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Lupins to be fortified for disease resistance

18 Mar 2024

Renewed vigour is being applied to narrow-leafed lupin development with a major cross institutional project upping the ante for disease resistance. Four high priority diseases will be the focus of the investment with the aim...

GRDC News

SA grain growers to shape research investment

15 Mar 2024

South Australian grain growers, particularly those in the Eyre Peninsula, are being called upon to participate in a series of...

Weeds, Pests and Diseases

Barley grass stripe rust variants characterised by increased virulence

15 Mar 2024

BGYR (barley grass stripe [yellow] rust), was first detected in Australia in 1998, predominantly affecting wild barley grass weed species. Through comparative greenhouse studies, the...

Weeds, Pests and Diseases Growers urged to report mouse numbers
Weeds, Pests and Diseases

Prevention the key to biosecurity when sowing

13 Mar 2024

6 To minimise the risk of plant pathogens and pests spreading through the transportation of seed, there are a few simple farm biosecurity practices that can...

Innovation

Helping noodle wheat meet Japanese expectations

08 Mar 2024

The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre is Australia’s market-facing agency for the Japanese noodle market, in collaboration with the Grain Industry Association of WA’s Wheat Council. For more than 10 years, AEGIC has been central to supporting this market through sensory assessment of new varieties, as well as providing technical support, crop reports and resources to address seasonal issues.

Innovation

Dryland pasture systems innovation for mixed farms

04 Mar 2024

A suite of projects that identified a new generation of legume pasture species that are better adapted to dryland mixed...

Innovation

Researchers gain access to genetic resources to speed up oat, lupin breeding

01 Mar 2024

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has announced a strategic partnership with Traitomic, a Denmark-based crop trait development company,...

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