The Germplasm Evaluation Network (GEN) is a FAR Australia ‘Industry Innovations 2025’ initiative that
tests crop performance across FAR Australia’s national network of Crop Technology Centres. GEN sites
are situated in higher yielding regions of the country and test crop performance plus and minus fungicide. FAR Australia provides the control varieties and breeders enter their chosen lines for evaluation.

Objectives:

To assess the yield performance of a range of winter and spring wheats, managed with and without fungicide, against two regional controls (RGT Accroc & Rockstar), sown in late April in the Gnarwarre (Vic) HRZ environment.

Key Points:
• There was a significant yield interaction (<0.001) between variety and fungicide application, with the red grained winter wheats showing good disease resistance to stripe rust and little yield response to fungicide.
• In contrast, the milling wheats and RGT Accroc were badly affected with disease, again
principally stripe rust but also Septoria tritici blotch (STB).
• The highest yielding cultivars were the red winter wheats RW 71608 and AGFWH010222 at 6.76t/ha and 6.72t/ha respectively, but they were not significantly better than Anapurna, FAR WW2, RGT Waugh and AGTW005.

Should you be interested in taking part in our Industry Innovations initiative in 2024, more details can be found here https://faraustralia.com.au/industry-innovations-2025

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