David Herridge¹, John Ba Maw², Maung Maung Thein², Om Parkash Rupela³, Nantakorn Boonkerd⁴, Tran Yen Thao⁵, Rosalind Deaker⁶, Elizabeth Hartley⁷ and Greg Gemell⁷

Evaluating use of remote sensing for identifying management strategies: Example for small plot farmers during the dry season in southern Bangladesh.

Perry Poulton and Neal Dalgliesh

Herbicide resistance management in Phalaris minor and resource conservation technologies in rice-wheat cropping system in India – an overview

Ashok Kumar¹, R.K. Malik² and V. Kumar³

Developing a strategy for improved crop and animal production in the semi-arid tropics of West Timor

Neal Dalgliesh¹, Esnawan Budisantoso²,Toni Darbas³, Yohanis Ngongo⁴ and Jeremy Whish¹

Effect of farmyard manure (FYM) and inorganic fertilizers on the yield of maize in wheat-maize system on eroded inceptisols in northern Pakistan

Shamsher Ali^{1, *}, Aman Ullah Bhatti¹, Abdul Ghani² and Ahmad Khan³

Crop diversification in lowland rice cropping systems in Cambodia: effect of soil type on legume production.

Vang Seng¹, Rowena Eastick^1,2, Shu Fukai², Makara Ouk¹, Sarom Men¹, Sopheak Yim Chan¹ and Sivoutha Nget¹

Conservation agriculture in a subsistence farming system: Lessons from on-farm research in Gansu, China

Jeremy Whish¹, Matt Kennedy⁴, Rod Campbell⁴, Rebecca Bolt⁴, Li Lingling², Shen Yuying³, Gao Chongyue² and William Bellotti⁴

Managing Subsoils

Ripping yarns: 25 years of variable responses to ripping clay soils in south-eastern Australia

John Kirkegaard¹, John Angus¹, Tony Swan¹, Mark Peoples¹ and Sergio Moroni²

Do subsoil amendments provide benefits for crop productivity and the environment?

Th�r�se McBeath, Cameron Grant, Robert Murray and David Chittleborough

Subsoil constraints have little impact on crop growth in the Wimmera and Mallee during dry seasonal conditions.

James Nuttall¹, Damien Adcock² and Roger Armstrong¹

Simulating seasonal response of wheat yield to subsoil amelioration in the Victorian Mallee and Wimmera

Muhuddin Anwar, James Nuttall, Garry O’Leary and Roger Armstrong

Crop production responses to soil amelioration treatments on an infertile sand over clay in South Australia

Ann McNeill¹, Damien Adcock², Nigel Wilhelm³, Murray Unkovich¹ and Roger Armstrong ⁴

Soil compaction is a major issue operating against the development of sustainable sugarcane cropping systems

Alan Garside¹, Barry Salter² and Jason Kidd³

Managing Pastures

Within-paddock variation in pasture growth: landscape and soil factors

Jim Virgona^1,2 and Belinda Hackney^1,3

Comparing the water use efficiency of tropical pasture grasses and legumes used in Queensland’s mixed farming systems

Jyoteshna Owens¹, Lindsay Bell², Daniel Rodriguez¹, Anthony Whitbread³, John Lawrence², Michael Mann⁴

Autumn cleaning Ornithopus compressus L. (yellow serradella) pastures: a novel, broad spectrum weed control option that exploits delayed germination.

David Ferris¹

Perennial Pastures in the Wimmera-Mallee

Karen Chapman and Simon Craig

Sheep liveweight production from lucerne, cocksfoot or ryegrass based pastures

Annamaria Mills, Malcolm C. Smith and Derrick J. Moot

Pasture characteristics perceived by farmers of Western Australia in relation to adoption of annual pasture legumes

Kawsar P. Salam^1,2, Roy Murray-Prior¹, David Bowran² and Moin U. Salam²

Managing Site & Season

How important is season specific or soil specific wheat agronomy in southern Australia?

Doug Abrecht¹, Howard Cox², Mario D’Antuono³ and James Fisher⁴

Grower evaluation of nitrogen application timing and decision tools in uncertain seasons.

