26 research outputs found
Crop Updates 2005 - Katanning
This session covers twenty five papers from different authors
KEYNOTE
How Farmers Can Work Together for a More Sustainable and Profitable Business, Brian McAlpine Farmer, Nuffield Scholar
GENERAL
2005 Seasonal Outlook, David Stephens and Nicola Telcik, Department of Agriculture
Essentials for cereal leaf disease management, K. Jayasena, R. Loughman, G. Thomas, C. Beard, and B. Paynter, Department of Agriculture
Benefits to the grower of grain licensing, Colin Mann, Grain Licensing Authority SOIL & NUTRIENTS
The effect of higher nitrogen fertiliser prices on rotation and fertiliser strategies in cropping systems, Ross Kingwell, Department of Agriculture
Effect of stubble burning and seasonality on microbial processes and nutrient cycling, Francis Hoyle, University of Western Australia
Soil Biology and Crop Production in Western Australian Farming Systems, D.V. Murphy, N. Milton, M. Osman, F.C. Hoyle, L.K Abbott, W.R. Cookson and S. Darmawanto, University of Western Australia
Nutrient Management to get optimal production, Bill Bowden, Department of Agriculture
OTHER CROPS
Which malting barley variety and why? Blakely Paynter, Department of Agriculture
KASPA AND OTHER NEW PULSE VARIETIES, 1. New Pulse varieties and where they fit in, K. Regan, P. White, Department of Agriculture & CLIMA, K. Siddique, CLIMA, K. Adhikari, Department of Agriculture & CLIMA, M. Harries, CLIMA
Kaspa in the WA Grain Belt 2003-2004, Ian Pritchard, Department of Agriculture
New annual pastures for Mediterranean farming systems, Angelo Loi, Phil Nichols, Clinton Revell & David Ferris, Department of Agriculture
Challenging herbicide resistant ryegrass, Bill Roy, Agricultural Consulting & Research Services Pty.Ltd
WEED MANAGEMENT
Ingest, incinerate or invert? The proâs and conâs of 3 weed seed removal tactics, Sally Peltzer1, Dave Minkey1 and Michael Walsh2 Department of Agriculture 1 and Western Australian Herbicide Resistance lnitiative2
A good use guide for pre-emergent herbicides, Alexandra Douglas, Department of Agriculture
OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
17.Growing season outlook, Meredith Fairbanks, Ian Foster, Geraldine Pasqual, David Stephens, Nicola Telcik, David Tennant, Department of Agriculture
18. Status Of Department Of Agriculture Western Australia Crop Varieties
19. Seed Licensee Details
20. Gene technology for growers. What is it? How does it Work? Belinda Barr, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Dr Heather Bray, Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre.
21. Agronomic package for EGA Eagle Rock, Steve Penny, Department of Agriculture
22. Nutrient timing and requirements for increased crop yields in the high rainfall cropping zone, Narelle Hill, Ron McTaggart, Dr. Wal Anderson and Ray Tugwell Department of Agriculture
23. Insect contamination of cereal grain at harvest, Svetlana Micic and Phil Michael, Department of Agriculture
24. Crop leftovers: whatâs in stubble for sheep? Roy Butler and Keith Croker, Department of Agriculture
25. Mandelup â Narrow-leafed lupi
Crop Updates 2004 - Cereals
This session covers twenty eight papers from different authors:
PLENARY
1. Declining profitability in continuous cropping systems. Is more wheat the answer on Duplex soil? Dr Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
2. Disease implications of extending the wheat phase in low-medium rainfall areas, Dr Vivian Vanstone and Dr Robert Loughman, Department of Agriculture
3. Prolonged wheat phase on duplex soils â where do weeds set the boundary? Vanessa Stewart, Department of Agriculture
WHEAT AGRONOMY
4. Management of small grain screenings in wheat, Dr Wal Anderson and Dr Darshan Sharma, Department of Agriculture
5. Agronomic responses of new wheat varieties, Christine Zaicou-Kunesch, Dr Darshan Sharma, Brenda Shackley, Dr Mohammad Amjad, Dr Wal Anderson and Steve Penny,Department of Agriculture
6. Managing wheat yield reduction from wide rows, Dr Mohammad Amjad and Dr Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
7. Row spacing and stubble effect on wheat yield and ryegrass seed set, Glen Riethmuller, Department of Agriculture
8. Grain protein management â lessons learnt on the south coast, Jeremy Lemon, Department of Agriculture
