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

Crop Updates 1999 - Cereals

This article covers sixty papers FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PLENARY PAPERS 1. Western Australia’s climate: trends and opportunities, Len W. Broadbridge, Director, Bureau of Meterorology 2. Managing seasonal variations in agriculture, Dr Doug Abrecht, Director, Dryland Research Institute, Merredin CROP ESTABLISHMENT 3. Soil management to prevent waterlogging on duplex soils in the Great Southern, D. Bakker, Greg Hamilton, Cliff Spann and Doug Rowe, Agriculture Western Australia 4. The influence of no-till and press wheels on crop production for heavy soils, Peter Fisher, Jennifer Bignell, Matthew Braimbridge, Greg Hamilton, Agriculture Western Australia NUTRITION 5. Fertiliser nitrogen, applied late, needs rain to increase grain nitrogen and protein levels in wheat, Bill Bowden1, Ross Brennan1, Reg Lunt1 and Senthold Asseng2 1 Agriculture Western Australia, 2 CSIRO 6. Canola upsets the nutrition of the next cereal crop? Bill Bowden1, Garren Knell1, Cherie Rowles 1, Simon Bedbrook\u27, Chris Gazey 1,Mike Bolland1, Ross Brennan 1, Lyn Abbott2, Zed Rengel2 and Wayne Pluske3, 1 Agriculture Western Australia, 2 UWA Soil Science, 3 CSBP 7. Comparisons between high analysis nitrogen sources, Erin Cahill, CSBP 8. Urea additives for reduced drilled urea toxicity for canola and wheat, Bill Crabtree, WANTFA 9. Fertiliser placement, Matthew Evans, CSBP 9. The profitability of variable rate nitrogen applications on wheat, Tim Nielsen, CSBP Technical Services DISEASE 10. Fungicide for wheat leaf disease: boon or bane? Jat Bhathal, Rob Loughman and D. Rasmussen, Plant Pathology, Agriculture Western Australia 11. Role of retained wheat stubbles in disease carryover in wheat/lupin rotations, Jat Bhathal and Rob Loughman, Plant Pathology, Agriculture Western Australia 12. Comparison of aerial and ground application of fungicide for lead disease control ion wheat, Jat Bhathal and Rob Loughman, Plant Pathology, Agriculture Western Australia 13. Bean yellow mosaic virus infection of alternative pasture legume species, Roger Jones, CRC for legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture and Agriculture Western Australia 14. Survey of cereal root nematodes in cropping soils in Western Australia, Sean Kelly1, Ian Riley2 and Robert Loughman1, 1 Agriculture Western Australia,2 University of Adelaide 15. Crop management options for root lesion nematode, Robert Loughman 1, Sharyn Taylor2, Vivien Vanstone 3, Ian Riley3 and Dominie Wright1, 1 Agriculture Western Australia, 2SARDI Plant Research Centre, Glen Osmond, South Australia 3 University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 16. Forecasting barley yellow dwarf risk in cereals, Debbie Thackray and Roger Jones, Agriculture Western Australia and CRC for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 17. Managing barley yellow dwarf virus in cereal crops, Debbie Thackray, Roger Jones and Simon McKirdy, Agriculture Western Australia and CRC for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 18. Broadacre diagnostic service, Dominie Wright, Agriculture Western Australia, AGWEST Plant Laboratories 19. Using twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri) to reduce the risk of annual ryegrass toxicity, Dr George Yan1 and Dr Ian Riley2, 1 Plant Research and Development Service, Agriculture Western Australia, 2 Applied and Molecular Ecology, Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide, South Australia NEW VARIETIES 20. New wheat and oat varieties for 1999, Robin Wilson, lain Barclay, Robyn Mclean, Dean Diepeveen, Robert Loughman, and Bill Lambe, Agriculture Western Australia 21. Performance in 1998 of recently released wheat varieties, Robin Wilson, lain Barclay, Robyn Mclean, Dean Diepeveen, Robert Loughman and Bill Lambe, Agriculture Western Australia WHEAT AGRONOMY 22. Increasing the noodle ‘strike rate’, Wal Anderson, Brenda Shackley and Mechelle Owen, Agriculture Western Australia, Quality Wheat CRC 23. Variety trials: wheat and barley, Peter Burgess, Lamond Burgess & Associates 24. South coast wheat variety farmer survey, Ben Curtis, Agriculture Western Australia 25. Residual effects of deep ripping, gypsum and nutrients on grain yields and soil properties, Mohammed A. Hamza and W.K. Anderson, Agriculture Western Australia 26. How to ensure durum wheat profitability! Jamie Henderson, Frank Boetel and Alfredo lmpiglia, Agriculture Western Australia 27. Agronomic evaluation of new wheat varieties for 1999 in the Northern Agricultural Region, Frances Hoyle, Agriculture Western Australia 28. The influence of on-farm management and variety of grain screening levels, Frances