Jeremy Lemon¹

The role for EM mapping in precision agriculture in the Mallee

Rick Llewellyn¹, Anthony Whitbread¹, Ben Jones^2,3, Bill Davoren¹,

Comparison of NDVI seasonal trajectories and modelled crop growth dynamics

Uday Nidumolu^{1, 2}, Victor Sadras¹, Peter Hayman¹ and Steven Crimp²

Does spatial variability of plant available water capacity cause variability of grain yield in the Victorian Mallee?

M.A. Rab¹ and P.D. Fisher²,

Farmer Case Studies on the Economics of PA Technologies

Dr Matthew McCallum

New Grazing Options

Identifying canola varieties for dual-purpose use

John Kirkegaard¹, Susan Sprague¹, Steve Marcroft², Trent Potter³, John Graham¹,Jim Virgona⁴, Jeff McCormick⁴

Effects of grazing on wheat grain yield and quality in Western Australia

Shahajahan Miyan and Samantha Clune

Grazing induced changes in light interception and radiation-use efficiency of winter wheat

Matthew Harrison^{1, 2}, John R. Evans² and Andrew Moore¹

Searching for native perennial legumes with pasture potential

Megan Ryan^1,2,3, Richard Bennett^1,2, Matthew Denton^1,4, Steve Hughes^1,5, Meredith Mitchell^1,4, Bernadette Carmody^1,4, Tammy Edmonds-Tibbett^1,2, Dion Nicol^1,2, Lori Kroiss^1,2 and Richard Snowball⁶

Plant Nutrition

How effective are fluid phosphorus fertilisers in the Wimmera and Mallee region of Victoria?

Roger Armstrong ^1,5, James Nuttall¹, Bob Holloway², Enzo Lombi³ and Mike McLaughlin⁴

SSP: Single Superphosphate, a Scenario Slowly Passing

Graeme Blair

The Effects of Maize Rotation on Soil Quality and Nutrient Availability in Cotton Based Cropping

Alison F Devereux^1A, Shu Fukai^1B, Nilantha R Hulugalle²

Management responses to declining potassium fertility in Ferrosol soils

Mike Bell¹, Gary Harch¹, Peter Want¹ and Phil Moody²

Agronomy as a Profession

Agriculture in decline at Australian Universities

JE Pratley¹ and Roger Leigh²

The role of societies in farmer focussed research

Roger Johnson

The National Partners in Grain Project – raising the skills of grain growing farmers

Jeanette Long, Sharon Honner and Patricia Hamilton

Free internet access to databases for all agroecological regions of Australia - why not?

Jim Scott

Evaluating Systems

Crop and whole-farm tools for analysis of profit, risk and environmental impact

Howard Cox¹, Peter deVoil¹, Daniel Rodriguez¹, Brendan Power¹

Cotton yield and soil carbon under continuous cotton, cotton-corn, cotton-vetch-corn and cotton-wheat rotations

James H Terry¹, Daniel KY Tan^1,4, Nilantha R Hulugalle^2,4, Damien J Field^1,4, Tim B Weaver^2,4, Oliver G Knox^3,4

The determinants of South Australian wheat yield increases

Ian Black¹, Chris Dyson¹, Peter Hayman¹ and Bronya Alexander¹

Why do we persist with static equilibrium whole-farm economic models?

William Bellotti

Farming in an Uncertain Climate

Examining the value of dynamic seasonal forecasts in managing farm-level production and environmental outcomes in a variable climate

Steven Crimp¹, Uday Nidumolu^1,2, Donald Gaydon¹, Mark Howden¹ and Peter Hayman²

Can we use forecasts of El Ni�o and La Ni�a for frost management in the Eastern and Southern grains belt?