9. Unravelling the mysteries of optimum seed rates, Dr Wal Anderson, Dr Darshan Sharma, Brenda Shackley and Mario DâAntuono, Department of Agriculture
10. Agronomic features for growing better wheat â south east agricultural region 2003, Dr Mohammad Amjad, Veronika Reck and Ben Curtis, Department of Agriculture
11. Agronomic responses of new wheat varieties â great southern agricultural region 2003, Brenda Shackley and Judith Devenish, Department of Agriculture
12. Variety specific responses of new wheat varieties â central agricultural region 2003, Dr Darshan Sharma and Dr Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
13. Agronomic responses of new wheat varieties â northern agricultural region 2003, Christine Zaicou-Kunesch, Melaine Kupsch and Anne Smith, Department of Agriculture
BARLEY AND OAT AGRONOMY
14. Gairdner for high rainfall â where does Baudin fit in? Blakely Paynter, Roslyn Jettnerand Leanne Schulz, Department of Agriculture
15. Oaten hay â varieties and agronomy, Blakely Paynter, Jocelyn Ball and Tom Sweeny, Department of Agriculture
NUTRITION
16. In-furrow fungicide applications in liquid fertiliser, Dr Stephen Loss, CSBP Ltd
17. Elemental sulphur as a fertiliser source in Western Australia, Ashleigh Brooks1A, Justin Fuery2, Geoff Anderson3 and Prof Zed Rengel1,1UWA, 2Summit FertilizerFertilisers and 3Department of Agriculture
18. Genetic variation in potassium efficiency of barley, Paul Damon and Prof. Zed Rengel, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UWA
19. Managing protein through strategic N applications, Eddy Pol and Dr Stephen Loss, CSBP Ltd
20. Nitrogen management for wheat in high rainfall cropping areas, Narelle Hill1, Ray Tugwell1, Dr Wal Anderson1, Ron McTaggart1and Nathan Moyes2, 1Department of Agriculture and 2Landmark
21. Flag smut resistance in current WA wheat varieties, John Majewski and Dr Manisha Shankar, Department of Agriculture
22. Rust resistance update for wheat varieties in WA, Dr Manisha Shankar, John Majewski and Jamie Piotrowski, Department of Agriculture
PESTS AND DISEASES
23. Stripe rust in WA â where was it and what can we learn from 2003? Dr Robert Loughman and Ciara Beard, Department of Agriculture
24. Foliar disease management â a key factor in the adoption of Baudin and Hamlin barley, Dr Kithsiri Jayasena, Dr Rob Loughman, Kazue Tanaka and Grey Poulish, Department of Agriculture
25. Validating aphid and virus risk forecasts for cereals, Dr Debbie Thackray, Rohan Prince and Dr Roger Jones, Department of Agriculture and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
HARVESTING
26. Swathing Gairdner barley at 30% moisture, Peter Nelsonš and Nigel Metz², šCooperative Bulk Handling and ² Fitzgerald Biosphere Group
MODELLING
27. Development of a web based grower decision aid application for cereal growers, Dr Leisa Armstrong1, Yee Leong (Alex) Yung1and Dr Moin Salam2
1School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University; and
2Department of Agriculture
28. Wheat varieties updated in âFlowering Calculatorâ â a model predicting flowering time, Brenda Shackley, Dr David Tennant, Dr Darshan Sharma and Christine ZaicouâKunesch, Department of Agricultur
Crop Updates 2002 - Geraldton
This session covers twenty seven papers from different authors:
1. Taking the Why out of Wyalkatchem â the new widely adapted wheat variety, Steve Penny Jr, Department of Agriculture
2. Future wheat varieties, Robin Wilson, Iain Barclay,Robyn McLean, Robert Loughman, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn and Peter Clarke
Department of Agriculture
3. Maximising wheat variety performance through agronomic management, Wal Anderson, Raffaele Del Cima, James Bee, Darshan Sharma, Sheena Lyon, Melaine Kupsch, Mohammad Amjad, Pam Burgess, Veronika Reck, Brenda Shackley, Ray Tugwell, Bindi Webb and Steve Penny Jr
Department of Agriculture
4. Cereal rust update 2002 â a new stem rust on Camm wheat, Robert Loughman1and Robert Park2 1Department of Agriculture, 2University of Sydney
5. Influence of nutrition and environmental factors on seed vigour in wheat, Darshan Sharma, Wal Anderson and Daya Patabendige, Department of Agriculture
6. Cereal aphids and direct feeding damage to cereals, Phil Michael, Department of Agriculture
7. A decision support system for control of aphids and BYDV in cereal crops, Debbie Thackray, Jenny Hawkes and Roger Jones, Department of Agriculture and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
