| Times |
Tuesday 22 October 2024 |
| 7.30am – 5.30pm |
Conference Registration Desk Open
Box Office |
| 8.15am 8.20am |
Conference Welcome – Dr Ben Biddulph, President, The Australian Society of Agronomy |
| 8.20am – 8.35am |
Welcome to Country – Lynette Knapp, Merningar Barduk Elder |
| 8.35am – 8.45am |
Official Opening Address – Cec McConnell, DPIRD Deputy Director General of Primary Industries Development |
| 8.45am – 9.45am |
Keynote Speaker
Cross-cultural perspectives on plant diversity of the Southwest Australian Floristic Region, a Global Biodiversity Hotspot
Prof. Steve Hopper, Professor of Biodiversity, UWA & Lynette Knapp, Merningar Barduk Elder
Session Chair: Dr Ben Biddulph, President, The Australian Society of Agronomy
Q&A facilitator: Dr Andrew Fletcher, Secretary, The Australian Society of Agronomy
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| 9.45am – 10.30am |
CM Donald Medal followed by the Donald Oration
Session Chair: Dr Ben Biddulph, President, The Australian Society of Agronomy
Q&A facilitator: Dr Andrew Fletcher, Secretary, The Australian Society of Agronomy |
| 10.30am – 11.00am |
Morning Tea & Exhibition
City Side Foyer and Harbourside Foyer |
| 11.00am – 12:15pm |
Concurrent Session 1a |
Concurrent Session 1b |
Concurrent Session 1c |
Concurrent Session 1d |
Concurrent Session 1e |
| Theme |
Managing and modifying soils to improve sustainability and productivity |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
Management of abiotic and biotic stresses |
| Room |
Princess Royal Theatre |
Kalyenup Studio 1 |
Kalyenup Studio 2 |
Hanover Room |
View Café |
| Session Chair |
Nicholas George |
Pippa Michael |
Mariano Cossani |
Rose Roche |
Jeremy Whish |
| Q&A Facilitator |
Rodrigo Pires |
Jackie Ouzman |
Kirsten Verburg |
Lucy Watt |
Ben Jones |
| 11.00am |
13. The resilience of re-engineered sandy soils in wet and dry seasons in Western Australia
Dr Gaus Azam
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183. Grazing stubble increases subsequent crop yield by increasing soil nitrogen supply and reducing frost damage
Prof. James Hunt
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28. A new ecologically-based breeding method has resulted in three new subterranean clover cultivars with greater biomass and resilience
Dr Phil Nichols
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8. Improving soil moisture condition with biochar application for sustainable management of wheat-maize cropping system
Dr Naeem Sarwar |
185. Impact of heatwaves on yield components and grain quality in wheat
A/Prof. Karine Chenu
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| 11.25am |
Virtual
127. Subsoil amelioration on clay soils in south-eastern Australia: where will it succeed
Prof. Roger Armstrong |
18. A co-designed approach to quantify diversification alternatives for large-scale farms in Northern Queensland, Australia
Ms Lipy Adhikari |
168. Variation in productivity and feeding value among eight species of Australian native shrubs
Dr Hayley Norman
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76. Inert mineral mulches provide an additional 42 % grain yield on sodic, alkaline clay soil
Mr Wayne Parker
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30. Physiological impact of combined heat stress and elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) to wheat (Triticum aestivum) during grain filling stages
Mr Dongyu (Justin) Wu
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| 11.40am |
105. More profitable crops on highly calcareous soils by improving early vigour and overcoming soil constraints
Mr Brian Dzoma
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4. Preparing rural communities for the future: spatio-temporal optimisation of rotation sequences.
Ms Karin Schiller |
192. Where are all the quandongs?
Dr Joe Moore
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181. Sowing summer grain crops early in late winter or spring: Effects on root growth, water use, and yield
Dr Dongxue Zhao
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44. Variation in grain yield and chemical composition of two wheat genotypes grown under diverse environments
Mr Yunlong Bai
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| 11.55am |
Virtual
106. Crop responses to subsoil amelioration vary with soil type within a paddock
Dr Daniel Hendrie |
201. Paddock-scale evaluation of dual-purpose wheat grain yield and sheep live weight gain in South-East Australia
Dr Waseem Ashfaq
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219. Valuing plant and soil testing information for agronomic decisions
Dr Rick Llewellyn
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215. Suitability of mungbean as an opportunistic summer crop for southern Australia
Sachesh Silwal
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47. How do process-based crop models simulate the impact of frost and heat on the yield of annual grain crops?