Bronya Alexander¹ and Peter Hayman¹

A dynamic simulation model for an agricultural catchment driven by markets, farmers attitude and rainfall change

S Asseng ¹, A Dray ², P Perez^2,3, X Su¹, and JP Mueller³

Shire scale impacts and adaptation options for Australian cereal crops affected by climate change

Andries Potgieter¹, Alistair Doherty¹, Steven Crimp², Daniel Rodriguez¹, Graeme Hammer³, H Meinke⁴, H Fearweather⁵

Paddock change for climate change

JN Tullberg

South Australian farmers’ concerns and adaptation options for climate change

Melissa Rebbeck and Trudi Duffield

Rotations

The value of break crops for wheat

John Angus¹, Mark Peoples¹, John Kirkegaard¹, MH Ryan²and L Ohlander³

Effect of lucerne phase duration in cropping systems in the high-rainfall zone

Julianne Lilley¹, Andrew Moore¹, Cam Nicholson², David Watson² and Simon Falkiner²

Lucerne production and water-use in the Mallee

Roy Latta

Crop sequence to manage crown rot in cereals in south-eastern Australia

Margaret Evans¹, Grant Hollaway², Hugh Wallwork¹, Ray Correll³

Crop sequences for high productivity and reduced environmental effects in New Zealand dairy forage systems

John M. de Ruiter and Shane Maley

Agronomy in the Landscape

Saltland Capability Assessment: Targeting Plants to Landscapes to Increase Profitability

Sarita Jane Bennett^1,2 and EG Barrett-Lennard^1,2,3

Defining tradeoffs between farm profit and natural resource indicators in grain-grazing systems

Michael Robertson¹, Andrew Bathgate², Andrew Moore³, Roger Lawes¹ and Julianne Lilley³

Farming practices to improve water quality in the Burdekin region

Peter Thorburn¹, Steve Attard², Jody Biggs¹, Joseph Kemei³

Precision Agriculture for improved environmental outcomes

Rob Bramley¹, Peter Thorburn², Patricia Hill¹, Frederieke Kroon³ and Kerstin Panten^1,4

Paddock-scale water use in a ‘belt and alley’ system with oil mallee trees

Phil Ward, Shayne Micin and Ian Fillery

Ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

Harpinder Sandhu

Effect of Salinity on Seed Germination of Wheat Cultivars

Seyfollah Fallah

Pasture Production

Lucerne management optimization – new insights from experimentation and modelling

Edmar I. Teixeira, Derrick J. Moot, Hamish E. Brown

Simulating competition between cereal and lucerne grown in mixture

Rob Harris^1,3, Donald Gaydon², William Bellotti^3,6, Murray Unkovich⁴ and Michael Robertson^5,6

Seasonal variability of Rhodes grass production in the northern West Australia wheatbelt.

Roger Lawes¹ and Michael Robertson²

Herbage production, nitrogen fixation and water use efficiency of ten annual pasture legumes grown with and without lime on an acid soil

Belinda Hackney¹, Brian Dear¹, Mark Peoples², Gabrielle Dyce¹ and Craig Rodham¹

Developing production systems for the newly released varieties of the biennial forage legume sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.)

Carolyn de Koning¹, Graham Crocker², Peter Schutz¹ and Nick Edwards³

Effectiveness of dairy first pond sludge as a nutrient source for forage crop production

Graeme Ward and Joe Jacobs

Biotechnology, Paddock Reality

Simulating yield impact of QTL controlling leaf and silk expansion under drought in maize

Karine Chenu^1,2, Fran�ois Tardieu¹, Scott Chapman³, Greg McLean², Claude Welcker¹ and Graeme Hammer⁴

Development of the Generic APSIM Cereal Template to Enhance Functionality of Whole-Plant Modelling

Greg McLean¹, Graeme Hammer², Erik van Oosterom² and Alistair Doherty¹

Effect of early moisture deficit on growth, development and yield in high retention Bt cotton

Marcelo Paytas^{1 3}, Stephen Yeates¹ ⁴, Shu Fukai¹ and Longbin Huang²

Do sowing rules change for high fruit retention transgenic cotton?

