The
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is a statutory
corporation, founded in 1990, whose mission is to invest in research
and development for the greatest benefit to its stakeholders -
graingrowers and the Australian Government. The GRDC's research
portfolio covers 25 crops, worth over $7 billion a year in farm
production, alone. These crops include wheat, barley, oats,
sorghum, maize, triticale, millets/panicums, cereal rye, canary
seed, lupins, field peas, chickpeas, faba beans, vetch, peanuts,
mung beans, navy beans, pigeon peas, cowpeas, lentils, canola,
sunflower, soybean, safflower, linseed. You can learn more about
the GRDC and its functions by visiting our
Links page and clicking on the GRDC website.
2007
Due to the drought conditions, very little data was obtained from the
trial sites in 2006. Fortunately, GRDC has again supplied funding
to continue this work in what was hoped to be a more conducive
season. The areas to be examined this year include:
* Precision row placement for disease management of cereals
* Methods for quantifying and managing “in crop” nitrogen status for winter crops
* Assessing crop
establishment methods by comparing tine and disc sowing implements in
zero till environments on grey clay soils
* Effect of groundcover on the establishment of cereals
In addition to the above GRDC-funded work, IMAG will examine some other areas of interest, including:
* Comparison of Raxil® and Dividiend® seed treatments on wheat establishment and final yield
* Comparison of Jockey® seed dressing and Triad® fertiliser dressing on diseases in wheat
* Examination of early fungicide applications on disease development in wheat
Please click on
the above links to learn more about these trials. If you would
like more information, please drop us a line at info@imag.net.au or contact us using any of the methods on our Contacts page.
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2006
In 2006, IMAG was awarded funding to undertake extension work for the
GRDC under the Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network.
This work is designed to provide the link between researchers and
growers by getting the latest research out into the paddock. IMAG
examined 3 areas of interest to growers by running the following trials:
* Precision row placement for disease management of cereals