8. Summary of 2001 weather and seasonal prospects for 2002, David Stephens, Department of Agriculture
9. Towards a management package for grain protein in lupins, Bob French, Senior Research Officer, Department of Agriculture
10. Lupin genotypes respond differently to potash, Bob French and Laurie Wahlsten, Senior Research Officer and Technical Officer, Department of Agriculture
11. Time of harvest for improved seed yield of pulses, G. Riethmuller and B. French, Department of Agriculture
12. Comparing the phosphorus requirement of field pea and wheat, M. Bolland and P. White, Department of Agriculture Western Australia
13. Field pea variety evaluation, T. Khan, Department of Agriculture Western Australia
14. Diamondback moth (DBM) in canola, Kevin Walden, Department of Agriculture
15. WA blackleg resistance ratings on canola varieties for 2002, Ravjit Khangura, Martin J. Barbetti and Graham Walton, Department of Agriculture
16. The effect of single or multiple spray treatments on the control of Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and yield of canola at Wongan Hills, Françoise Berlandier, Paul Carmody and Christiaan Valentine, Department of Agriculture
17. Perennial pastures in annual cropping systems: Lucerne and beyond, Roy Latta and Keith Devenish, Department of Agriculture
18. Nutrition in 2002: Decisions to be made as a result of last season, Bill Bowden,Department of Agriculture
19. Profitability of deep banding lime, Michael O\u27Connell, Chris Gazey and David Gartner, Department of Agriculture
20. Economic comparisons of farming systems for the medium rainfall northern sandplain, Caroline Peek and David Rogers, Department of Agriculture
21. The use of Twist Fungus as a biosecurity measure against Annual Ryegrass Toxicity (ARGT), Greg Shea, GrainGuard Coordinator and George Yan, Biological
and Resource Technology
22. Major outcomes from IWM demonstration sites, Alexandra Douglas, Department of Agriculture
23. Understanding the weed seed bank life of important agricultural weeds, Sally Peltzer and Paul Matson, Department of Agriculture
24. Seeding rate, row spacing and herbicides for weed control, David Minkey, Department of Agriculture
25. Improving weed control in grazed pastures using legumes with low palatability, Clinton Revell and Giles Glasson, Department of Agriculture, Dean Thomas, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Western Australia
26. Group F resistant wild radish: Whatâs new? Aik Cheam1, Siew Lee1and Mike Clarke2, 1Department of Agriculture WA, 2Aventis Crop Science
27. Knockdown herbicides do not reliably kill small grass weeds, Peter Newman and Glenn Adam, Department of Agricultur
Crop Updates 2005 - Cereals
This session covers thirty six papers from different authors:
WHEAT AGRONOMY
1. Optimum sowing time of new wheat varieties in Western Australia, Darshan Sharma, Brenda Shackley, Mohammad Amjad, Christine M. Zaicou-Kunesch and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
2. Wheat varieties updated in âFlowering Calculatorâ: A model predicting flowering time, B. Shackley, D. Tennant, D. Sharma and C.M. Zaicou-Kunesch, Department of Agriculture
3. Plant populations for wheat varieties, Christine M. Zaicou-Kunesch, Wal Anderson, Darshan Sharma, Brenda Shackley and Mohammad Amjad, Department of Agriculture
4. New wheat cultivars response to fertiliser nitrogen in four major agricultural regions of Western Australia, Mohammad Amjad, Wal Anderson, Brenda Shackley, Darshan Sharma and Christine Zaicou-Kunesch, Department of Agriculture
5. Agronomic package for EGA Eagle Rock, Steve Penny, Department of Agriculture
6. Field evaluation of eastern and western wheats in large-scale farmerâs trials, Mohammad Amjad, Ben Curtis and Veronika Reck, Department of Agriculture
7. New wheat varieties for a changing environment, Richard Richards, CSIRO Plant Industry; Canberra
8. Farmers can profitably minimise exposure to frost! Garren Knell, Steve Curtin and David Sermon, ConsultAg
9. National Variety Trials, Alan Bedggood, Australian Crops Accreditation System; Horsham
10. Preharvest-sprouting tolerance of wheat in the field, T.B. Biddulph1, T.L. Setter2, J.A. Plummer1 and D.J. Mares3; 1Plant Biology; FNAS, University of Western Australia; 2Department of Agriculture, 3School of Agriculture and Wine, University of Adelaide