Michael Bange¹ and Rose Roche

A wheat ideotype for the high rainfall zone of south-west Victoria

Penny Riffkin¹ and Roger Sylvester-Bradley²

Emerging opportunities for agriculture: investigating plant adaptation by characterizing germplasm collection habitats

J Berger^1,2, JA Palta^1,2, C Ludwig^1,2, D Shrestha^1,2, MC Mackay³, KA Street⁴, J Konopka⁴, S Jenkins², KN Adhikari⁵, HC Clarke², JS Sandhu⁶ and H Nayyar⁷

Crop Agronomy

Wheat and canola water requirements and the effect of spring irrigation on crop yields in the Central Murray Valley

Sam North¹, Phil Eberbach² and John Thompson¹

The effect of faba bean plant population on yield, seed quality and plant architecture under irrigation in southern NSW.

PW Matthews¹, EL Armstrong², CJ Lisle², ID Menz² and PL Shephard² and BC Armstrong²

Farming system impacts on microbial activity and soil organic matter dynamics in southern Australian Mallee soils

VVSR Gupta ¹, David Roget¹, CW Davoren², Rick Llewellyn² and Anthony Whitbread²

Soil-borne disease suppression of Rhizoctonia root rot in soils of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Rowena Sjaan Davey¹, Ann McNeill¹ and Steve Barnett²

How important is straw for yield of no-till crops on heavy soils in the low-rainfall southern Mallee?

Claire Browne¹ and Ben Jones²

New Pastures and Forage Options

EverGraze: the productive management of perennial grazing systems in extreme drought

Susan Robertson^1,2, Michael Friend^1,2 and John Broster^1,2

Twin Sowing: a new technique to reduce the costs of pasture establishment.

Angelo Loi¹, Bradley J. Nutt¹, Clinton K. Revell¹²and K. Flower³

Current and future use of pasture legumes in central and southern NSW – results of a farmer and advisor survey

Belinda Hackney, Brian Dear, Guangdi Li, Craig Rodham and Justin Tidd

Benefits of small-seeded annual pasture legumes in pasture mixtures for variable environments

Richard Hayes, Brian Dear, Bev Orchard and Phil Eberbach

Using plastic mulch to increase maize silage production in a cool climate with a short growing season

Andrew L. Fletcher, Shane Maley, Derek R. Wilson and John M. de Ruiter

Dry matter yields and nutritive value of silage from cereal and pea combinations

Joe Jacobs and Graeme Ward

Assessing yield potential

Using Yield Prophet^� to determine the likely impacts of climate change on wheat and barley production

James Hunt¹, Zvi Hochman², Bill Long³, Dean Holzworth⁴, Anthony Whitbread⁵, Stephen van Rees¹ and Peter DeVoil⁶

Estimating grain yield with the French and Schultz approaches Vs simulating attainable yield with APSIM on the Eyre Peninsula

Anthony Whitbread¹ and Jonathan Hancock²

A national benchmark for the Australian wheat industry: accounting for overlooked climate drivers

Alistair Doherty¹, Daniel Rodriguez¹, Andries Potgieter¹, Victor Sadras²

Modification to the French and Shultz formula to account for soil type and within-season rainfall.

Yvette Oliver¹, Michael Robertson² and Peter Stone³

Relationships between growing season rainfall, grain yield and yield components suggest that wheat requires one ear/m² per millimetre of rainfall to achieve its water-limited potential

Heping Zhang¹, Narelle Simpson², Steve Milroy¹, Michael Poole¹ and Neil Turner³

Soil nitrogen and water dynamics in crops following perennial pastures under drought conditions.

SL Ellis^1,3,4, MH Ryan², JF Angus³ and JE Pratley¹

Crop Protection

Pre-emergent herbicides for managing resistant ryegrass populations

James Jess and Simon Craig

Improving summer weed control in dryland cropping systems through targeted research and extension

Kate McCormick, John Stuchbery, Liam Lenaghan and Kerry Bormann

Site Specific Weed Management (SSWM) – Australian potential with annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum L)

Sam Trengove

Wide row lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) cropping systems may sustain lupin production in Western Australia

Abul Hashem¹, Mike Collin² and David Bowran¹ and Paul Blackwell³

Crop Growth

The effect of elevated carbon dioxide on the growth and yield of wheat in the Australian Grains Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (AGFACE) experiment

Rob Norton¹, Glenn Fitzgerald² and Chris Korte³

Simulation of wheat grain yield under elevated CO₂ conditions in the Victorian Wimmera

Garry O’Leary and Muhuddin Anwar

Stem nodes – the central building blocks of growth and yield in field pea.

