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  • Oat breeding effort celebrated
    Oat breeding effort celebrated
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-02-06T09:00:00+11:00

    The international oat community paid tribute to Dr Pamela Zwer upon her retirement and her decades of breeding improved oat varieties for Australian environments and varied end products at the 11th International Oat Conference held in Perth, late 2022.

  • Global oat development gains momentum
    Global oat development gains momentum
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-02-02T09:00:00+11:00

    Oat research and development is gaining momentum with an imperative to meet growing health markets and mitigate lifestyle diseases. New technology and scientific break throughs underpinning these developments were discussed at the 11th International Oat Conference held in Perth late 2022.

  • Oats – from stock feed to health food
    Oats – from stock feed to health food
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-02-01T09:00:00+11:00

    Provenance is a win-win for customers and farmers says oat-grower Megan Gooding. However, there is a need for on-going investment in Australian oat R&D to not only access growing health markets but also improve the agronomic performance of the crop.

  • ‘Dad’s oats’ – a value-added business driven by ideals
    ‘Dad’s oats’ – a value-added business driven by ideals
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-27T09:00:00+11:00

    Over 160 years, the Cain family has tapped into consumer values transitioning from fuelling hungry gold miners with oats to online marketing directly to health-conscious oat connoisseurs.

  • Sowing windows reviewed for NVT oat trials
    Sowing windows reviewed for NVT oat trials
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-26T09:00:00+11:00

    Looking for improved oat varieties for your environment? GRDC’s National Variety Trial program is a one-stop shop for the latest oat milling and dual-purpose variety performance data, which includes yield, disease and trait information. Information on hay varieties can be sourced from the GRDC annual sowing guides.

  • Collaborations – key for oat weed management tools
    Collaborations – key for oat weed management tools
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-25T09:00:00+11:00

    Oat production in Australia has been constrained partly due to the lack of weed management tools. This is because oats have been considered a minor crop, by many of the chemical registrants due to the relatively small area of production. Making the registration of crop protection chemicals for pest, disease and weed control more challenging. But collaboration amongst agencies is providing much needed impetus and the situation is improving with the release of imidazoline-tolerant oats and the registration of Nufarm TriflurX® and, potentially, prosulfurocarb.

  • GRDC ups ante in race to manage oat crown rust
    GRDC ups ante in race to manage oat crown rust
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-24T09:00:00+11:00

    Management of oat crown rust has always been challenging as populations of the fungus evolve rapidly. Control through the development and use of varieties with durable genetic resistance is the most economical and environmentally friendly method but progress has been slow. GRDC have upped the ante in the race to manage the disease through the deployment of new technologies, resources, and collaborations.

  • Good neighbour approach applied to mouse management
    Good neighbour approach applied to mouse management
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-23T09:00:00+11:00

    Mice know no boundaries so with limited baiting services and a huge region to service, industry goodwill came to the fore in 2022 across WA. Now heading into 2023, off the back of two good seasons growers are encouraged to reduce food sources over summer and monitor mouse numbers.

  • Living legacy of soil knowledge
    Living legacy of soil knowledge
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-18T09:00:00+11:00

    A living legacy of soil quality information has been created under the stewardship of SoilsWest by a broad collective of soil scientists, complemented with grower experiences in a series of multimedia ebooks. They support better resource use, minimising inputs and cost and increasing the productivity and resilience of our soil resource and will be added to as new research comes on stream.

  • Mission to decode the oat genome
    Mission to decode the oat genome
    Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-01-17T09:00:00+11:00

    Australia has secured early and ongoing involvement in an international venture to sequence the oat pan genome. Through investment with Murdoch University, GRDC has ensured inclusion of Australian oat varieties in the pan-genome initiative, PanOat. Mapping the genomes of key Australian oat varieties together with diverse international lines will lay the foundation for genomic assisted selection and accelerate Australian oat breeding.

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