Sarah Day
Biography
Sarah joined SARDI in 2015 working in pulse breeding evaluation for South Australia. Sarah gained tremendous knowledge and experience with pulse crops working in breeding evaluation, which led to her expanding her skills into research and extension in pulse agronomy, with a particular interest in low rainfall environments and farming systems. Agronomic topics researched include nutrition, disease management, cropping systems, novel systems, and herbicide management.
Through her experience in both breeding and agronomy roles, Sarah has built and developed professional relationships with a range of industry experts, plant breeders and growers, both in South Australia as well as interstate.
Sarah currently leads the GRDC-funded SA Grain Legume investment and strives to deliver clear and concise grain legume agronomic information to growers and the broader agriculture industry.
Research interests
- Communication and extension of research results to connect research with industry to improve production, reliability, and sustainability of the farming system
- Pulse or grain legume agronomy, with a particular focus on addressing research gaps and misinformation within the industry
- Pulse varieties and agronomic packages for low rainfall cropping regions
- Economic and sustainable disease management in pulse crops
Qualifications
B. Ag. 2015, University of New England
Professional affiliations
- Affiliate Lecturer, University of Adelaide
- Member, SA Drought Hub Orroroo Node State Advisory Group
Publications
- Davidson J.A., Walela C., Day S. et al. Evaluation of economic fungicide strategies for control of ascochyta blight in field pea in southern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathol. 51, 495–505 (2022).
- Day S, Oakey H, Roberts P (2019). A systems approach to break crop selection in low rainfall environments. In ‘19th Australian Agronomy Australia Conference’, Wagga Wagga.
