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  • Pre-harvest sprouting management
    Cereals, 10 Nov 2022
    Pre-harvest sprouting management

    A recent GRDC survey coordinated by Stirlings to Coast Farmers has found 60 per cent of growers have discarded a desirable wheat variety as it had proven susceptible to sprouting. As part of a preparedness plan Jeremy Curry from DPIRD Esperance encourages growers to consider Falling number index ratings – a measure of pre-harvest sprouting susceptibility of wheat varieties- alongside other factors when selecting suitable varieties for an environment and sowing date.

  • System and profit gains of long-season wheats
    Cereals, 16 Sep 2022
    System and profit gains of long-season wheats

    As more long-season cereal types are becoming commercially available, they are providing system and profit benefits as demonstrated by a trial managed by Southern Dirt at West Muradup in southern WA.

  • Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties
    Cereals, 28 Apr 2022
    Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties

    New trials in WA are weighing up the benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties. They’re part of a two-year GRDC investment, led by SLR Agriculture, focusing on the long coleoptile trait.

  • Pre-breeding co-investment tackles sorghum lodging
    Cereals, 14 Apr 2022
    Pre-breeding co-investment tackles sorghum lodging

    A new $11.6 million, five-and-a-half-year joint investment aims to address lodging in sorghum, an issue consistently rated as the most significant concern facing sorghum growers

  • New efforts to tackle irregular grain quality
    Cereals, 05 Mar 2022
    New efforts to tackle irregular grain quality

    Researchers are exploring possible ways to mitigate the risk of price discounts after rain falls on mature wheat crops

  • Earlier sown winter barley sets new yield benchmarks >10 t/ha
    Cereals, 23 Feb 2022
    Earlier sown winter barley sets new yield benchmarks >10 t/ha

    Barley yields in excess of 10 t/ha have been recorded at Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia’s SA Crop Technology Centre, home to the GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops research project in South Australia.

  • Quality candidates recognised in historic double win
    Cereals, 20 Feb 2022
    Quality candidates recognised in historic double win

    For the first time in its history, the Australasian Grain Science Association has presented two researchers with the Guthrie Award for their outstanding contributions to grain science

  • New wheat class set to deliver greater choice and value
    Cereals, 23 Dec 2021
    New wheat class set to deliver greater choice and value

    Wheat Quality Australia (WQA) has introduced a new milling wheat class – Australian White Wheat (AWW), which is suitable for the instant noodle and general-purpose flour markets. AWW maintains the core quality characteristics of Australian hard wheat and is set to deliver greater choice and value for breeders, growers and the trade.

  • Wheat adaptation puzzle solutions
    Cereals, 19 Dec 2021
    Wheat adaptation puzzle solutions

    Puzzle solving is an important skill for scientists and David Cann has honed this skill further under the direction of a team of scientists on a GRDC capacity-building project. Mr Cann is focusing on winter wheat adaptation for changing climatic conditions.

  • Capacity building to support ‘next-gen’ wheat
    Cereals, 16 Dec 2021
    Capacity building to support ‘next-gen’ wheat

    Cropping in changing climatic situations requires new tools and 100-day wheats may provide this opportunity. Tim Green is undertaking a GRDC capacity-building project conducting preliminary investigation into identifying traits essential for improving the performance and reliability of a wheat variety like this, a next-gen wheat.

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