Enhancing frost tolerance and/or avoidance in wheat, barley and canola crops through in-season agronomic manipulation
Tender ID: 481648
Tender Details
Tender Description
Australian winter cereal, oilseed and pulse crop production takes place in a challenging environment where growers have to cope with climatic extremes. Managing production risk in yield-limiting environments due to abiotic events such as drought, high temperatures and frost is a necessity for growers to remain financially viable. It is estimated that $360 million is lost on average annually in wheat production as a result of frost depending on the severity of the events.
The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia estimated that 2 million tons of wheat were lost due to the frost events of 2016. Similar devasting frost events occurred in WA and southern Australia in the current 2021 season. Analysis of the occurrence of frost over southern Australia has shown that the length of the “frost season” has increased on average by 26 days when compared to the long-term mean for the period 1960 to 1990. This increase in frost occurrence increases the need for existing in-season agronomic practices for crop damage avoidance to be augmented with additional mitigation approaches.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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