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Pulses, 25 Jul 2024
One-stop pulse research shop
A new online hub featuring updates and results from pulse trials around Victoria has been designed for growers to find useful information fast
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Pulses, 22 Jul 2024
Can you hold the fungicide in dry conditions?
Trials demonstrate that faba bean varieties with tolerance to chocolate spot might eliminate the need for fungicide applications if spring conditions turn dry
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Pulses, 19 Jul 2024
Fungicide plan and soil data critical for faba beans
An agronomy consultant points to timely fungicide application and ‘must-have’ five-centimetre soil sampling to guide subsurface acidity amelioration
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Pulses, 17 Jul 2024
Disease control critical for faba bean success, expert says
A New South Wales plant pathologist says the timing of fungicide application is more important than the product used
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Pulses, 15 Jul 2024
Bean plantings expand with family’s switch to ‘strip and disc’
After the Kohlhagen family discovered faba beans can handle waterlogged soils, the crop has become a favoured pulse in their continuous cropping system
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Pulses, 09 Jul 2024
Are faba beans being underestimated?
Trials in southern and central New South Wales have shown faba beans outperforming other legumes for nitrogen fixation
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Pulses, 04 Jul 2024
Deep tillage investment helps faba bean expansion
When offset discs failed to put lime in contact with acid subsurface soil, two families pooled their money to buy a machine that could do the job
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Pulses, 27 Jun 2024
Stopping Ascochyta might be a case of fooling the messenger
If chickpea plants could ignore the ‘special ambassador’ sent by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei, could they withstand the subsequent invasion of Ascochyta blight? Using new technologies, two PhD students are hoping to answer this question.
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Pulses, 25 Jun 2024
Golden opportunity for the north’s hot and dry spots
Agronomic trials aim to move pigeon pea from cotton ‘trap’ crop to viable summer pulse option in the north.
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Pulses, 30 May 2024
Hold the spray when it comes to powdery mildew
The Powdery Mildew MBM app not only helps reduce fungicide spray, but it has also shown that spraying before signs of powdery mildew is not worth it.