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