EL Armstrong¹, PW Matthews², LG Gaynor¹, ID Menz¹ and BC Armstrong¹

A critical analysis of osmotic and ionic effects of salinity in two barley cultivars

Ehsan Tavakkoli¹, Pichu Rengasamy² and Glenn McDonald¹

Managing Soils

Are reduced acidification rates a feasible, achievable option for future agricultural systems?

James Fisher¹, Chris Gazey², Doug Abrecht² and David Bowran^1,2

Sodium, chloride, clay and conductivity: consistent relationships help to make EM surveys useful for site specific management in the Mallee

Ben Jones^1,4, Garry O’Leary², Rick Llewellyn³

The long term consequences of soil pH management on crop productivity and profitability

Stephen Davies¹, Chris Gazey² and David Gartner²

Successful integration of soil nutrient testing and regional acidity monitoring highlights the opportunities for soil condition assessment and natural resource management

Joel Andrew¹, Chris Gazey², Stephen Carr¹ and David York¹

Achieving Change

A sociological approach to the participatory development of agricultural decision support systems

Peter Thorburn¹, Emma Jakku¹ and Anthony Webster²

Perceptions of grain growers towards annual cropping in the high rainfall zone of Southern Australia

Angela Clough¹, Penny Riffkin² and Catriona King³

Participatory variety selection increases adoption of modern varieties by subsistence farmers in East Timor

Robert Williams, Lorenco Fontes, Deolindo da Silva, Alex Dalley and Brian Monaghan

Farmer participatory varietal selection in Lao lowland rice systems

L Vial^1,2,3, Sipaseuth¹, P Inthapanya², and Shu Fukai³

Evaluating change in Knowledge and Practices to combat Subsoil Constraints in north-eastern Australia

Stuart Buck¹ and Yash Dang²

Poster papers

Emerging opportunities

Geo-referenced, catchment based soil pH monitoring in three agro-ecological regions of Western Australia.

Joel Andrew¹, Chris Gazey², Stephen Carr¹, David York¹, David Gartner², Adam Clune² and Breanne Best²

Australian Plant Genetic Resources Activities in 2006 and 2007

Geoff Auricht¹, R Redden², Peter Lawrence³, Michael Mackay⁴, Steve Hughes¹ and Richard Snowball⁵

Glycinebetaine and salicylic acid application improves the plant water relations, water use efficiency and yield of sunflower under different planting methods

Mubshar Hussain, Muhammad Farooq, and M. A. Malik

Herbicide resistance in littleseed canarygrass (Phalaris minor) and its management

RS Chhokar, RK Sharma, RK Singh and SC Gill

Zero tillage wheat and unpuddled rice: the energy, labour and cost efficient alternatives to conventional rice-wheat system

RK Sharma, RS Chhokar, RK Singh and SC Gill

Optimising the quality and yield of spelt under organic production in SE Australia

R Neeson¹, J Evans¹, V Burnett², D Luckett¹, C Wellings¹, H Taylor¹; H Raman¹, E Van Meeuwen ¹ and P Bowden⁴

Effectiveness of dairy first pond sludge as a nutrient source for perennial ryegrass pasture production

Graeme Ward and Joe Jacobs

Farming in an uncertain climate

Possible impact of climate change on rice production in the Gangetic West Bengal, India

Saon Bannerjee

Screening rice genetic resources for cold tolerance at different growth stages

Changrong Ye¹, Shu Fukai¹, Russell Reinke², Ian Godwin¹, Peter Snell² and Jaya Basnayake¹

Model-based analysis of maize plastic response to water stress for screening traits in improving breeding efficiency

Youhong Song¹, Colin Birch^{1, 4}, Shanshan Qu², Jim Hanan³

Revising crop and architectural models of maize canopy development for rainfed cropping conditions