Hoyle, Agriculture Western Australia 29. Variety response of hard wheats to management, Darshan Sharma and Wal Anderson, Agriculture Western Australia BARLEY AND OATS 30. Studies into production of export oaten hay, Pierre Fievez, Pierre Fievez and Associates 31. Gairdner barley in the Central and Northern Regions, Blakely Paynter, Agriculture Western Australia 32. Improving milling oat quality, Glenn McDonald, Agriculture Western Australia 33. Gairdner barley in the Southern Region, Kevin Young, Agriculture Western Australia PASTURE 34. The herbicide tolerance of some annual pasture legumes, Andrew Blake, Agriculture Western Australia 35. Pasture systems for cropping rotations in the northern wheatbelt, Keith Devenish, Agriculture Western Australia 36. Perennial pastures reduce recharge and acidification, Perry Dolling, Agriculture Western Australia 37. It’s time to include Lucerne in the pasture-crop system, Roy Latta 1, Lisa-Jane Blacklow2 and Chris Matthews 1,1 Agriculture Western Australia, 2 University of Western Australia, 38. New alternative pasture legume for fine textured soils, Angelo Loi, Brad Nutt and Rochelle McRobb, National Australian Pasture Legumes Improvement Program (NAPLIP) and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) 39. Increasing pasture productivity on acid wodjil soils, Brad Nutt, David Webb and Andrew McRobb, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) 40. Annual legume pasture species now available for use in cropping systems. Clinton Revell, Agriculture Western Australia 41. Herbicide and cultural management of Cadiz serradella in ‘phase’ pastures, Clinton Revell, Agriculture Western Australia 42. Spring spraying for redlegged earth mite, James Ridsdill-Smith and Celia Pavri, CSIRO Entomology and CLIMA 43. Water use and water extraction by recently developed pasture legume species and cultivars, David Tennant1, Darryl McClements2, Ross Thompson 1 and Mike Ewing2, 1 Natural Resource Management Services, Soil Management, 2 Plant Research and Development, Pasture Sciences 44. Death knell to doublegees? Tim Woodburn· and Paul Yeoh, CSIRO Entomology/CRC Weed Management Systems, Floreat LIMING 45. Calculated lime requirements for rotations, James Fisher1, Art Diggle 1•2 and Bill Bowden 1•2, 1 Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture 2 Agriculture Western Australia 46. The RH lime reactivity test and RH of typical WA limes, Mark Whitten and Andrew Rate, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Western Australia YIELD MAPPING 47. Benchmarking target yields for wheat, Senthold Asseng 1, Bill Bowden2 and Paul Carlile3, 1 CSIRO Plant Industry, 2 Agriculture Western Australia, 3 UWA 48. Getting the most information from farm scale trial, Ed Blanchard, Agricultural Engineering and Precision Farming Consultant, Merredin, WA 49. Measuring nutrient changes using yield maps, Ed Blanchard, Agricultural engineering and precision farming consultant; Precision Farming Demonstration Project Coordinator for the Kondinin Group, Merredin WA BREEDING 50. Crop improvement royalties – investing in the future, Bevan Buirchell and Dean Diepeveen, Agriculture Western Australia 51. Screening cereals for genotypic variation in phosphorus efficiency, Lorraine Osborne and Zed Rengel, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Western Australia ON FARM TESTING 52. Test as you grow pays dividends, John Blake, Tress Walmsley, Terry Piper, Wal Anderson, Dean Diepeveen, Cameron Weeks, Michael Dodd, Amanda Falconer, Caroline Peek, Glenn Adam, Agriculture Western Australia 53. How useful is on-farm testing, Camray Gethin 1, Richard Guinness2, Simon Bedbrook1, Dean Diepeveen4, 1 TopCrop Development Officer, Agriculture Western Australia, 2 Farmer, Kunjin TopCrop Group, Corrigin, 3 Agricultural Consultant, Farmanco, York, 4 CVT service, Crop Industries, Agriculture Western Australia, ECONOMICS 54. The impact of farm practices on sustainability costs of rotations, Pierre Fievez, Pierre Fievez and Associates 55. Right rotations for TopCrop, Daniel Fels, Agriculture Western Australia 56. Dollars of water use efficiency, Andrew Rintoul, FAST National, GRDC funded project, Planfarm 57. Farm business structures, Andrew Rintoul, FAST National, GRDC funded project, Planfarm CLIMATE 58. Broadscale weather aspects affecting Western Australia during 1998 and prospects for 1999, Mal Lamond, Lamond Weather Services 59. An updated look at aspects of rainfall trends and variability in the south-west of Western Australia, Roger Tapp, Climate and Consultancy Section, Bureau of Meteorology, Perth WA 60. Frost research in the eastern wheatbelt, Craig White, Research Officer, Agriculture Western Australia, Presented by D.G. Abrech