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Cereals, 10 Jul 2021
Phenology fundamentals to optimise wheat yield
Key lessons have been delivered by a southern NSW collaborative project to guide decision-making to better match wheat varieties to cropping environments: understand the phenology of commercial wheat varieties, use the right variety for the right sowing date and remain disciplined with sowing dates.
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Cereals, 07 Jul 2021
New benchmark for spring-sown barley
Experimental trials have shown the potential for spring-sown barley to yield more than 10 tonnes per hectare in Tasmania. This is the finding of a national trial program spanning five states as part of the GRDC-invested hyper-yielding crops (HYC) project, led by Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia.
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Cereals, 20 Apr 2021
Trials to dive deep into moisture-seeking wheats
The development of ‘long coleoptile’ genetics that allows wheat to access moisture deep in the soil has attracted strong interest from growers looking to maximise yields in a warming and drying climate.
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Cereals, 16 Mar 2021
Moves to secure oats’ food status
A GRDC-supported project aims to improve oat agronomy and evaluate domestically and internationally sourced germplasm. The project comes as Australia boosts its international oats markets.
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Cereals, 02 Feb 2021
New efforts to raise oat productivity and value
Research to develop higher-yielding varieties that also tolerate disease better is being undertaken to meet growing Asian demand for Australian milling oats
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Cereals, 30 Jan 2021
Designer root systems to maintain durum wheat yields in drought
To help meet strong international demand for Australia’s premium durum wheat, new research has identified genetic solutions to maintain yields during drought.
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Cereals, 13 Nov 2020
Fortified wheats show promise on sodic soils
Pre-breeders have developed advanced wheat lines with tolerance to some of the physical and chemical stresses found in areas with alkaline and dispersive subsoils
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Cereals, 07 Oct 2020
Master list released: what is next for wheat classification?
The Wheat Quality Australia variety master list for 2020 has been released. Nine newly classified wheat varieties – four feed and five milling varieties – have been announced on the list.
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Cereals, 14 Sep 2020
Hyper-yield push moves to mainland HRZ
Growers have the opportunity to host on-farm trials, join networks and participate in awards as part of a new hyper-yielding crops research project. The research effort aims to push the yield boundaries of wheat, barley and canola in high-rainfall cropping areas across five states.
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Cereals, 31 Aug 2020
Valuable learnings from wheat phenology research
Central Queensland wheat growers can reap a significant yield benefit by identifying the ideal target flowering window for a region and adapting sowing date for particular varieties accordingly.