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
Researchers have found that the peanut originated 450,000 years ago, not 10,000 years ago as some have thought,..Read More
Grain Central, May 22, 2020
Queensland Government plant breeders have developed a new disease-resistant variety of mungbean with high yield potential…Read More
New data analysis has shown that growing chickpeas under aerated subsurface drip irrigation can boost yields by up to 27 per cent…Read More
Grain Central, April 29, 2020
More frequent and severe droughts have hit a critical juncture for agriculture – the point where farmers need to swap out standard staple crops because they are insufficiently drought resilient…Read More
Grain Central, April 24, 2020
Growers planning to dry sow pulses are encouraged to double the rate of peat inoculant or use a granular inoculant which delivers a high number of rhizobia at sowing to increase the likelihood of successful nodulation and nitrogen fixation…Read More
Grain Central, March 13, 2020
Researchers are employing novel technology to speed their search for genetic material to develop drought-tolerant chickpeas…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
As an emerging crop of importance to the grains and livestock industries, researchers have begun the task of investigating the agronomic requirements of pigeonpea in the Australian environment…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, January 14, 2020
A new app has been developed to help mungbean growers across Queensland and NSW better manage the problematic disease powdery mildew…Read More
Grain Central, December 3, 2019