issue 171 july august 2024
This page shows the articles in issue 171 july august 2024 of GroundCover. As articles are developed and published online, the list below will grow until all articles are available.
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Improving chickpea pathogen resistance
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 10 Sep 2024A push to improve chickpea resistance to a key yield-limiting root disease has delivered both improved genetic resistance into the breeding gene pool and improved breeding technology to pulse breeders
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Australian Grains Genebank delivers major earnings
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 09 Sep 2024A large investment in the genetic resources that underpin the grains industry has proven that significant benefits are possible to growers from a better-resourced genebank, with the investment producing an internal rate of return of 13 per cent
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Managing waterlogging is a long road travelled
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 26 Aug 2024Working with South Coast NRM on a GRDC-supported National Grower Network project, the Marold family has been evaluating the efficacy and economics of subsurface drains to increase the long-term sustainability of their production system. This has built on the family’s experience with raised beds, which were found wanting in the Esperance high-rainfall zone where waterlogging is a frequent event.
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Battle with rust swings in growers’ favour
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 23 Aug 2024The secretive virulence genes that rust pathogens need to cause epidemics can now be identified en masse using a new CSIRO technique that provides the foundation for a more-rapid way to keep tabs on changes in rust virulence on wheat cultivars
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Long-term monitoring ‘vital’ for slug management
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 22 Aug 2024Dr Michael Nash shares some lessons on slug management for the season
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The continuing quest for a long-term waterlogging solution
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 21 Aug 2024Waterlogging is a risk cropping in the high-rainfall Esperance region in Western Australia. To manage this risk the Marold family have been trialling several different forms of drainage.
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Farming for resilience draws a roadmap for decision-making
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 20 Aug 2024How the shadow of drought influences these northern growers can be seen in decisions from alternative enterprises to crop and machinery choices
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Growers networking to master faba beans
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 19 Aug 2024Faba bean growers are tapping the experience of researchers, agronomists and fellow growers to improve yield stability and reap the agronomic benefits the legume provides
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Amelioration begins the improved soils journey
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 16 Aug 2024Soil amelioration and continual soil improvement are enabling Jeremy Lush and his father Rodney to improve their farm's sustainability and diversity of crop rotation. He says the importance of providing adequate nutrition to his ameliorated soils is one of most valuable insights he has gained from amelioration research.
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Economics stack up for subsurface drains
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 15 Aug 2024A grower-led GRDC-supported project managed by South Coast NRM has investigated the efficacy and economics of installing subsurface drains in southern Western Australian cropping country prone to waterlogging.