Dr Jonathan Richetti
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| 12.15pm – 12.30pm |
Concurrent Session 2a |
Concurrent Session 2b |
Concurrent Session 2c |
Concurrent Session 2d |
Concurrent Session 2e |
| Theme |
Managing and modifying soils to improve sustainability and productivity |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
Managing and modifying soils to improve sustainability and productivity |
Management of abiotic and biotic stresses |
| Room |
Princess Royal Theatre |
Kalyenup Studio 1 |
Kalyenup Studio 2 |
Hanover Room |
View Café |
| Session Chair |
Nicholas George |
Pippa Michael |
Mariano Cossani |
Rose Roche |
Jeremy Whish |
| Q&A Facilitator |
Rodrigo Pires |
Jackie Ouzman |
Kirsten Verburg |
Lucy Watt |
Ben Jones |
| 12.15pm |
15. Evaluating the fertiliser application options for barley crop grown in acidic duplex soil in WA
Ms Kanch Wickramarachchi
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36. Dual-Purpose Peanuts: A potential to reinvigorate a high-value legume crop and its popularity with growers whilst addressing significant feed demands of the Australian beef industry.
Dr Edward Mwando
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82. Does mungbean have a fit in southern Australian farming systems?: an opportunity-risk analysis
Dr Lindsay Bell
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83. Ten-year farm scale experiment proving most productive response to lime incorporation in low rainfall zone.
Mr Chad Reynolds
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42. Predicting Tiller Survival in Sorghum
Paula Demarco
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| 12.20pm |
27. Combined impact of biochar and straw amendments on soil health and crop yield in wheat-maize system
Mr Jinze Bai
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Virtual
40. Examine farmer’s perception of integrating cattle rearing into cashew-crop agroforestry, with emphasis on farmers’ socioeconomic status and resource management: Evidence from households using TAPE
Mr Bernus Djigbe |
159. Use of nitrogen fertiliser to support salinity tolerance and promote edible biomass production in saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) forage systems.
Dr Sarah Rich
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23. Strategic Deep Tillage and Crop Rotation for Improving Productivity of Non-Sodic Heavy Soil in the Low Rainfall Regions of WA
Md Shahinur Rahman
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93. Barley variety selection to maximise profits in high disease pressure environments
Ms Annabelle Maher
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| 12.25pm |
39. Fracturing duplex soils and enhancing root growth to improve yield
Mr Glenn McDonald |
184. Nitrogen use efficiency of alternate farming systems in southern New South Wales – insights from four six-year experiments
Dr Xiaoxi Li
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22. Genotypic variation in grain yield and grain protein content in response to nitrogen under aerobic rice conditions
Mr Kuma Ranathungamage
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25. High Soil Temperature Reduces Hemp Germination: Preliminary Laboratory Findings from Northern Territory
Dr Induni Mahisha Kumari
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| 12.30pm – 1.30pm |
Lunch & Exhibition
City Side Foyer and Harbourside Foyer |
| 1.30pm – 2.40pm |
Concurrent Session 3a |
Concurrent Session 3b |
Concurrent Session 3c |
Concurrent Session 3d |
Concurrent Session 3e |
| Theme |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Data systems, sensors and technology for improved decision making |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
| Room |
Princess Royal Theatre |
Kalyenup Studio 1 |
Kalyenup Studio 2 |
Hanover Room |
View Café |
| Session Chair |
Kelly Pearce |
Felicity Harris |
Imma Farre Codina |
Phil Honey |
Giacomo Betti |
| Q&A Facilitator |
Lachlan Lake |
Xiaoxi Li |
Rachel Crockett |
Rob Harrison |
Ben Trevaskis |
| 1.30pm |
167. Future feedbase systems for Australia’s low rainfall mixed farming zones
Dr Hayley Norman
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7. What is the best fit for electric weed control in Australian agronomy?
Dr Catherine Borger
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51. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Is AI helping grow farming?
