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Publish time: 20th July, 2015      Source: Western Australia
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Western Australia -New canola packages delivered to growersWestern Australia -New canola packages delivered to growers" title="Share this link on Facebook">Western AustraliaJuly 20, 2015Research is delivering agronomic packages to Western Australian growers so they can optimise the performance of canola – a valuable break crop.Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) program manager Tom Giles said the ‘Tactical Break Crop Agronomy’ project was helping growers manage risk in low and medium-rainfall areas.“Co-funded by the GRDC and the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA), it has delivered tools such as a canola seeding rate calculator and nitrogen guidelines which can aid decision making at key times,” he said.In 2015, experiments were expanded to include:agronomic considerations of growing F2 hybrids in low-rainfall areasthe impact of wider (50-centimetre) row spacingprecision seedingaphid managementtolerance of canola varieties to residual cereal herbicides and in-crop herbicidesvery late nitrogen timing in high-rainfall areasaluminium tolerance of canola varietiestime of sowing in the Geraldton Port Zonesuitability of varieties to direct and delayed harvestingcanola phenologyMore information about the project and other GRDC-funded canola research is contained in the GRDC Supplement Optimising Canola Profitability available at www.cnchemicals.com and included in the July-August edition of GRDC’s magazine Ground Cover. To subscribe to Ground Cover visit www.cnchemicals.com news from: GRDC (Grains Research & Development Corporation)Website: http://www.cnchemicals.com/: July 20, 2015The news item on this page is copyright by the organization where it originatedFair use notice