Plenary papers

Opening Oration

Can Science and Technology based Agriculture Feed the World in 2025?

Author: Prof M S Swaminathan

Building crop and pasture systems for sustained productivity and profitability

Invited paper: The tension between specialization and diversification in the evolution of farming systems for the Australian crop-livestock zone.

Author: Mike Ewing

New annual pasture legumes for southern Australia - 15 years of revolution

Author: Phillip Nichols^1,2, Angelo Loi^1,2, Mike Ewing^1,3, Clinton Revell^1,2, John Howieson, ^1,4, Martin Barbetti^1,5, Bradley Nutt^1,2, Richard Snowball^1,2, Ming Pei You^1,2, Stephen Carr^1,2,6, Kevin Foster^1,2, Peter Skinner^1,2, Darryl McClements^1,2, Krzysztof Gajda¹, Bradley Wintle², Daniel Kidd², Andrew Craig⁷, Ramakrishnan Nair⁸, Jake Howie⁸, Stephen Hughes⁸, Geoff Auricht⁸, Carolyn de Koning⁹, Brian Dear¹⁰, Graeme Sandral¹⁰, Belinda Hackney¹⁰, Graham Crocker¹¹, Pedro Evans¹², David Lloyd¹³ and Eric Hall¹⁴

Burning narrow windrows for weed seed destruction

Author: Michael Walsh¹ and Peter Newman²

The role of nitrogen and in-crop lucerne suppression for increasing cereal performance in companion cropping systems

Author: Rob Harris¹³, Tim Clune¹, Mark Peoples², Antony Swan², William Bellotti³ and Wen Chen⁴

Managing water in a changing environment

Invited paper: Towards Better Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Farmers

Author: Peter C. McIntosh¹, Michael J. Pook¹, James S. Risbey¹ and Shaun Lisson²

Climate change impact on field crops and adaptation options in Southeastern Australia

Author: Muhuddin Anwar^1*, Garry O’Leary¹, David McNeil¹, Hemayet Hossain² and Roger Nelson³

The use of native (endemic) grass and tree species for dryland salinity mitigation, remediation and agronomy activities in south-east Australia

Author: Glen Bann and John Field.

Overcoming soil and nutrient constraints

Invited paper: Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Cereal Systems

Author: Achim Dobermann

Subsoil amelioration on a sand-over-clay: Crop performance and residual yield benefits.

Author: Damien Adcock¹, Nigel Wilhelm², Ann McNeill¹ and Roger Armstrong³

Improving crops and pastures for targeted environments

Invited paper: Using synthetic wheats to breed cultivars better adapted to changing production conditions

Author: Maarten van Ginkel and Francis Ogbonnaya

Invited paper: Lupin genetic improvement for targeted environments and markets

Author: Bevan J Buirchell and Mark W Sweetingham

Genetic diversity in Australian canola and implications for future breeding

Author: Wallace A. Cowling

Implications of ‘duty of care’ for the development of new pasture species

Author: Clinton Revell^{1, 3} and Dean Revell^2,4

Using the ROOTMAP model of crop root growth to investigate root-soil interactions

Author: Vanessa Dunbabin¹

Participatory research: adopting agronomy

Invited paper: Achieving rapid adoption: information value and the role of grower groups

Author: Rick Llewellyn

Supporting farmers and agronomists to participate and learn about on-farm research to improve local farming practices

Author: David Lawrence¹, Nick Christodoulou², and Jeremy Whish³

Grower Group Networks Working Together with Researchers

Author: Tracey M Gianatti¹ and Paul Carmody²

Future technologies in agriculture

Invited paper: Appropriate Technologies for Agricultural Sustainability in an Uncertain Future

Author: Rick Roush

Managing spatial and seasonal variability within field can improve the profitability of WA grain production

Author: Michael Robertson¹, Bindi Isbister², Ian Maling³, Yvette Oliver⁴, Mike Wong⁵, Matt Adams⁶, Bill Bowden⁷ and Peter Tozer⁸

Precision agriculture in the Victorian Wimmera – grower perspectives

Author: David Jochinke¹, Bernard Noonan² and Nick Wachsmann³

Remote Sensing to Detect Nitrogen and Water Stress in Wheat

Author: Adam K Tilling¹, Garry O’Leary², Jelle G Ferwerda¹, Simon D Jones¹, Glenn Fitzgerald² and Robert Belford²

LUCI in the sky with diamonds – modelling the wider impacts of land use change and intensification

Author: Peter D. Jamieson¹, RF Zyskowski¹, FY Li¹, GS Francis¹, V Snow² and L Lilburne³

• Citation: "Groundbreaking Stuff". Edited by Neil Turner and Tina Acuna. Proceedings of the 13th Australian Agronomy Conference. 10-14 September 2006 Perth, Western Australia.