Lupins highly tolerant to the broadleaf herbicide metribuzin and
carrying the anthracnose disease resistance gene have been bred
in Western Australia, potentially allowing growers to enjoy
better weed control.
Centre for Legumes
in Mediterranean Agriculture
(CLIMA) researcher, Dr Ping Si, has collaborated with Dr Mark
Sweetingham and Dr Bevan Buirchell of the
Department of Agriculture,
Western
Australia
on this GRDC project.
Dr Si
identified the highly tolerant metribuzin mutants in a
population of the anthracnose resistant, but metribuzin
sensitive cultivar Tanjil.
With the three year study now
concluded, GRDC has funded a new project to improve herbicide
tolerance of pulses in
Western
Australia.
