Region: National
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Record harvest recorded as GM crops roll out
Region: National, 02 Aug 2021After the lifting of a moratorium in place for the past 16 years, the first genetically modified canola crops have been planted in South Australia. Access to GM canola varieties in the state comes on the back of a record 2020-21 harvest, the second-most-valuable on record at $2.5 billion farm gate value.
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Strobilurin resistance in Septoria tritici blotch confirmed in SA
Region: National, 01 Aug 2021Wheat growers are being urged to monitor the effectiveness of fungicides this season after the common wheat disease, Septoria tritici blotch, was discovered to be resistant to Group 11 fungicides (strobilurins).
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Workshops to offer insights into soil-borne diseases
Region: National, 31 Jul 2021Soil-borne diseases are a significant constraint to farm profitability in Australia costing wheat growers alone an estimated $521 million annually in lost production, according to research by GRDC.
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Unending innovation drives cropping progress
Region: National, 29 Jul 2021GRDC is driving research to deliver innovative new crop traits and information for growers to make successful sowing decisions
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Ground-truthing long coleoptile wheats
Region: National, 28 Jul 2021Long coleoptile wheats are being regionally tested to provide agronomic and farming systems guidelines for growers to use to improve wheat production under a changing climate and increased enterprise size.
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Are long coleoptile wheats an early sowing game-changer?
Region: National, 26 Jul 2021Changing climate and increasing enterprise size are driving the need for new plant traits that maximise yield potential under these changing conditions. The long coleoptile trait is one example.
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Exotic pest a ‘miner’ issue for the grains industry?
Region: National, 25 Jul 2021Serpentine leafminers are a serious threat to crops that rely on the visual appearance of their foliage for market acceptance and can significantly impact yields for crops like potatoes, but are they a threat to grain crops?
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Paddock maps track Jack Frost
Region: National, 23 Jul 2021A new model-based system developed by CSIRO researchers enables growers to map frost movement over paddocks. Minimum temperature maps of paddocks offer the chance to bring damaging frost episodes into clearer focus on a farm scale.
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Statistics help decipher ‘noisy’ agronomic trials
Region: National, 12 Jul 2021A game changing statistical model is under development to tease out the influence that different environmental characteristics have on trials which could lead to a better understanding of agronomic management across changing seasons.
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Call to redefine soil constraints
Region: National, 06 Jul 2021Referring to physically dispersive soils as sodic soils is leading to ineffective and uneconomical testing and management strategies