Pulse Australia and AHRI
October 21, 2016
Pulse Australia partners with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) to promote sustainable weed management options for the summer cropping regions.
Blog — Agronomy alert
2016 fungicide guides
September 26, 2016
In light of the ongoing pressure for fungal disease in chickpea, faba bean and lentil crops this year, Pulse Australia has compiled fungicide use guides for the 2016 season.
PBA Spring newsletter
September 01, 2016
Latest news from Pulse Breeding Australia – variety releases and Spring field days.
PBA Seamer chickpea release
August 26, 2016
The new desi chickpea variety, PBA Seamer, released for the northern growing regions offers improved disease resistance.
Recent GRDC releases – Pulses
August 25, 2016
A collection of recent articles from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
Fungicide permit update
July 31, 2016
New minor use permits have been obtained from APVMA for crop protection products used to control fungal diseases in chickpea and lentil crops this season.
WA planning pulses for 2017
June 23, 2016
Pulse seed was in short supply in Western Australia this season and this has limited the area sown to chickpea particularly. To avoid a similar situation in 2017, Pulse Australia is urging growers to place their seed orders early.
Resilient mungbeans
May 14, 2016
Mungbean crops continue to surprise BGA senior agronomist Ian Crosthwaite. “At planting it is impossible to know exactly how the season will unfold but mungbean is showing itself to be a very reliable performer even under poor growing conditions,” he said.
Ascochyta warning
May 03, 2016
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) senior plant pathologist Dr Kevin Moore says current forecasts for above average winter rain and neutral to La Niña conditions in spring, plus evidence that the ascochyta blight fungus is changing and concerns about varietal purity, justify a conservative approach to ascochyta management this season.
Sowing larger seeded faba bean such as PBA Nasma
April 15, 2016
The variety PBA Nasma has significantly larger seed than previous varieties released for northern NSW, which will improve market acceptance. In trials, PBA Nasma has demonstrated higher yield than older varieties and acceptable disease resistance, as a result it is likely to be widely adopted in the north.