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  • A new framework for chickpea heat tolerance
    Pulses, 22 Nov 2024
    A new framework for chickpea heat tolerance

    Chickpea is Australia’s most significant pulse crop but faces considerable challenges for future expansion. High temperatures in many growing regions hinder chickpea adaptation and there is a notable lack of genetic diversity for breeders to use to overcome this constraint. To address these challenges, GRDC has invested in a new project spearheaded by the University of Queensland that aims to accelerate the development of chickpea varieties that can withstand higher temperatures.

  • New pulse investments aim to boost genetic diversity
    Pulses, 28 Oct 2024
    New pulse investments aim to boost genetic diversity

    GRDC is investing more than $17.9 million in five new pulse projects over the next six years. The aim is to enhance the genetic diversity of chickpea, lentil, faba bean, lupin, mungbean and field pea varieties to improve yield, nitrogen fixation, disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in pulse crops. Dr Camilla Hill GRDC genetic technologies manager (pulses) is coordinating these investments.

  • Mungbeans back with a bang
    Pulses, 23 Oct 2024
    Mungbeans back with a bang

    Central Queensland grain grower Mark Baker planted his biggest mungbean crop ever this year, a decision that paid off with a high-yielding crop.

  • Project to unlock know-how for mungbean success
    Pulses, 22 Oct 2024
    Project to unlock know-how for mungbean success

    A new $3.6 million project aims to close the mungbean yield gap by providing growers and advisers with the agronomic and management practices needed to confidently grow mungbeans.The project is led by Censeo Field and Lab in collaboration with the Australian Mungbean Association (AMA), the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and CSIRO. Over four years, the project will be using more than 150 on-farm strip and paddock-scale trials at sites in Queensland and New South Wales

  • Genetics boost for pulses
    Pulses, 18 Oct 2024
    Genetics boost for pulses

    GRDC is investing more than $17.9 million in five new pulse projects over the next six years. The aim is to enhance the genetic diversity of chickpea, lentil, faba bean, lupin, mungbean and field pea varieties to improve yield, nitrogen fixation, disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in pulse crops. Dr Camilla Hill GRDC genetic technologies manager (pulses) is coordinating these investments.

  • National initiative to enhance N fixation in pulses
    Pulses, 25 Sep 2024
    National initiative to enhance N fixation in pulses

    The National Nitrogen Fixation Project will develop superior nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia) strains for chickpea and review the opportunity for improvement in mungbean.

  • Chickpea optimism grows with breeding and market improvements
    Pulses, 18 Sep 2024
    Chickpea optimism grows with breeding and market improvements

    Higher prices for chickpeas and improved varieties are encouraging expanded plantings in 2024. Among them is Western Australian grower Neil Smith. To support the development of suitable new varieties, Neil is hosting genetic trials as part of Chickpea Breeding Australia (CBA) for the second year this year. CBA is a five-year, $30 million collaboration between GRDC and the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD), based at the Tamworth Agricultural Institute and led by NSW DPIRD chickpea breeder Dr Kirsty Hobson.

  • Project aims to boost nitrogen benefit of chickpea and mungbean crops
    Pulses, 05 Sep 2024
    Project aims to boost nitrogen benefit of chickpea and mungbean crops

    Legumes fix an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of nitrogen in Australian agriculture each year, equivalent to an annual fertiliser cost of $3.5 billion. This investment will focus on identifying strains with potential as superior inoculants for Group N (chickpea) and Group I (mungbean).

  • One-stop pulse research shop
    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

  • Can you hold the fungicide in dry conditions?
    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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