QAAFI's Summer Grains Field Walk 2017
31 January 2017 9:45am–2:30pm
The QAAFI's Summer Grains Field Walk is a free event, which will take place on the 31st of January 2017 at the Macalister field trial site in Queensland. To secure your place, please RSVP via email to A/Prof. Daniel Rodriguez.
Program
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
09:45 | Tea/coffee on arrival | |
10:00 | Welcome by the Director of the QAAFI Centre for Plant Science | Graeme Hammer |
Topics and presenters | ||
Sorghum breeding: What's the pipeline? | David Jordan, Alan Cruickshank | |
Agronomy to double water productivity in sorghum | Daniel Rodriguez | |
Beating the heat in sorghum | Vijaya Singh | |
Rainfed maize - reliable and profitable? | Joe Eyre | |
Twin-row triangular planting in maize | James McLean | |
Drones in agriculture | James McLean, Kenneth Laws | |
13:00 | Lunch |
Download the program and directions of how to get to Macalister field trial
Venue
Macalister field trial, Queensland