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National Variety Trials, 17 Feb 2025
NVT the centrepiece in mastering yield complexities
As established by GRDC, the National Variety Trials (NVT) system creates an independent source of information about the performance of cereal oilseed and pulse varieties across environments and seasons. The side-by-side comparison support decision making by growers and also offer benefits to breeding organisations.
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National Variety Trials, 10 Feb 2025
Audits keep trial quality high
The work of service providers is audited each year to ensure the NVT program sustains high-quality outputs
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National Variety Trials, 07 Feb 2025
Grower hosts keen to see new varieties in action
Hosting National Variety Trials (NVT) on-farm gives National Variety Trials (NVT), grower hosts line-of-sight access to new varieties coming through
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National Variety Trials, 31 Jan 2025
NVT: a test for pathogen resistance
GRDC invests in plant pathologists and pre-breeders who use the National Variety Trials to screen and select varieties for resistance to disease
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National Variety Trials, 24 Jan 2025
Impact of NVT extends beyond variety selection
The National Variety Trials (NVT) system adds value to the agricultural research pipeline in ways that improve grain growing operations beyond variety selection decisions. Included are resource sharing alongside a research seed multiplication facility for use by all GRDC invested research projects
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National Variety Trials, 17 Jan 2025
Variety trials empowered as a national program
Former National Variety Trials (NVT) manager Alan Bedggood is proud to have helped set up a system to support growers in choosing new varieties for their farms.
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National Variety Trials, 14 Jan 2025
NVT – independent and data rich
Prominent plant breeder and former GRDC managing director Dr Steve Jefferies reflects on the value of the NVT to breeding companies and growers.
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National Variety Trials, 13 Jan 2025
Celebrating 20 years of GRDC’s National Variety Trials
Established by GRDC in 2005, NVT has evolved into the largest coordinated variety trial network in the world.
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National Variety Trials, 13 Jan 2025
Confidence in comparisons expands beyond yield data
More than two decades of trials have provided the tools needed to compare commercial varieties using independent and locally relevant performance information
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National Variety Trials, 08 Jan 2025
Growers the guiding hands to NVT success
The work of service providers is audited each year to ensure the NVT program sustains high-quality outputs