Genetics boost for pulses
Early support essential for ‘light bulb’ moments
17 Oct 2024GRDC has invested $5 million in a second Australian Grains Innovation program to ensure a pipeline of novel technology and business ideas with the potential to solve some of the grains industry’s trickiest problems.
Australia’s number one weed creeps northwards
16 Oct 2024Growers moving fodder and harvest machinery are encouraged to take extra care to avoid spreading invasive weeds such as annual...
Time to stop giving weeds a free ride
15 Oct 2024Growers moving fodder and harvest machinery are encouraged to take extra care to avoid spreading invasive weeds such as annual ryegrass and parthenium. University of...
Are potassium needs being met?
14 Oct 20246 Growers in the West Midlands region of Western Australia have identified potassium deficiency as a major issue affecting crop yields, leading to a GRDC National...
Genetic mechanism unlocks a key secret behind disease infection in crops
10 Oct 2024CCDM researchers have unravelled a key genetic mechanism behind the way pathogens infect crops, leading to new strategies for breeding resistant crop varieties against other pathogens carrying the same genetic mechanism.
Cereal frontiers targeted in lower rainfall areas
09 Oct 2024New research is set to push the limits of water productivity and cereal yield potential in the low and medium-rainfall...
Assess Sclerotinia risk to assist crop planning
09 Oct 2024Plant pathologists have found that some pulse species are more susceptible than others to the damaging diseases Sclerotinia white mould...
