The Tropical Legumes initiative has worked to develop and distribute high-yielding, climate-resilient legume varieties to millions of poor farmers in drought-prone areas of Africa…Read More
Grain Central, February 10, 2021
A combination of a wet start to the year and the perfect breeding ground for aphids may have been responsible for unusually severe outbreaks of viruses in faba bean crops in northern NSW this season…Read More
Grain Central, October 29, 2020
A new national chickpea breeding program to be based at Tamworth in north west New South Wales has been launched under the banner of Chickpea Breeding Australia…Read More
Grain Central, October 23, 2020
Research aimed at helping northern growers protect chickpea production is showing promising results in trials run by the NSW DPI…Read More
Grain Central, September 25, 2020
The bean yellow mosaic virus outbreak that has hit faba bean crops in recent weeks, particularly in north west New South Wales, may be being amplified by the presence of a second virus…Read More
Neil Lyon, September 21, 2020
Faba bean crops, particularly in north west NSW, are bearing the brunt of a yellow mosaic virus outbreak that has produced unusually high levels of damage, and in some instances totally wiped out plants…Read More
Neil Lyon, September 11, 2020
In figures released yesterday, ABARES has forecast production of Australia’s five major pulse crops at 2.58 million tonnes, up 10pc from its initial forecast released in June…Read More
Grain Central, September 9, 2020
Rain in August has bolstered production prospects for Australia’s five biggest pulse crops which are this year expected to produce an above-average 2.63Mt, according to Pulse Australia’s August crop forecast…Read More
Grain Central, August 31, 2020
Trials have put different treatments to the test to help determine how to address manganese (Mn) deficiency in lupin crops – an issue that has made an unwelcome return to parts of Western Australia in recent years…Read More
Grain Central, June 23, 2020
A new collection of wild chickpea species from Turkey found to be more resistant to root lesion nematodes could hold the key to breeding resistant Australian chickpea varieties…Read More
Grain Central, June 19, 2020
There is potential for a widespread outbreak of Ascochyta blight disease in chickpea crops across NSW and Queensland if forecasts of a wet winter materialise…Read More
Grain Central, June 3, 2020
Farmers are taking a close look at the potential to use swathing techniques on mungbean crops at harvest instead of the more conventional approach of applying chemical desiccant and direct harvesting…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 22, 2020