DAQ00152 Herbicide Tolerance Screening in Northern Region (Phase IV)

The previous projects (phase I - III) highlighted that northern region wheat and barley cultivars differ considerably in their sensitivity to herbicides. The new project will focus on increased screening of advanced breeding lines and new cultivars lines to commonly used herbicides, for barley, chickpea and wheat. Studies on impact of environment on herbicide x genotype responses will also be undertaken with the national team. The new information will be added to the existing information package on herbicide tolerance. Thus, adverse impacts of herbicides on productivity in northern region will be reduced, as growers and agronomists will select safer herbicides for their sown variety, or select more tolerant varieties for their important herbicides.

Portrait of Ilse Schoeneberg-Voigt; Berlin.

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Portrait of Ludwig Schoeneberg; Berlin.

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Studio portrait of Lotte Schloss with her brother Helmut Schloss and their poodle Dolly; Wolfenbüttel, Germany.

Verso: correspondence

Portrait of Benno Strauss; Frankfurt am Main.

Father of Herbert Strauss

Studio portrait of Benno Strauss in military uniform after being drafted to fight on the front during World War I at the age of thirty-nine.

Father of Herbert Strauss

Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (phase 4)

A national focus on strategic and applied research to minimise herbicide resistance in Australian cropping.

Studio portrait of Benno Strauss.

Father of Herbert Strauss

Last known portrait of Benno Strauss.

Father of Herbert Strauss; Photograph mailed from Warsaw

Central Queensland Sustainable Farming Systems - Phase 3

This project employed a participatory development and extension (D&E) approach involving on-farm trials and capacity- building activities to improve the economic and environmental performance of grain and mixed farming enterprises in central Queensland (CQ). The project's activities delivered (1) enhanced knowledge and understanding of key system variables that underpin grain and mixed farming businesses, and parameter values for these variables in relation to a range of environmental and management factors, (2) new and refined practices, technologies and management strategies to sustain the profitability of cropping and (3) products and information to support continuous improvement in farm business performance.

Farm Program Management - Phase II

Jointly manage The Farm Program within the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC.

Risk assessment and preventive strategies for herbicide resistance in NR (phase III)

The threat and management of glyphosate# resistant weeds are major issues facing northern region growers. At present five weeds are confirmed glyphosate-resistant: barnyard grass, liverseed grass, windmill grass, annual ryegrass and flaxleaf fleabane. This project used 25 experiments to investigate the ecology of the grass weeds, plus new or improved chemical and non-chemical control tactics for them. The refined glyphosate resistance model developed in this project used the experiments' findings to predict the long-term impacts on evolution of resistance and on seed bank numbers of resistant weeds. These data led to revised management and resistance avoidance strategies, which were published in the Reporter newsletter, and via an on-line risk assessment tool. - See more at: http://finalreports.grdc.com.au/UQ00054#sthash.oTkCN4Sk.dpuf

Studio portrait of Walter Strauss.

Brother of Herbert Strauss

Studio portrait of the grandmother of Herbert Strauss with two of her daughters.

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Studio portrait of Carl and Häuschen.

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