
highlighted for summer croppers in Western Australia
Western Australian
pasture legume in international spotlight
New field pea variety
Kaspa has highest splitting yield
Western Australia's
Grains Licensing Authority grants special licenses for feed barley
Australian plague
locust information now available
Field peas is now the
most widely adapted and highest yielding grain legume crop for Western
Australia
Stripe rust front
widens rapidly in Western Australia with the arrival of spring
Excellent biosecurity
measures offer assurance for Western Australia's seed potato exports
August 04
New variety of
Boronia to be launched in Western Australia
New strategy to
help prevent diamondback moth from developing insecticide
resistance
Western Australian
plant breeders develop new narrow leaf lupin variety with better
resistance to anthracnose
Kaspa, a new
easy-to-harvest and high yielding variety, revitalises field pea
industry in Western Australia
Western Australian
growers taking a break in the northern hemisphere are advised to
take extra precautions to ensure rust spores don’t travel home
with them
Plan for fusarium
management in Western Australia
July 04
New detection machines for
skeleton weed introduced in Western Australia
Western Australian seed
growers benefit from seed certification fee review
Nine new pasture legumes
varieties set to benefit Western Australia sheep producers
Western Australian
researchers identify compound in smoke which promotes seed germination
June 04
Potato Virus Y
eradicated from Western Australia
Western Australia's
Grains Licensing Authority granted time extension in view of
uncertainty about the size of this year’s crop
Western Australia helps
develop world pest database
May 04
Fighting herbicide resistant
weed with serradella pasture
April 04
Top performing
wheats for Western Australia
Pre-seeding is a
good time to consider biosecurity principle
Western Australia Ag
Department identifies likely hotspots for rust infection in cereal
volunteer paddocks in southern and eastern areas of the wheatbelt
March 04
Western Australia's
Department of Agriculture launches new Pest and Disease Information
Service
Potato spindle tuber viroid
eradicated in a tomato crop north of Perth, Australia
GM food crops will not be
grown in Western Australia
Record field pea harvest
and growth in Western Australia
Early rust find reminds
Western Australian growers to evaluate green bridge risk
Blackleg could be a major
threat to the 2004 canola crop in Western Australia
Unravelling the mysteries
of optimum seed rates
Oaten hay varieties for
Western Australia
Farmer to farmer trading of
Cassab lentils in Western Australia
February 04
Managing wheat yield
reduction from wide rows
Malting barley: opting
for Baudin or Gairdner
New wheat varieties
perform well in Western Australia
Unravelling the
mysteries of optimum seed rates
Stubble rentention
boosts wheat yields
Longer storage and
shipping life for cauliflowers
Western Australia's
2004 lupin crops at
risk from Anthracnose infection
January 04
Staphylinid beetle on
cauliflower crops in Western Australia
New canola variety
performs under low rainfall in Western Australia
December 03
New legislation
underpins Western Australia's GM-free status
New strain of stem rust
affects Wyalkatchem wheat
International boost for
Western Australia's plant breeding research
Annual Ryegrass Toxicity
(ARGT) - a growing problem
November 03
Western Australia
and China
collaborate on new wheat and barley
Longer storage and
shipping life for cauliflower
Western Australian wheat
and barley varieties shine in sowing guide
Western Australia Ag
Department
makes eVariety Profiler for wheat available on CD
New tropical grasses for
Australian livestock producers
October 03
Agreement on track
for an integrated agricultural research institute in
Western Australia
Improving
the quality of seed production for key horticultural and pulse crops in
Mauritius
Two new subterranean
clovers introduced in Western Australia
WA Department of
Agriculture introduces two new cultivars of hard seeded French
serradella
Western Australian
Lucerne Growers Inc. wins salinity award
Beer needs live barley
September 03
e-Variety
Profiler for wheat in Western Australia
Western
Australia delivers another premium barley interstate
First stripe
rust find of the season prompts Western Australian grain growers
to check their crops
Proposed new
barley breeding joint venture to benefit Australian industry
August 03
New Australian wheats for
Asian markets
Recognizing root lesion
and cereal cyst nematodes
Superior field peas in the
spotlight in Western Australia
Partnership speeds
return of Albus
lupins to Western Australia’s lupin growers
July 03
New varieties of chickpea
with greater
ascochyta resistance
Soft wheat plan for Japan
Herbicide options for field
peas
May 03
Tank mixes of fungicide and herbicide damage chickpeas
White Blister Rust threat to broccoli and cauliflower in Western
Australia
Western Australia Department of Agriculture leads the way in developing
diagnostic techniques for Karnal bunt in wheat
Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus update in West Australia - Changes to
interstate quarantine measures and sowing restrictions
Perennial grasses promise win-win opportunities for Western Australian
farmers
Focus on future of field peas
Western Australia Ag Department implements quarantine measures and
sowing restrictions following interstate discovery of Wheat Streak
Mosaic Virus
More daisies: more choice and less water
Double knockdown herbicides to manage glyphosate resistance in ryegrass
Implications of new strain of blackleg for 2003 in Western Australia
Learning focus on nitrogen and wheat protein
Organic and
Biodynamic Conference for Western Australia
Western Australia Department of Agriculture provides clarification on
seed trading restrictions
Yellow lupin industry looms for Western Australia's wheatbelt
Western Australian vegetable
growers learn more at diamondback moth meetings
April 03
Update on Wheat Streak
Mosaic Virus in Australia
Gaining the whip hand with
ryegrass
Australian research combats
glyphosate-resistant ryegrass
Trial test kit for early
detection of Chocolate Spot (Botrytis fabae)
Permit issued in Australia
for stripe rust fungicide on wheat
Check root disease levels
prior to sowing
March 03
Reviving the albus lupin
industry
Barley development officer
recognised
Australian researchers
leading the fight against brassica disease
Biotechnology boost for
Western Australia wheat
New
hardseeded
French serradella cultivars
February 03
Australian Cereal Rust
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