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Climate, 25 Nov 2024
Canola heat tolerance genetics discovered
Novel heat tolerance and heat stress recovery traits have been discovered in a coordinated and multidisciplinary analysis of a diverse canola population
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Climate, 20 Nov 2024
Modelling to help manage temperature stress
The ability to zone paddocks relative to susceptibility to heat and frost damage is under development using data-driven modelling to help growers better manage climate constraints
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Climate, 08 Nov 2024
Fostering high-impact innovation in heat tolerance
GRDC has long maintained an extensive investment portfolio looking to improve the heat tolerance of grain crops. Extended periods of high temperature stress and short periods of heat shock (greater than 30°C) during flowering and seed filling are also a significant constraint for canola, with an estimated annual economic loss of more than $400 million.
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Climate, 20 May 2024
GHG emissions avoidance a preferred strategy
A greenhouse gas emissions expert told the 2024 Wagga Wagga GRDC Update to expect a link between carbon footprints and commodity prices in the future
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Climate, 16 Apr 2024
Ecosystem services present opportunities and risks
A recent study conducted for GRDC by Aton Consulting concluded that while there will be some commercial opportunities for growers from direct participation in emerging 'ecosystem services' markets (such as placing land that is not currently in production under protection to generate biodiversity credits), larger impacts are more likely related to financing, land valuations and market access issues, and these may be both positive and negative.
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Climate, 09 Jun 2023
Paddock drainage trials show promising results
GRDC investments, South Coast NRM and Stirlings to Coast Farmers are exploring the potential return on investment of subsurface water management options.
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Climate, 10 Apr 2023
Learning important lessons from 2022’s Big Wet
Many growers were unprepared for the onslaught of 2022, which was one of the wettest cropping seasons on record for much of eastern Australia. Even those in high-rainfall zones who are accustomed to dealing with saturated soils and waterlogged crops were caught out by the intensity, extent and duration of flooding.
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Climate, 06 Apr 2023
Crop growth stage the key to effects of waterlogging
Researchers have been testing if nutrient applications can help mitigate the effects of waterlogging on grain yields. It is critical to understand the crop growth stage during waterlogging to determine potential yield impacts, they say.
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Climate, 11 Nov 2022
All indicators point to a wet outlook
With a rare third La Niña event now underway, long-range forecasting expert at the Bureau of Meteorology Dr Andrew Watkins explains how this climate driver and others are used to create climate outlooks.
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Climate, 17 Oct 2022
Keeping crops a head above water
With wet conditions saturating large areas of crop production land across Victoria and Tasmania, a GRDC project is identifying ways to maximise crop performance when waterlogging occurs.