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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.
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Pulses, 08 May 2024
Trials help faba beans build promise in HRZ
Faba bean trials over several years are looking at integrated disease management and optimal nutrition and canopy growth to provide growers with a reliable and profitable legume option for the high-rainfall zone. Notoriously fickle and labour-intensive, the nitrogen-fixing legume can return vastly different yields season to season, even when inputs are the same.
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Pulses, 19 Apr 2024
On-farm trials key to growing mungbean production
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has initiated a $3.6 million project aimed at enhancing mungbean cultivation across Queensland and New South Wales. This four-year initiative, led by Censeo Field and Lab in partnership with the Australian Mungbean Association, the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), and CSIRO, seeks to establish over 150 on-farm trials from north Queensland to the NSW border. The project responds to the needs of growers and advisers, focusing on improving the profitability and understanding of mungbean cultivation within local farming systems. Mungbeans have emerged as a profitable summer legume option, driven by their reliability, yield potential, and strong global demand, with prices averaging $1200 a tonne over five years. Despite this potential, many growers lack confidence in the specific agronomic and management practices required for successful cultivation. Through this extensive network of trials, the project aims to build grower expertise and provide practical insights into the crop's performance across diverse environments, thereby boosting both skill development and mungbean production in the region.