Youhong Song¹, Colin Birch^{1, 4}, Shanshan Qu², Jim Hanan³

Using Modelling and Agronomy to Improve Reliability of Maize as a Rainfed Crop in Northern New South Wales and South Western Queensland

Colin Birch^1,3, Kirsten Stephen¹, Greg McLean² and Graeme Hammer¹

Modelling the effect of temperature, soil moisture and photoperiod on growth and development of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.): BAMGRO model

Asha Karunaratne¹, Sayed Azam-Ali¹, Abu Sasey², Hans Adu-Dapaah³ and Neil Crout¹

Interactions between wheat varieties and fungicide applications in south-west Victoria

Chris Bluett¹, Angela Clough¹, Mick Keating¹ and Gavin Kearney²

Interpolating leaf area index between destructive sampling dates using remote sensing in the Australian Grains Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (AGFACE) experiment

Glenn Fitzgerald¹, Rob Norton², Garry O’Leary¹ and Mahabubur Mollah¹

Nitrous oxide emissions from dry-land wheat in south-eastern Australia

Sally J. Officer¹, Frances Phillips², Roger Armstrong¹, Kevin Kelly³.

The development of a model in APSIM for the simulation of grazing oats and oaten hay

Allan Peake¹, Anthony Whitbread², Bill Davoren², Jeff Braun³ and Sarah Limpus⁴

Climate change – identifying the impacts on soil health in Victoria.

James Nuttall¹³, Roger Armstrong¹and Michael Crawford²

The Australian Grains Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (AGFACE) experiment – specifications and scope

Rob Norton¹, Mahabubur Mollah², Glenn Fitzgerald³ and David McNeil⁴

Talking about the weather: APSIM, climate change and grain farmers on the Upper Eyre Peninsula, SA.

Bronya Alexander¹, Peter Hayman¹, Samantha Doudle² and Nigel Wilhelm¹

Managing in the face of uncertainty: is there anything farmers can learn from finance?

Ben Jones

Impact of Soil properties and Climate change on Nutrient Use Efficiency in Farmer’s Fields

RK Kaleeswari, P Devasenapathy, N Chellaiah and B Udhayakumar

Establishment and root morphology of eight diverse Lucerne populations in a low rainfall, South Australian, environment

Erica Marshall, Alan Humphries, Eric Kobelt, Trevor Rowe and Geoff Auricht

Dry matter production and partitioning in rice in response to elevated temperature

Estela M. Pasuquin^1,2, Phil Eberbach¹, Tanguy Lafarge², Toshihiro Hasegawa³ and Len Wade¹

Climate change risk assessment associated with wheat production systems in Southern NSW

Qunying Luo¹ and Helen Fairweather¹

Biotechnology, Paddock Reality

Evaluation and utilisation of pea and faba bean germplasm from China.

R Redden¹, J vanLeur², X Zong³, S Bao⁴, L. Yujiao⁵, J Paull⁶ and T Leonforte¹

Variability in structure and function of sorghum root systems

Vijaya Singh, Graeme Hammer, Erik van Oosterom

Plant Design Features that Improve Grain Yield of Cereals under Drought

Erik van Oosterom¹, Graeme Hammer¹, Hae-Koo Kim^1,2, Greg McLean³, Kurt Deifel¹

Can large kernel size increase grain yield in sorghum?

Zongjian Yang¹, Graeme Hammer¹, Erik van Oosterom¹, David Jordan² and Alistair Doherty³

Genetic diversity in tropical legumes: cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) and lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet)

Tefera Tolera¹, Petr Karlovsky² and Brigitte L. Maass³

The role of genetic solutions for overcoming subsoil constraints to lentil

Roger Armstrong, James Nuttall , Michael Materne and Kristy Hobson

Increasing grain size and reducing screenings in wheat using a tiller inhibition gene – investigating grain morphology by image analysis

JH Mitchell ^1,3, Scott Chapman ¹, Greg Rebetzke ²and Shu Fukai ³

Agronomy in the Landscape

Impact of application of coal combustion products to soil on soil characteristics, concentration of elements in plant material and crop product safety

Colin Birch^1,2, Doug George and Premawansa Dissanayake

Dryland cropping in central Queensland impacts on Soil Chemical Parameters.

