Lupin, chickpea and other pulses
Pulse crops grown in NSW include lupins, field peas, chickpeas, mungbeans and faba beans. Different pulse crops have very specific requirements of soil type, place in rotation and sowing time to be successfully grown. Pulse production can be made a great deal more reliable and profitable by adopting industry best management practices.
NSW DPI's role is to provide support to the pulse crop industry through the provision of extension and research services, diagnostic laboratories, publications, farming courses and regulatory services.
Management guide
Lupins
- Albus lupins (Pulse point 08 - May 1999)
- Lupini bean – a bitter contamination risk for sweet albus lupins
- Testing albus lupins for bitter seeds
- Windrowing lupins (Pulse point 10 - Oct 2000)
Peas
- Cowpea, lablab and pigeon pea
- Desiccation & harvest of field peas (Pulse point 05 - Aug 1999)
- Field pea: western NSW planting guide
Beans
- Azuki beans: irrigated planting guide 2004-2005
- Faba bean
- Seeding equipment problems with faba beans (Pulse point 12 - Apr 2001)
- Windrowing faba beans (Pulse point 09 - Sep 1999)
Pests and diseases
- Canola and pulse diseases after drought
- Cucumber mosaic virus in lupins (Pulse pont 18 - Feb 2003)
- Foliar diseases of faba beans: management in southern NSW (Pulse point 16 - Jul 2002)
- Insect and mite control in field crops
- Managing pea weevil (Pulse point 04 - Jan 2005)
- Phytophthora root rot of lupins (Pulse point 17 - Jan 2002)
- Powdery mildew in field peas (Pulse point 14 - Dec 2003)
- Reducing disease risk (Pulse point 07 - May 1999)
- Strategies to minimise bacterial blight in field peas (Pulse point 13 - Apr 2001)
- Weed control in summer crops 2008-09
- Weed control in winter crops 2009
General information
- Dry sowing (Pulse point 06 - Mar 1999)
- Germination testing and seed rate calculation (Pulse point 20 - Mar 2005)
- Pulse varieties: southern and central NSW 2006 (Pulse point 15 - June 2008)
- Summer crop production guide (grain sorghum, maize, mungbean and sunflower)
- The right pulse in the right paddock at the right time
- Winter crop variety sowing guide 2009
From the bookshop
- Chickpea - best practice management for sustainable production (book)
- Chickpea disorders: the Ute Guide (book)
- Grain quality - winter grain crops: the Ute Guide (book)
- Lupin - best practice management for sustainable production (book)
- Mungbean & soybean disorders: the Ute Guide (book)
- Winter pulse disorders: the Ute Guide
You may also be interested in...
- Farm budgets and costs (field crops and pastures)
- Pests, diseases and disorders in field crops and pastures
- Pulse Australia (www.pulseaus.com.au)
- Pulse Australia crop management information brochures (www.pulseaus.com.au)
- Queensland DPI broadacre field crop notes (www.dpi.qld.gov.au)
- Seeds and plant breeding for field crops and pastures
- Soil health and fertility (general)
- Weeds management (general)
Reports
- NSW Grains Report
Reports on harvest estimates, grain production forecasts, and seasonal conditions.
Laboratory services
- Laboratory testing services
Tests are available for agricultural water, soil fertility, plant nutrition, chemical residues, and insect and plant pathogen identifications.
PROfarm Courses
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