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Research Pathways
There are currently five Research Pathways which are summarised in the following table.
(NB. These areas are subject to change and will reflect current research and industry needs.)
| Research Pathway | Overall outcome | Leaders |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation cropping - stubble - break crops (canola & pulses) - food quality |
Profitable and sustainable winter crops through improved rotations, agronomy, genetics and soil and water management practices including stubble retention Projects: Conservation cropping |
D Lemerle I Hume (stubble) C Blanchard (food quality) D Luckett (canola) |
| Ruminant feedbase - pastures & crops - forage conservation - nutrition - food quality |
Improved productivity, quality and profitability for the livestock industries by developing efficient feedbase options, including pastures, crops and annual legumes and fodder conservation Projects: Ruminant feedbase |
G Ramsay J Piltz G Sandral M Friend E Clayton P Wynn |
| Bio-protection & IPM of crops & pastures - weeds - diseases - pests |
Improved crop protection by integrating biological, genetic, cultural and chemical tools to reduce pesticide dependence, resistance and the spread and impact of weeds, diseases and pests on production systems Projects: Bio-protection & IPM of crops & pastures |
A Milgate and G Ash (plant pathology) L Weston and H Wu (weeds) G Gurr and O Reynolds (entomology) |
| Animal health & welfare - diseases - parasites - preventative healthcare - welfare practices |
Reduced impacts of diseases, parasites and other factors impacting on animal productivity by improving preventative healthcare and feedbase management, on-farm bio-security and animal welfare practices Projects: Animal health & welfare |
R Woodgate J Quinn R Doyle S Raidal M Hernandez-Jover |
| Irrigated cropping systems - stubble - soil constraints - break crops (canola & pulses) - food quality |
Irrigated cropping systems are productive and adaptable to changing demands (of food security and climate change) Projects: Irrigated cropping systems |
L Wade D Slinger M Stevens P Eberbach |
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