Stuart Buck¹ and Michael Braunack²

Resolving the Edaphic Conflict in Rice-wheat system

Muhammad Farooq¹and Shahzad M.A. Basra²

Organic matter fractions and carbon mineralisation in perennial pasture leys on erodible silt soil

Yuying Shen, Lu Chen, Jing Yang, Mingming Wang and Zhibiao Nan

Fallow nitrate-N accumulation rates in central Qld cropping soils

Michael Braunack, Richard Routley and Maurice Conway

Plant populations to improve yield of dryland maize in northwest NSW

Sam Simons¹, Daniel KY Tan¹, Stephanie Belfield² and Bob Martin³

EM38 and crop-soil simulation modelling can identify differences in potential crop performance on typical soil zones in the Mallee.

Anthony Whitbread¹, Rick Llewellyn, David Gobbett and Bill Davoren.

Simulation of field pea growth and yield in diverse environments

Wen Chen^{1 6}, Michael Robertson², Li Lingling³, William Bellotti⁴, Robert French⁵and Richard Bell¹

Out of season crops – What are the benefits for no-till farming systems?

ME McNee^1,2, Phil Ward³, DR Kemp¹ and WA Badgery⁴

Primary Production Landscapes of Victoria

Richard MacEwan¹, Nathan Robinson¹, Mark Imhof², David Rees², Victor Sposito³, Monique Elsley³

Effect of Salinity on Seed Germination of Wheat Cultivars

Seyfollah Fallah

Selection of wheat for high early vigour

Michael Zerner¹, Gurjeet Gill¹ and Greg Rebetzke²

Row spacing, water use, and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum), barley (Hordeum vulgare) and faba bean (Vicia faba)

Samuel Kleemannand Gurjeet Gill

An update on the role and agronomy of safflower in southern Australia

Nick Wachsmann^1,2, Rob Norton² and David Jochinke³

G � E interactions for high yield potential of winter wheat in Tasmania

Tina Botwright Acu�a¹, Geoff Dean² and David McNeil¹

Farmer Focussed Research

Effect of irrigation on yield, quality and water use efficiency of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea).

Issa Piri

Effect of nitrogen and zinc fertilisers on yield and protein content of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum)

Ali Khourgami ¹and Ghobad Bour²

Traditional soil fertility management strategies: Do they conform to recommendations in organic farming? A case study of the smallholder farmers of the Central Rift Valley Province of Kenya

Richard N. Onwonga¹, Bernhard Freyer² and Joyce J. Lelei³

Effect of post-emergent solid and liquid nitrogen on grain yield and quality of bread and durum wheats

Shahajahan Miyan¹, Stephen Loss² and Wal Anderson³

Tillage and nitrogen management in a wheat-maize farming system

Ahmad Khan¹, Mohammad Tariq Jan¹, Amanullah Jan¹, Zahir Shah² and Shamsher Ali²

Responses of bread and durum wheat to agronomic practices in Western Australia

Shahajahan Miyan¹ and Wal Anderson²

Evaluation of a proximal vision data acquisition system for measuring spatial variability in lettuce growth

A Hussain¹, SR Raine¹, CW Henderson² and T Jensen³

Survey of soil-borne disease suppression to Rhizoctonia solani in low rainfall farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

Amanda Cook¹,Nigel Wilhelm¹ and Chris Dyson².

Changed farming practice in central Queensland grain farming systems.

Anne Shepherd and Richard Routley

An evaluation of two new vetch cultivars in the Wimmera region of Victoria

Justin Elliott^{1, 2}, Bradley Jackson¹, Joanna McKerrow¹, Ashley Summerhayes¹ and Nick Wachsmann¹

How much fuel does your farm use for different management operations?