Dr Jonathan Richetti
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139. Estimating Crop Emergence Dates from Satellite Imagery Fusion
Mr Doug Hamilton
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107. The 100-day wheat ideotype: A model for breeding rapid cycling varieties for short season environments
Mr Tim Green
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| 1.55pm |
193. National Hay Agronomy; producing export quality oaten hay in different seasons
Mrs Alison Frischke
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9. Electric weed control: Effective for weed management with no damage to soil biology
Miss Miranda Slaven |
191. Advances in the measurement, characterisation, and classification of crop development
Dr Corinne Celestina
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50. Himawari-8 Land Surface Temperature data capture frost across the Australian grain belt
Dr Ha Nguyen |
202. A new key for recording the phenological development of indeterminant crops.
Dr Jeremy Whish
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| 2.10pm |
77. Integration of cattle and irrigated cropping in northern Western Australia: Opportunities and challenges
Dr Hamideh Keshavarzi
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160. Management strategies to reduce the risk of pre-harvest sprouting and low Falling Number in wheat.
Mr Jeremy Curry
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123. Identifying within-field yield gaps with boundary-line analysis
Dr Dhahi Al-Shammari |
186. Mapping and identifying drivers of crop production in space and time using interpretive machine learning.
Ms Sally Poole
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117. Modelling peanuts for nut-in-shell and fodder yield in the northern Australian tropics
Dr Yash Chauhan
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| 2.25pm |
61. Forage brassicas can improve the feedbase and reduce feed gap risk across diverse environments in Australia
Dr Lucy Watt |
Virtual
122. Root plasticity, subsoil constraints and crop production in future climates
Dr Daniel Hendrie |
92. The Role of Electromagnetic (EM) and Gamma Radiometrics soil surveys in Western Australian broadacre agriculture
Mr Aidan Sinott
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179. Understanding the drivers of within-field grain protein content variability with spatial data layers
Miss Mikaela Tilse
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143. Natural Capitals contribution to production
Mr David Broadhurst
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| 2.45pm – 3.00pm |
Concurrent Session 4a |
Concurrent Session 4b |
Concurrent Session 4c |
Concurrent Session 4d |
Concurrent Session 4e |
| Theme |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Management of abiotic and biotic stresses |
Application, integration and adoption of agronomy research into commercial production systems |
Data systems, sensors and technology for improved decision making |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
| Room |
Princess Royal Theatre |
Kalyenup Studio 1 |
Kalyenup Studio 2 |
Hanover Room |
View Café |
| Session Chair |
Kelly Pearce |
Felicity Harris |
Imma Farre Codina |
Phil Honey |
Giacomo Betti |
| Q&A Facilitator |
Lachlan Lake |
Xiaoxi Li |
Rachel Crockett |
Rob Harrison |
Ben Trevaskis |
| 2.45pm |
67. Effect of spring canopy management on flowering and seed yield of a white clover seed crop
Miss Fiona Anderson
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14. High throughput phenotyping of wheat spikes to improve understanding of abiotic stress on grain fill
Mr Brendan Kupke
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24. Insights on adoption of climate smart agricultural practices in Central Australia
Dr Girija Page
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Virtual
56. Data-based platforms for enhancing agriculture in Oceania
Dr Carmen Teixeira |
134. Deep Sowing Opportunities with Oats
Dr Sarah Rich
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| 2.50pm |
54. Old cultivars of subterranean clover high in phytoestrogens persist in pastures across southern Australia
Dr Kevin Foster
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37. Interaction between soil microbiome and nematode community regulates crop growth
Andong Shi |
156. Phenotyping radiation interception in chickpea
Dr C. Mariano Cossani
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Virtual
57. Biochemical analysis of subterranean clover seed coat by FTIR-ATR
Dr Carmen Teixeira |
118. Sow deep: Equipping canola for effective emergence from deep sowing through breeding for long hypocotyls
Dr Matthew Nelson
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| 2.55pm |
55. Changes in phytoestrogen concentrations during a growing season for diverse populations of subterranean clover in three permanent pastures in Western Australia
Prof. Megan Ryan
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112. Linking chickpea phenology and grain yield across Australian cultivars and environments
Dr Raul Giminez
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144. Characterisation of yield components for wheat grain yields of 11 to 17 t/ha across four sowing dates in Canterbury, New Zealand
Ms Mariana Pares Andreucci |
29. Evaluation of the effectiveness of low energy cooling chamber (LECC), cold room and misting chamber on storage life and quality of the vegetables in Tanzania.
