Results Summary 2014

Contents

About Mallee Sustainable Farming 2

Preliminary assessment of grain legume nodulation in the South Australian Mallee 5

New Vetch varieties for break crop options in the Mallee 7

Productive and profitable pulse crops in the Northern Victorian Mallee 8

Two-year breaks profitably reduce agronomic constraints 9

Crop sequences address agronomic constraints in a long term continuous cereal paddock 10

Wheat response to previous grain legume crop selection and agronomy 11

Pulse Options for the Northern SA Mallee 12

Sowing Strategies to Improve Productivity on Sandy Mallee Soils 14

Current and New Barley Varieties for the Mallee 15

Is there a preferred wheat or barley variety to grow in a P deficient soil?  16

Targeted liquid delivery of fungicides: a new tool for Rhizoctonia root rot control 20

Fluid delivery systems and fungicides in wheat at Warramboo and Streaky Bay 22

Controlling soil throw with tine seeding: opportunities with bentleg openers 24

Summer active perennial grasses influence biological functions in Mallee soils in South Australia 25

Manage the Risk of Beet Western Yellow Virus (BWYV) and Other Diseases in 2015 26

Beet western yellows virus (synonym: Turnip yellows virus) and green peach aphid in canola 28

The number of root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus neglectus) declines after strand medic pasture 30

The impact of livestock on paddock health 31

An improved pasture-crop system increased yields, with and without grazing, on the Eyre Peninsula 34

Soil type affects forage shrub feed quantity more than feed quality 36

Management of soilborne Rhizoctonia disease risk in cropping systems 38

Soil-specific Nitrogen Strategies and Upfront N Application on Sands Continue to Pay at Karoonda 39

Wild radish control: understanding the seedbank and resistance management 40

Sakura® 850 WG herbicide for grass weed control in water repellent soil 42

Upper North Farming Systems Eastern Low Rainfall Zone Bus Tour – July 21-25th 2014 44