11. Waterlogging induces high concentration of Mn and Al in wheat genotypes in acidic soils, H. Khabaz-Saberi, T. Setter, I. Waters and G. McDonald, Department of Agriculture
12. Agronomic responses of new wheat varieties in the Northern Agricultural Region, Christine M. Zaicou-Kunesch and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
13. Agronomic responses of new wheat varieties in the Central Agricultural Region of WA, Darshan Sharma, Steve Penny and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
14. EGA Eagle Rock tolerance to metribuzin and its mixtures, Harmohinder Dhammu, David Nicholson and Chris Roberts, Department of Agriculture
15. Herbicide tolerance of new bread wheats, Harmohinder Dhammu1 and David Nicholson2, Department of Agriculture
NUTRITION
16. The impact of fertiliser placement, timing and rates on nitrogen-use efficiency, Stephen Loss, CSBP Ltd
17. Cereals deficient in potassium are most susceptible to some leaf diseases, Ross Brennan and Kith Jayasena, Department of Agriculture
18. Responses of cereal yields to potassium fertiliser type, placement and timing, Eddy Pol, CSBP Limited
19. Sulphate of Potash, the potash of choice at seeding, Simon Teakle, United Farmers Co-operative
20. Essential disease management for successful barley production, K. Jayasena, R. Loughman, C. Beard, B. Paynter, K. Tanaka, G. Poulish and A. Smith, Department of Agriculture
21. Genotypic differences in potassium efficiency of wheat, Paul Damon and Zed Rengel, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia
22. Genotypic differences in potassium efficiency of barley, Paul Damon and Zed Rengel, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia
23. Investigating timing of nitrogen application in wheat, Darshan Sharma and Lionel Martin, Department of Agriculture, and Muresk Institute of Agriculture, Curtin University of Technology
24. Nutrient timing requirements for increased crop yields in the high rainfall cropping zone, Narelle Hill, Ron McTaggart, Dr Wal Anderson and Ray Tugwell, Department of Agriculture
DISEASES
25. Integrate strategies to manage stripe rust risk, Geoff Thomas, Robert Loughman, Ciara Beard, Kith Jayasena and Manisha Shankar, Department of Agriculture
26. Effect of primary inoculum level of stripe rust on variety response in wheat, Manisha Shankar, John Majewski and Robert Loughman, Department of Agriculture
27. Disease resistance update for wheat varieties in WA, M. Shankar, J.M. Majewski, D. Foster, H. Golzar, J. Piotrowski and R. Loughman, Department of Agriculture
28. Big droplets for wheat fungicides, Rob Grima, Agronomist, Elders
29. On farm research to investigate fungicide applications to minimise leaf disease impacts in wheat, Jeff Russell and Angie Roe, Department of Agriculture, and Farm Focus Consultants
PESTS
30. Rotations for nematode management, Vivien A. Vanstone, Sean J. Kelly, Helen F. Hunter and Mena C. Gilchrist, Department of Agriculture
31. Investigation into the adaqyacy of sealed farm silos in Western Australia to control phosphine-resistant Rhyzopertha dominica, C.R. Newman, Department of Agriculture
32.Insect contamination of cereal grain at harvest, Svetlana Micic and Phil Michael, Department of Agriculture
33. Phosure â Extending the life of phosphine, Gabrielle Coupland and Ern Kostas, Co-operative Bulk Handling
SOIL
34. Optimum combinations of ripping depth and tine spacing for increasing wheat yield, Mohammed Hamza and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
35. Hardpan penetration ability of wheat roots, Tina Botwright AcuĂąa and Len Wade, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia
MARKETS
36. Latin America: An emerging agricultural powerhouse, Ingrid Richardson, Food and Agribusiness Research, Rabobank; Sydne
Crop Updates 2002 - Cereals
This session covers thirty one papers from different authors:
VARIETIES AND BREEDING
1. Agronomic evaluation of wheat and barley in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, Peter Burgess1and Gary Fawell2, 1Agritech and 2Farmanco Management
2. Evaluating stress tolerance to terminal drought by Western Australian wheats, Dean Diepeveen and Dr Tim Setter, Department of Agriculture
3. Broadscale wheat variety comparisons featuring Wyalkatchem, Jeff Russell, Department of Agriculture