Mr Miguel Trigo
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132. Improving the early management of dry sown cereal crops
Mrs Amanda Cook
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| 3.00pm – 3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea & Exhibiton
City Side Foyer and Harbourside Foyer |
| 3.30pm – 4.40pm |
Concurrent Session 5a |
Concurrent Session 5b |
Concurrent Session 5c |
Concurrent Session 5d |
Concurrent Session 5e |
| Theme |
Management of abiotic and biotic stresses |
Emerging systems, native systems and Innovative agronomy |
Managing farming systems for sustainability, profitability and resilience |
Management of abiotic and biotic stresses |
Managing and modifying soils to improve sustainability and productivity |
| Room |
Princess Royal Theatre |
Kalyenup Studio 1 |
Kalyenup Studio 2 |
Hanover Room |
View Café |
| Session Chair |
Greg Rebetzke |
Yolanda Plowman |
Mark Seymour |
James Bee |
Kirsty Smith |
| Q&A Facilitator |
Luke Dawson |
Daniel Rodriguez |
Jonathan Richetti |
Fernanda Dreccer |
Lindsay Bell |
| 3.30pm |
200. Redefining flowering times of wheat and barley for future climates
Dr Felicity Harris
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190. Do multi-purpose biofuel crops have a place in Australian farming systems?
Dr Anthony van Herwaarden
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115. The role of break crop and pastures in improving WUE of wheat in WA farming systems.
Dr Martin Harries
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161. Sowing depth and seed bed conditions for canola establishment.
Dr Andrew Fletcher
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85. An assessment of nitrogen fertiliser inputs, efficiencies and gaseous losses
Mr Jeff Kraak
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| 3.55pm |
189. Crop Flowering Calculator – an online tool to optimise sowing date for wheat, barley and canola
Dr Jeremy Whish
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34. Impact of agronomic management on the soil microbiome: a southern Australian dryland broadacre perspective
Andong Shi |
75. Legume-based crop rotation impacts productivity and resource use efficiency in south -eastern Australia
Dr Fekremariam Asargew Mihretie
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221. Evidence of strong compensatory ability for hybrid canola (Brassica napus L.) in poor establishment situations
Miss Chloe Rout
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71. Assessing soil amelioration on gravel soils in the Great Southern of Western Australia for the management of water repellence
Ms Alice Butler
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| 4.10pm |
182. Apical pruning to delay flowering and avoid frost in early sown wheat and barley
Mr Maxwell Bloomfield
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58. Grain sorghum modelling: Developing new areas in northwest NSW
Ms Genevieve Durrington
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147. Can Legume Crops Increase Cropping Returns In Western Australia?
Mr James Easton |
194. Assessing crop water use in wheat and sorghum National Variety Trials in Australia
Dr Javier A. Fernandez
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86. Responses of long coleoptile wheat on ameliorated soils
Dr Stephen Davies
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| 4.25pm |
38. Stable flowering dates among pasture legumes are associated with flowering regulation that requires longer vernalisation
Mrs Laura Goward
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209. Harnessing wild genetics: Exploring the next generation of enhanced Cold-tolerant Chickpeas
Dr Amanuel Bekuma |
20. Pairing faba bean and field pea for agronomy and profit; preliminary findings
Dr Lachlan Lake |
151. Changes in grain size associated with chickpea genetic yield gains in Australia
Dr C. Mariano Cossani
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218. Potassium rundown in grain cropping and the emergence of potassium deficiency on loamy soils
Prof. Richard Bell
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| 4.40pm |
10 Minute Break |
| 4.50pm – 5.30pm |
The Australian Society of Agronomy – Annual General Meeting
Princess Royal Theatre |
| 6.30pm – 11.00pm |
Zuern Field Trial Machinery Conference Dinner
RetraVision Stadium – Celebrating 21yrs of Agronomy Australia
Dress Code: Smart Business with a Touch of Black Tie
Proudly sponsored by Zuern Harvesting
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