[Pil-pc-oceania] New website for herbicide tolerance data (Farmonline)

[Deb Guildner]

New website for herbicide tolerance data 
Australia
Thursday, 8 November 2007 

Growers are now able to access more than a decade of national varietal herbicide tolerance trial results simply by visiting the National Variety Trials website.
The NVT program is an initiative of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), implemented in response to growers' need for independent validation of grain and field crop varieties.

Rob Wheeler, researcher at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), is the national coordinator of the herbicide tolerance program. 

Herbicide tolerance data is also provided by projects with the Victorian, NSW and Queensland Departments of Primary Industries as well as the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food.

Mr Wheeler urged growers to visit NVT Online and view crop varietal sensitivities to herbicides.

"Growers can select their state and see how varieties performed in response to different herbicides," Mr Wheeler said. 

"The data is there to provide growers with information to assist them in making variety selection decisions for their region prior to commercial adoption of new varieties."

Drawing on more than 10 years of variety trials, the results are contained in consolidated regional reports.

"This new site provides information in an easy-to-access fashion," Mr Wheeler said. 

"Growers can download PDF files covering local trials, and see the results of herbicide testing on newer varieties to determine if any are especially susceptible to the effects of herbicides."

Mr Wheeler said 2007 trial data would be uploaded to NVT Online directly in the months following harvest. 


SOURCE: GRDC and FarmOnline.

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