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  • Soil amelioration a ‘little ripper’ for Mallee pulses
    Pulses, 02 May 2022
    Soil amelioration a ‘little ripper’ for Mallee pulses

    Deep ripping has dramatically improved grain yield and gross margins of chickpeas, faba beans, lentils, field peas and vetch in the deep sands of the Mallee in Victoria and South Australia. Ripping reduced the financial risk of growing pulses by reducing the risk of a negative gross margin.

  • Perfect match needed to reduce lentil drought risk
    Pulses, 30 Apr 2022
    Perfect match needed to reduce lentil drought risk

    The increasing prevalence of drought conditions in Victoria has reduced the yield of lentils over the past two decades. Standing stubble played a greater role in improving plant-available water and lentil yield in the field than row spacing.

  • Fit-for-purpose research targets pulse profitability
    Pulses, 28 Apr 2022
    Fit-for-purpose research targets pulse profitability

    A maturing pulse agronomy program aspires to shift pulses from risky to rewarding to increase the area and productivity of pulses in the cropping system. New investments are targeting local research and extension needs in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.

  • Research to put squeeze on 40 per cent yield gap
    Pulses, 26 Apr 2022
    Research to put squeeze on 40 per cent yield gap

    With an estimated yield gap of about 40 per cent, there is plenty of room for improving pulse variety selection and management. A new investment aims to improve the water-limited yield gap of chickpeas, lentils, faba beans and narrow-leafed lupins across Australia.

  • Pushing pulses from break crop to bank crop
    Pulses, 24 Apr 2022
    Pushing pulses from break crop to bank crop

    GRDC’s pulse investment is focused on reducing production risk in existing regions and expanding the area where pulses can be grown reliably. Reliability varies depending on soil types and climate. The risk of poor productivity can still outweigh the potential reward.

  • Grain legume growth targeted in new WA research
    Pulses, 22 Mar 2022
    Grain legume growth targeted in new WA research

    A new GRDC investment in Western Australia will engage growers right across the wheatbelt in an effort to increase grain legume production in the state by 24 per cent by 2026.

  • Pathologist calls time on career
    Pulses, 02 Mar 2022
    Pathologist calls time on career

    Dr Jenny Davidson reflects on her career in grains research

  • Confidence boost for early, deep-sown pulses
    Pulses, 27 Feb 2022
    Confidence boost for early, deep-sown pulses

    Trials supported by modelling scenarios using 50 years of climate data are boosting confidence to sow pulses such as chickpeas, lentils, vetch and field peas early and at greater depth in the low and medium-rainfall regions of Western Australia.

  • Could high-value pulses play a tactical role in rotations?
    Pulses, 25 Feb 2022
    Could high-value pulses play a tactical role in rotations?

    Early sown chickpeas are being assessed to see if they can enhance their value in crop rotations further by playing a tactical role in double break-crop sequences.

  • Chickpea breeding focused on WA growers
    Pulses, 15 Feb 2022
    Chickpea breeding focused on WA growers

    Promising results in trials of a new chickpea variety could see the popularity of this pulse grow significantly amongst Western Australian growers in the 2022 growing season.

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