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  • Chickpea – rhizobia partnerships are exclusive
    Pulses, 02 Dec 2022
    Chickpea – rhizobia partnerships are exclusive

    Chickpeas are notoriously fussy about their choice in rhizobia partner but a new research effort by the Legume Rhizobium Sciences group at Murdoch University is looking to find a better match to enhance and expand chickpea production.

  • Partnerships galvanised by Chickpea Breeding Australia to deliver for WA
    Pulses, 07 Nov 2022
    Partnerships galvanised by Chickpea Breeding Australia to deliver for WA

    There is an old adage that it takes a village to raise a child and this approach is being employed to grow the Australian chickpea industry. Chickpea Breeding Australia is a partnership between GRDC and NSW DPI with the aim to speed up rates of progress in productivity and reliability of chickpea in current production areas while also providing more Australian grain growers with a profitable high value pulse for their farming system. In September a team from CBA visited WA to consolidate vital partnerships across the delivery pipeline.

  • New research a key to nutrient management
    Pulses, 12 Sep 2022
    New research a key to nutrient management

    New research on root architecture and application methods supports deep banding as a key part of a nutrient management strategy.

  • Complex phosphorus behaviour unveiled
    Pulses, 09 Sep 2022
    Complex phosphorus behaviour unveiled

    Even in soils with similar characteristics, phosphorus can behave in contrasting and complex ways, leading to questions on how best to replenish this nutrient.

  • Different reactions to deep-placed nutrients
    Pulses, 08 Sep 2022
    Different reactions to deep-placed nutrients

    Central Queensland results highlight how chickpeas and sorghum react to applied phosphorus and potassium.

  • Deep banding drought-proofs northern soils
    Pulses, 07 Sep 2022
    Deep banding drought-proofs northern soils

    Unlike its more-mobile cousin nitrogen, phosphorus is effectively immobile in the northern region’s clay soils, a challenge in a farming system that relies on stored soil water. Deep banding offers a solution that improves soil health and boosts crop yields.

  • Deep banding a winner for yields
    Pulses, 31 Aug 2022
    Deep banding a winner for yields

    Central Queensland’s Kurt Mayne credits ‘the best research in a decade’ with improving soil fertility and boosting yields.

  • Trials indicate opportunity for summer chickpeas in the north
    Pulses, 04 Jul 2022
    Trials indicate opportunity for summer chickpeas in the north

    GRDC’s latest video and podcast, ‘Summer chickpeas show red-hot promise’, looks at how these breeding lines, plus existing commercial varieties, have performed in summer trials.

  • Grain legumes initiative aims to close the yield gap in SA
    Pulses, 20 Jun 2022
    Grain legumes initiative aims to close the yield gap in SA

    The economic impact of a range of management options for grain legume crops will be further explored this year through a collaborative and geographically broad initiative in South Australia.

  • Lentil trial gives impetus to Wimmera pulses
    Pulses, 15 Jun 2022
    Lentil trial gives impetus to Wimmera pulses

    West Wimmera growers are adopting pulses to help them improve soil health, in-crop weed control and farming system profitability. After assessing the performance of a trial of lentils direct-drilled into barley on his property last year, Jade Lowe is sowing the pulse as part of his cropping rotation in 2022.

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