The aim of this initiative is to establish a new high-value hard noodle wheat market in South Australia. This project seeks to enhance returns for growers by boosting and stabilising the demand for suitable Australian Hard (AH) wheat varieties intended for premium noodles targeting Asian markets. The project is a co-investment, with GRDC providing 50% of the total funding.
This project aims to develop agronomically reliable durum wheat lines resistant to crown rot which will be released to growers through AGT. The effect of crown rot resistance in durum lines developed by SARDI will be evaluated and demonstrated to growers through the use of inoculated field trials. This project also aims to provide growers with greater reliability of achieving the premiums available for durum production in all areas.
This project aims to explore if new canola technology allows it to be a more reliable and viable break crop option in the Upper North agricultural zone. The project will assess the profitability of different canola agronomy packages in local validation trials (GM vs open pollinated TT) against wheat over a three-year period.
This is a pilot project focused on seed quality improvement and enhanced grain production in wheat, barley, chickpea and canola as major diverse crops in SA. This will be achieved by generating new formulas for seed coating that enhance the delivery of Trichoderma, mycorrhizal fungi and other beneficial microbes, nutrients and other effective additives.
This project will be undertaken by SARDI researchers and aims to improve industry preparedness for dealing with white grain disorder and fusarium head blight to reduce rejection and down-grading of grain at silos while protecting SA’s export markets. Grain samples, trial data, spore trapping data and weather data will be utilised.