Updated risk management advice for Septoria
Growers in the high rainfall zones of southern Australia have a new resource to help guide their management when it comes to the serious wheat disease Septoria tritici blotch (STB).
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Cotton community wellbeing a focus for Regional Wellbeing Survey
The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) is encouraging all people who live and work in cotton communities to participate in the 2020 Regional Wellbeing Survey.
A return to rainfall means good news for Aussie farmers
A positive weather forecast of above average rainfall and average summer temperatures has many Australian farmers hopeful for a bumper summer cropping season.
A red future for improving crop production?
Researchers have found a way to engineer more efficient versions of the plant enzyme Rubisco by using a red-algae-like Rubisco from a bacterium.
More grain in the bin, more dollars in the pocket with harvester forums
Grain losses during harvesting equate to significant lost income for growers across Australia every year.
Prominent wheat breeder presented Farrer Memorial Medal
The 2020 Farrer Memorial Medal has been awarded to Dr Lindsay O’Brien for his valuable contribution to wheat breeding and cereal chemistry research that has improved Australia’s cereal production.
Scent training honeybees could boost crop pollination
If you want a dog to hunt something down, it helps to let them sniff an item to pick up the scent. Now researchers have found that honeybees might work in a similar way.
Research shows potential of gene editing in barley
An international team of plant scientists have shown the potential to rapidly improve the quality of barley grain through a genetic tool known as CRISPR or gene editing.
Weevils spell trouble for Paterson’s curse
Local producers could save money and boost weed control this spring by checking Paterson’s curse plants for insect damage before they spray weeds, according to NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services (LLS).
Field days to explore high rainfall crop potential
Grain growers keen to find out how they can boost their profitability in high rainfall areas are invited to attend field days being held in the Esperance and Albany port zones.
New tool cuts Russian wheat aphid action threshold guesswork
Australian scientists have developed a new tool to reduce the guesswork by grain growers in assessing the need to take action against Russian wheat aphid (RWA) to prevent yield and financial loss.
SDHI resistance in SFNB of barley discovered for the first time in Australia
Western Australian growers are urged to be on alert following the discovery of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHI, Group 7) resistance in spot form of net blotch (SFNB) in barley crops in the WA grainbelt.