Jodie Bowling¹, Nicolyn Short¹, Glen Riethmuller¹, James Fisher² and Moin U. Salam^1*

Variable response to phosphorous fertilisers in wheat and chickpea crops in central Queensland

Richard Routley¹, Graham Spackman² and Maurice Conway¹

Responses of biomass, chlorophyll and macro- and micronutrient uptake of rice (Oryza sativa L.) to organic and chemical fertilisers

Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar¹, Hemmatollah Piradshti²

The effects of Zn and K fertilisers on agronomical characteristics and Zn, Fe and P accumulation in two wheat cultivars in calcareous soils

Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar¹, Hemmatollah Piradshti²

Grain yield of Heritage wheat varieties in South Australian Mallee, 2001.

Richard Saunders

A standards based approach to farmers and scientists sharing information via electronic networks

Roger Johnson

Thirty years of change in South Australian broadacre agriculture

Ian Black and Chris Dyson

Optimising spray efficacy in summer: Delta t red alert system

Kerry Bormann

Long-term performance of intensive cereal-based cropping in the Mallee

Bill Davoren¹, Anthony Whitbread¹, Rick Llewellyn¹, David Roget² and Gupta Vadakattu²

An index for evaluating crop production variability from remote and proximal sensor data

Ronaldo de Oliveira¹and Brett Whelan²

The influence of agronomic management on seed size attributes in kabuli chickpea.

Michael Lines¹, Larn McMurray¹, Jason Brand² and Kristy Hobson²

Effects of plant density on the yield of field pea and faba bean varieties across southern and central NSW—preliminary findings

EL Armstrong¹, PW Matthews², NA Fettell³, DJ Holding⁴, LG Gaynor¹, CJ Lisle¹ and BR Cullis¹

Farmer’s participatory research on integrated farming system

C. Jayanthi, C. Vennila² and K. Nalini³

Managing Water Soluble Carbohydrates and Fibre in Oaten Hay

Jeff Braun¹, Mick Faulkner¹, Pamela Zwer² and Glenn McDonald³

Using local case studies in the high rainfall zone of south-eastern Australia to generate grower confidence in computer model outputs

Angela Clough¹ , Penny Riffkin², Muhuddin Anwar³ and Garry O’Leary³

Selection of widely adapted lowland rice varieties for wet and dry seasons in Laos

Jaya Basnayake^1,2, Shu Fukai², Sipaseuth³, P Inthapanya³ and M Chanphengxay³

Development of new lentil varieties in Bangladesh

Jalal Uddin¹, A. Sarker², Rajib Podder¹, Ali Afzal³, Harunor Rashid¹ and Kadambot H.M. Siddique⁴

Participatory variety selection increases adoption of modern varieties by subsistence farmers in East Timor

Robert Williams, Lorenco Fontes, Deolindo da Silva, Alex Dalley and Brian Monaghan

Integrated Systems

Dual purpose canola – recent results from southern NSW

Jeff McCormick¹,², Jim Virgona¹,² and John Kirkegaard³

Development of an Australian pasture selection tool using Lucid™

Stuart Brown¹, Bruce Cook² and Bruce Pengelly¹

Modelling complex livestock-agricultural systems at a regional scale: a case study in La R�union

Uday Bhaskar Nidumolu^1*,Marcel Lubbers², V�ronique Alary³, Philippe Lecomte¹ and Herman van Keulen⁴

Trade-offs for ratooning sorghum after harvest to provide forage for grazing

Jeremy Whish and Lindsay Bell

When is it profitable to sacrificially graze a wheat crop? - a simulation analysis across Australia’s cropping belt

Lindsay Bell and John Hargreaves

Leaf appearance rate and tiller development rate in pre-grazing growth of wheat and oats under dual-purpose (grain and graze) management

Walter Kelman and Hugh Dove

Assessing the suitability of several tropical pasture species for use as leys within cropping systems in southern Queensland

John Lawrence¹, Lindsay Bell¹, Anthony Whitbread², Michael Mann³

Harvestability and potential seed production of Cullen australasicum

Eric Kobelt,Alan Humphries, Trevor Rowe and Steve Hughes

Barley benefits from grazing

Martin B. Lovegroveand Robert D. Wheeler

Gibberellic acid and early dry matter production of dual purpose wheat

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