Crop Updates 1999 - Pulse Research and Industry Development in Western Australia

This session covers seventy three papers from different authors. CONTRIBUTORS BACKGROUND SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS RESULTS 1997 REGIONAL ROUNDUP Northern Wheatbelt, Bill O’Neill, Agriculture Western Australia Central Wheatbelt, Jeff Russell, Agriculture Western Australia Great Southern and Lakes, Neil Brandon, Agriculture Western Australia Esperance Mallee, Mark Seymour, Agriculture Western Australia PULSE BREEDING AND AGRONOMY Faba Bean Variety evaluation Germplasm evaluation Genotypic variation in waterlogging tolerance, Stephen Loss, Tim Colmer and Tim Pope University of WA Sowing rate Sowing rate demonstrations, Bill O’Neill, Agriculture Western Australia Swathing Effect of seed source on early vigour, Stephen Loss, and Tim Pope University of WA Phosphorus nutrition Phosphorus x zinc interactions Desi chichpea Breeding highlights, Tanveer Khan, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture Germplasm evaluation Variety testing Drought tolerance, Neil Turner, Laurent Leport, Bob French, Mike Barr, Christine Ludwig, Rebecca Kenny, Tanveer Khan, and K.H.M. Siddique, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, Ashley Corbet and Ivan Mock, Agriculture Victoria, and Colin Edmonson, South Australian Research and Development Institute Remobilised carbon and nitrogen: Significance for seed size and yield, Stephen Davies, Neil Turner K.H.M. Siddique and Julie Plumber, Centre for legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture Molecular markers for cold tolerance and insect resistance Heather Clarke, Centre for legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture Time of sowing 22. Sowing rate 23. Sowing rate demonstrations, Bill O’Neill, Jason Brady Agriculture Western Australia Kabuli chickpea 24. Germplasm evaluation 25. Kabuli research in the Ord Irrigation Area, K.H.M. Siddique, Bob Dhackles and Joe Sherrard, Agriculture Western Australia 26. International screening for Ascochyta blight resistance, K.H.M. Siddique and Clive Francis, Centre for legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, N. Acikgoz, AARI, Turkey, R.S. Malholtra, ICARDA, Syria, and E.J. Knights, NSW Ag 27. Sowing rate 28. Response to phosphorus Field pea 29. Breeding highlights, Tanveer Khan, Agriculture Western Australia 30. Crop variety testing 31. Variety comparison, Quentin Knight SBS IAMA 32. of sowing 33. Standing stubble demonstration, Neil Brandon and Bill O’Neill, Agriculture Western Australia 34. Intercropping canola improves the productivity of field pea, P. Soetedjo and Lionel Martin, Muresk Institute of Agriculture, K.H.M. Siddique, Stephen Loss, Neil Brandon and Bob French, Agriculture Western Australia 35. Peaola demonstration, Jeff Russell, Agriculture Western Australia Lentil 36. International germplasm evaluation, Jon Clements, K.H.M. Siddique and Clive Francis, Centre for legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 37. Variety evaluation 38. rate Vetch 39. Germplasm evaluation 40. Sowing rate Narbon bean 41. Germplasm evaluation 42. Agronomy, Mark Seymour, Agriculture Western Australia 43. Herbicides, Mark Seymour, Agriculture Western Australia 44. Lathyrus development, Colin Hanbury, and K.H.M. Siddique, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 45. Species comparison 46. Seed priming 47. Crop desiccation Glen Riethmuller, Stephen Loss and K.H.M. Siddique, Agriculture Western Australia 48. Gypsum Neil Brandon and Stephen Loss, Agriculture Western Australia 49. Antitranspirants 50. Rhizobial inoculant improvement John Howieson, Jane Malden and Ron Yates, Murdoch University 51. Water use in cropping systems David Hall and David Tennant, Agriculture Western Australia DISEASE AND PEST MANAGEMENT 52. Chocolate spot in faba beans, Bill MacLeod and Mark Sweetingham, Agriculture Western Australia 53. Chocolate spot management 54. Botrytis grey mould of chickpea, Bill MacLeod and Mark Sweetingham, Agriculture Western Australia 55. BGM management 56. Ascochyta in chickpea, Bill MacLeod and Mark Sweetingham, Agriculture Western Australia 57. Chickpea disease survey, Simon McKirdy, Sean Kelly, Sharon Collins and Domminie Wright, Agriculture Western Australia 58. Lentil diseases, Bill MacLeod and Mark Sweetingham, Agriculture Western Australia 59. Ascochyta blight 60. Ascochyta management 61. Botrytis grey mould management 62. Virus disease, Lindrea Latham, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, Roger Jones, Agriculture Western Australia 63. Alfalfa mosaic virus 64. Alfalfa mosaic and cucumber mosaic virus in lentil 65. Virus survey of faba bean. Field pea and dwarf chickling crops 66. Screening chickpea and lentil for CMV and BTMV Insect pests 67. Red-legged earth mite, Anyou Liu, James Ridsdill-Smith, Tanveer Khan, K.H.M.Siddique,, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 68. Aphids and their parasites, Owain Edwards, James Ridsdill-Smith, and Rick Horbury, CSIRO Entomology 69. Budworm resistance in chickpeas, Krishna Mann, James Ridsdill-Smith, Emilio Ghisalberti, and K. Silvasithamparam, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 70. Native budworm management in pulses and canola, Kevin Walden, Agriculture Western Australia 71. PULSE ADOPTION Amir Abadi and Sally Marsh, University of Western Australia 72. Does risk keep farmers from growing pulses? 73. Best Rotations Daniel Fels, Agriculture Western Australia ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PUBLICATION