Department to deliver key findings at Research Updates 2018
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development will be represented by 25 research and development officers showcasing their latest research, technology, developments and management innovations to improve the productivity and profitability of the WA grains industry, at the 2018 Grains Research Updates in Perth on 26-27 February.
Research Updates is Western Australia’s premier annual grains industry event, providing agronomists, consultants, researchers and growers with a forum to showcase innovative thinking and the latest research outcomes relevant to the Western Region.
For those unable to attend, department researchers and attendees will use Twitter to convey key messages from presentations to all relevant industry participants.
Twitter users are encouraged to follow @DAF_WA and @GRDCWest for up to date coverage, or search the hashtag #GRDCUpdates.
Researchers' presentation topics, profiles and Twitter handles are included below, for Twitter users to follow individual research officers.
Day 1 concurrent sessions
Is April the best sowing opportunity for wheat or are there other opportunities with barley and oats?
Raj Malik and Jeremy Curry (@JC6450)
Understanding the impact of a comprehensive range of strategic deep tillage practices on crop performance and soil properties for two repellent soil types
Stephen Davies
Can seasonal forecasting improve grower profitability?
Meredith Guthrie
Longer-term effects of spading, mouldboard ploughing and claying on the south coast WA
David Hall
Wheat variety performance across WA in the 2017 National Variety Trials
Dion Nicol
Still loving those legumes — more adventures with lentils, beans, chickpeas, lupin and field peas
Mark Seymour
Managing sclerotinia in canola
Ciara Beard (@ciara_beard)
Day 2 concurrent sessions
Barley varieties update — RGT Planet and Spartacus CL — what do we know about these barley varieties?
Blakely Paynter (@BlakelyPaynter)
Understanding interactions between pre-emergent herbicides and inversion tillage
Tom Edwards
PREDICTA-B update and characterising soil borne disease risk in the eastern wheatbelt
Kylie Chambers (@KylieRChambers)
Yardstick trial: A grower group’s solution to reducing wheat and barley variety selection risk for their low rainfall farming system
Jenni Clausen (@jenclauso)
Oats, pastures and other legumes — Are rotations offering breaks for root lesion nematodes or crown rot?
Sarah Collins and Daniel Huberli (@DHuberli)
Oat agronomy — tips and tricks for 2018
Georgie Troup (@GeorgieTroup)
Implications of managing soil water repellence
Stephen Davies and Giacomo Betti (@GiacBetti)
Apps, traps and LAMP’s: ‘Smart’ improvements to pest and disease management
Dustin Severtson (@dusty_severtson), Christiaan Valentine (@christiaan3296) and Ben Congdon (@bencongo34)
Herbicide tolerance of canola and oat varieties
Harmohinder Dhammu
Optimising grain yield of canola in Western Australia, accounting for frost and heat stress risk
Imma Farre
A decision tool to estimate the economic benefits from soil amelioration at a paddock and industry scale
Elizabeth Peterson
Sustainability of continuous wheat sequences in relation to root diseases in low rainfall Eastern wheatbelt
Bob French
Further information on the Grains Research Updates is available on the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia’s website.
Papers from Research Updates will be published on the GIWA website post event.
For more information contact Brett Dias, Client Engagement Adviser, South Perth on +61 (0)8 9368 3063.