Mungindi GRDC Grower Research Update Thursday 6 March 2014, Mungindi Hall 8:30am registration for a 9am start, finish 3:45pm Time Topic 9:00 AM Welcome GRDC 9:10 AM Lifting farm business turn over, reducing costs, improving efficiency and productivity! Pros and cons of different rotations and decision points. Shaun Nolan (Grower, Wallumbilla) 9:45 AM Nitrogen management in wheat. The economics of chasing protein, improving nitrogen use efficiency and timing. Richard Daniel (NGA), Rohan Brill & Guy McMullen (NSW DPI) & Bede O’Mara (Incitec Pivot) 10:35 AM Announcements 10:40 AM Morning tea 11:10 AM Fertiliser spreaders‐is yours accurate or all over the paddock? Broadcast spreader patterns can vary up to 70% with some areas receiving double the rate‐significant improvements are easily made. David Hall 11:25 AM Nitrogen volatilisation and timing of N application. It’s expensive to drill in N in Feb/Mar. Easier and cheaper to broadcast it later‐ Discussion on the pros and cons. Richard Daniel (NGA), Rohan Brill & Guy McMullen (NSW DPI) & Bede O’Mara (Incitec Pivot) 11:45 AM Crown‐rot management, crop sequencing and row placement in the rotation to lessen disease impact and capture more yield. Data from a 5 year crop sequence trial. Andrew Verrell (NSW DPI) 12:05 PM Nematodes ‐ The latest crop rotation results for winter and summer crops. Tim Clewett (DAFF Qld) 12:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM Crown‐rot, nematodes and varietal interactions ‐ testing and measurement ‐ implications for crop sequencing and varietal selection. Steve Simpfendorfer (NSW DPI) and Rob Long (Crown Analytical) 2:05 PM Panel session: Managing crown‐rot and nematodes with crop rotation. Steve Simpfendorfer (NSW DPI), Rob Long (Crown Analytical), Tim Clewett (DAFF Qld) and Richard Daniel (NGA) 2:20 PM Weeds and resistance: key strategies for managing problem summer grasses and fleabane. In‐ crop, fallow residuals and double knock. Richard Daniel (NGA) 2:50 PM Weeds‐where is herbicide resistance taking our farming system? Chris Preston (Uni. of Adelaide) 3:15 PM Herbicides and weeds – regional research and issues. Phenoxy resistant broadleaves, update on glyphosate resistance and new species, clethodim damage in canola. Tony Cook & Greg Brooke (NSW DPI) 3:30 PM Panel session: weeds 3:45 PM Close 1 GRDC Grains Research Update Mungindi, March 2014 Contents Lifting farm business turn over, reducing costs, improving efficiency and productivity! ................................ 10 Shaun Nolan The effectiveness of nitrogen application for protein – 2012 and 2013 ......................................................... 11 Richard Daniel, Rachel Norton, Anthony Mitchell, Linda Bailey & Rob Duncan Managing nitrogen for yield and protein: 2013 update ................................................................................ 24 Rohan Brill, Matthew Gardner, Greg Brooke, Leigh Jenkins, Bruce Haigh and Guy McMullen Nitrogen in wheat 2013: effect of applied and residual nitrogen on yield and the economics of chasing protein. What happened at “Colonsay” on the Darling Downs & “Myling” Tulloona, in Northern NSW? ....... 35 Bede O'Mara Fertiliser spreaders ‐ is yours accurate or all over the paddock? ................................................................... 42 David Hall Row placement strategies in a break crop‐wheat sequence ......................................................................... 43 Andrew Verrell Nematodes – latest summer and winter crop rotation results ...................................................................... 47 Kirsty Owen, Tim Clewett, John Thompson Pre‐sow assessment of crown rot risk in the northern region ....................................................................... 54 Steven Simpfendorfer & Alan McKay Crown rot and nematodes: are you growing the right variety? ..................................................................... 60 Steven Simpfendorfer, Matt Gardner, Greg Brooke, Leigh Jenkins Managing nematodes with crop rotation ..................................................................................................... 65 Rob Long Weeds and resistance – considerations for awnless barnyard grass, Chloris spp and fleabane management . 68 Richard Daniel Weeds – where is herbicide resistance taking our farming systems? ............................................................ 75 Christopher Preston Herbicides and weeds – regional issues trials and developments ................................................................. 79 Tony Cook, Greg Brooke, Michael Widderick & Maurie Street The effect of plant density on yield in chickpea across central and northern NSW ........................................ 91 Andrew Verrell, Rohan Brill & Leigh Jenkins Effect of row spacing on yield in chickpea under high yield potential – past and present research ................ 96 Andrew Verrell & Leigh Jenkins Phytophthora tolerance in chickpea varieties – paddock selection and management ................................. 102 Kevin Moore, Mal Ryley, Kristy Hobson, Ted Knights, Steve Harden, Willy Martin, Kris King, Paul Nash & Gail Chiplin Chickpea varietal purity and implications for disease management – are we heading down the Sunvale trail? ................................................................................................................................................................. 105 Kevin Moore, Kristy Hobson, Ata‐ur Rehman & Jon Thelander 2 GRDC Grains Research Update Mungindi, March 2014 Viral diseases in chickpeas – impact and management ............................................................................... 110 Murray Sharman, Kevin Moore, Joop van Leur, Mohammad Aftab, Andrew Verrell Reducing risk of virus disease in chickpea through management of plant density, row spacing and stubble – 2013 trials in northern NSW ...................................................................................................................... 115 Kevin Moore, Andrew Verrell & Mohammed Aftab Compiled by Independent Consultants Australia Network (ICAN) Pty Ltd. 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