4. Australian crop accreditation system variety selector, Tony Seymour, Australian Crop Accreditation System
5. Future wheat varieties, Robin Wilson, Iain Barclay,Robyn McLean, Robert Loughman, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn and Peter Clarke, Department of Agriculture
AGRONOMY
6. Beware of wheat variety interactions with row spacing and seed rate, Mohammad Amjad and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
7. Yield and falling numbers of wheat varieties on the South Coast, Mohammad Amjad and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
8. Maximising wheat variety performance through agronomic management, Wal Anderson, Raffaele Del Cima, James Bee, Darshan Sharma, Sheena Lyon, Melaine Kupsch, Mohammad Amjad, Pam Burgess, Veronika Reck, Brenda Shackley, Ray Tugwell, BindiWebb and Steve Penny Jr, Department of Agriculture
9. High impact of soil type and seasonal rainfall on optimum wheat seed rate , Raffaele Del Cima and Wal Anderson Department of Agriculture
10. 101 seasons in one day: Using the âWA Wheatâ database to predict wheat yield, James Fisher1, Bill Bowden1, Craig Scanlan1, Senthold Asseng2and Michael Robertson2 1Department of Agriculture, 2CSIRO
11. Economics of improving compact soils, M.A. Hamza1, G. McConnell2and W.K. Anderson1, 1Department of Agriculture, 2Planfarm
12. Reducing the risks in producing durum wheat in Western Australia, Md Shahajahan Miyan and Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture
13. Taking the Why out of Wyalkatchem â the new widely adopted wheat variety, Steve Penny, Department of Agriculture
14. Influence of nutrition and environmental factors on seed vigour in wheat, Darshan Sharma, Wal Anderson and Daya Patabendige, Department of Agriculture
NUTRITION
15. N and K are important for oat yield and quality, Patrick Gethin, Stephen Loss, Tim OâDea, Ryan Guthrie and Lisa Leaver, CSBP Futurefarm
16. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of noodle wheat, Tyrone Henning1, Lionel Martin1and Wal Anderson2 1Muresk Institute of Agriculture, 2Department of Agriculture
17. Assessment of a high input fertiliser regime on the yield and quality of Gairdner barley, Narelle Hill1, Simon Wallwork2and Laurence Carslake2 1Department of Agriculture, 2Wesfarmers Landmark
18. The use of Flexi-N to achieve high yielding, high protein wheat, Darren Hughes1, Lionel Martin1, Wal Anderson2and Stephen Loss3 1Muresk Institute of Agriculture, 2Department of Agriculture, 3CSBP Futurefarm
19. Are liquid phosphorus fertilisers more efficient than solid fertilisers in Western Australia?Stephen Loss, Lisa Leaver, Ryan Guthrie, Patrick Gethin and Tim OâDea, CSBP Futurefarm
20. Oats respond to phosphorus and potassium, Glenn McDonald, Department of Agriculture
PESTS AND DISEASES
21. Cereal disease diagnostics and rust monitoring, Nichole Burges and Dominie Wright, Department of Agriculture
22. Distribution and incidence of aphids and barley yellow dwarf virus in over-summering grasses in the Western Australian wheatbelt, Jenny Hawkes and Roger Jones, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture and Department of Agriculture
23. Spring sprays for powdery mildew control in cereals, Kith Jayasena1, Kazue Tanaka1, Vanessa Johnson1, Robert Loughman1and Josh Jury2 1Department of Agriculture, 2Wesfarmers Landmark
24. Impact of root lesion nematodes on wheat and triticale in Western Australia, Sean Kelly and Shashi Sharma, Department of Agriculture
25. Cropping options for the management of root lesion nematodes in Western Australia, Sean Kelly, Shashi Sharma and Robert Loughman, Department of Agriculture
26. Cereal rust update 2002 â new stem rust on Camm wheat, Robert Loughman1and Robert Park2 1Department of Agriculture, 2University of Sydney
27. Cereal aphids and direct feeding damage to cereals, Phil Michael, Department of Agriculture
28. A decision support system for control of aphids and BYDV in cereal crops, Debbie Thackray, Jenny Hawkes and Roger Jones, Department of Agriculture and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
STORAGE
29. Aeration â opportunity for profit, Christopher Newman, Department of Agriculture
CLIMATE
30. Financial impact of frost on the Western Australian grains industry, Garren Knell and Kim Povey, ConsultAg
31. Summary of 2001 weather and seasonal prospects for 2002, David Stephens, Department of Agricultur