Twenty-five outstanding DAFWA research and development officers showcased their latest research, technology, developments and management innovations to improve the productivity and profitability of the WA grains industry, at the 2017 Grains Research Updates in Perth on 27-28 February.
You can access their Research Update papers by selecting from the list below.
Researchers' profiles are also available by clicking on each individual's name.
Some supporting pages are listed on the right hand side.
Bindi Isbister [1]
Controlled traffic farming in practice [2]
Blakely Paynter [3]
Barley varieties and agronomy [4]
Brenda Shackley [5]
Capturing early sowing opportunities for wheat in WA [6]
Brenton Leske [7]
Optimising flowering time in frost prone environments is key to unlocking yield potential of wheat [8]
Catherine Borger [9]
Christine Zaicou-Kunesch [11]
Wheat varieties: Performance in NVT trials in WA [12]
Daniel Huberli [13]
Choosing the best yielding wheat and barley variety under high crown rot [14]
Dion Nicol
Nitrogen and seeding rates impact on frost susceptibility of wheat [15]
Dustin Severtson and [16] Svetlana Micic [17]
Aphid update — Russian wheat aphid and green peach aphid. Where are we at with these pests? [18]
Geoff Thomas [19]
Fungicides at seeding for management of cereal foliar diseases including spot type net blotch (STNB) [20]
Georgie Troup [21]
Oat varieties and agronomy [22]
Glen Riethmuller [23]
Annual ryegrass viable seed reduced by desiccation and swathing of canola [24]
Ian Foster [25]
Doppler radar in the grainbelt — more than just pretty pictures [26]
Jackie Bucat [27]
Canola National Variety Trials - 2016
Mark Seymour [28]
Love them legumes — recent adventures with lentils, peas and beans [29]
Martin Harries [30]
Agronomy for early sown canola [31]
Meredith Guthrie [32]
Seasonal forecasts — do they make money?
Phillip Nichols
New annual pastures for the grainbelt [33]
Ravjit Khangura [34]
Sarah Collins [36]
The invisible threat: Canola yield losses caused by root lesion nematode in WA [37]
Shahab Pathan [38]
Wayne Parker [40]
Topsoil inclusion plates, deep ripping and CTF improving crop yields state-wide; year 2 [41]