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Research highlights summer adaptation of annual ryegrass
Research is investigating whether ryegrass is adapting to Australia’s climatic conditions and becoming more productive in the warmer months.
Read full storyStacking the odds against awnless barnyard grass this summer
Sometimes herbicide resistance comes with a fitness penalty that growers can use as an Achilles’ Heel to drive down weed seed production. Unfortunately, glyphosate resistance seems to confer no such disadvantage on awnless barnyard grass. In a recent random survey of summer-growing weeds in the northern grains region, 36 per cent of awnless barnyard grass (Echinochloa colona) populations proved resistant to glyphosate.
Read full storySeeking grower and agronomist insights on fungicide resistance
A new network established by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is seeking to understand the level of knowledge grain growers and advisers have when it comes to managing fungicide resistance. The Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) has been set up to provide growers with the information support they need to reduce the emergence and manage the impacts of fungicide resistance.
Read full storyGrower project confirms widespread fungicide resistance to net blotch in southern WA
First-year results from a unique project have confirmed fungicide resistance to both spot and net forms of net blotch in barley is widespread in southern areas of Western Australia’s grainbelt, with findings of reduced sensitivity or fungicide resistance the dominant situation.
Read full storyAdvice for farmers on resistance management now available online
CropLife Australia has released its updated Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.
Read full storyExtent of herbicide resistance in summer weeds revealed
The first multi-species herbicide resistance survey conducted in the Northern grain growing regions of NSW and Queensland has shown that while resistance to key herbicides is prevalent, growers are keeping weed numbers low, for now.
Read full storyIndependent science based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance
In an address to the inaugural international conference on the regulation of agvet chemicals and technologies at the University of New England, Chief Executive Officer of the peak industry organisation for the plant science sector, Matthew Cossey, declared that Independent science-based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance.
Read full storyMetabolism-based glyphosate resistance discovered in weed in Western Australia's Ord irrigation scheme
Researchers have claimed a world first in herbicide resistance, after discovering a tropical weed in Western Australia's far north that literally eats glyphosate.
Read full storyBreakthrough in disease resistance for Brassica crops
A global team led by Punjab Agricultural University, India, with researchers from The University of Western Australia, have made a significant breakthrough in disease resistance in Brassica oilseed crops.
Read full storyAgtech jobs on offer in farm robot company
A team of specialised agtech robot designers and builders will be recruited in Central Queensland following grant funding from the Queensland Government.
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