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TARGETEDRESEARCHThe SA Grains Industry Trust will invest $1.65 million in new projects supportingresearch crucial to the advancement of the SA grain industry with funds comingfrom the 30c a tonne contribution on all grain delivered by SA grain growers.IN 2013 – 2014 SAGIT IS SUPPORTING 34PROJECTS INCLUDING:CEREALS• Maximising productivity ofvarieties through agronomicpractices – Australian GrainTechnologies• Rhizoctonia control with fungicides– SARDI• Barley germplasm development– SARDI• Double haploids in wheat andoats – SARDI• Matching seed source to targetenvironments – SARDI• Strategies to reduce white grainon the EP – SARDI• Improving drought stresstolerance of barley – University ofAdelaide• Matching seed nutrient content toimprove yield and vigour in wheat– University of Adelaide• Evaluating the agronomics andfinancial benefits of P efficientcereal varieties – University ofAdelaide• Cost effective selection of highbeta-glucan oats using molecularmarkers – SARDI• Enhancing the grain yield andquality of oats under waterdeficits-SARDI• A new approach to grass controlfor Durum wheat – DurumGrowers Ass.• Demonstrating best managementfor Rhizoctonia on upper EP andMallee – SARDIPULSES, OILSEEDS ANDPASTURES• Pulse Breeding Australiainaugural Pulse Conference –SARDI• Forage Peas – a potential breakcrop option for SA - SARDI• Development of a strand mediccultivar resistant to powderymildew – SARDI• Evaluating clethodim tolerance incanola – SARDI• Improving canola establishment– SARDI• Mould on Faba bean seedaffecting seed quality andmeeting export standards –SARDI• Resistance monitoring ofascochyta blight in lentils – SARDI• Assessment of new vetchvarieties – SARDIOTHER PRIORITIES• XRF as a tool for measuring cropnutrient – University of Adelaide• Traineeships in Applied GrainsResearch – SARDI• Hart Advanced cropping systemsand stubble handling – HartFieldsite Group• Silverleaf nightshade control –PIRSA Biosecurity• Evaluation equipment for UpperEyre Peninsula agricultural events– SARDI• Gross margin guide – RuralSolutions• Economic returns using precisionagriculture – Precision CroppingTechnologies• Managing Brome grass – RuralSolutions• SA crop variety sowing guide –Rural Solutions• Practical development of weedpatch management for adoptionin grains – SARDI• Testing innovative snailmanagement techniques on theYP – YPAS• Farmer groups to focus oninnovative practices in the Mallee– MSFGRAIN INDUSTRYRESEARCH UPDATETRUSTEES OF THESA GRAIN INDUSTRY TRUSTJim Heaslip (Appila),Linda Eldredge (Clare)Michael Treloar (Cummins)David Shannon (Kapunda)The trustees are assisted inproject allocation decisions bySpecial Advisor, Tanja Morgan(Jabuk), and the Scientific Advisor,Dr Allan Mayfield.Project Management:Royal Agricultural and HorticulturalSociety of SAMalcolm Buckby(phone 8210 5230)www.sagit.com.auSowingSowing Guide 2014Sowing Guide 2014GuidePlant Breeder’s Rights 4A SARDI publicationThis edition of the SA Crop VarietySowing Guide has been compiled byOfficers with the South AustralianResearch and Development Institute.It is proudly sponsored by the SouthAustralian Grain Industry Trust inassociation with Primary Industry andResources SA and the Grains Researchand Development Corporation.The SARDI Sustainable SystemsDivision Officers acknowledge thesponsorship of this guide by theSA Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT)and the Grains Research andDevelopment Corporation (GRDC),the contributions of New VarietyAgronomy and Oat Breeding researchand Rural Solutions staff in SA, asas well as collaborative researchstaff in Victoria in producing resultspublished in this edition.The use of National Variety Trial(NVT) results and the analysis ofindividual and long term trial resultsby officers within the NationalStatistics Program is also mostappreciated.Farmer cooperators are also to bethanked for the use of their land forthe trials which have resulted in thedata and information contained inthis edition of the SA Sowing Guide.Most new varieties are protected by PBR andgrowers need to be aware of the implications.Wheat 10Many new wheat varieties feature Australian Hardquality, stem rust resistance and useful CCNresistance coupled with good grain size.Barley 16Malting variety market demand and storagesegregations are important in varietal choice forthe many new malting varieties available.Lupins 22For plantings in 2014 the range of recommendedhigh yielding lupin varieties is confined toJenabillup, PBA Gunyidi and Mandelup.Vetch 24Varieties are available for grain, hay, grazing andgreen manure uses in many rainfall zones.Chickpeas 26PBA Monarch and PBA Maiden are new varietiesavailable for 2014 sowings and offering improvedseed quality for international markets.Herbicide tolerance 29Crop variety sensitivity to herbicides can influencechoice of variety or herbicide use.Canola 34Review and monitor blackleg managementstrategies on a regular basis as the disease hasa high capacity to breakdown varietal resistance.Oats 39Likelihood of producing good milling or hayquality vary greatly between oat varieties and willinfluence varietal choice and marketability.Lentils 44Group B herbicide tolerant PBA Hurricane XT hasbeen released from Pulse Breeding Australia for2014 sowings.Peas 48Three new varieties from Pulse Breeding Australiafor grain, forage and dual purpose are to beavailable from Seednet for 2014 sowings.Triticale 52A range of varieties for specific purposes indifferent rainfall zones are now available includingFusion, Goanna and Yowie.Beans 56Nura and Farah continue to be the varieties ofchoice for the majority of South Australia with anew variety, PBA Rana available in 2015.South Australian Grain Industry TrustImportant notice: Although Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) and staff of SARDI’s Innovative Food and Plant Division have taken allreasonable care in preparing information contained in this SA Crop Variety Sowing Guide, neither PIRSA, SARDI, nor their officers, staff or suppliers involved inthe editing and production of this magazine accept any liability resulting from the interpretation or use of the information set out in this document. 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