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Understanding the implications of new traits on adaptation, crop physiology logo
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Understanding the implications of new traits on adaptation, crop physiology

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Pulses are an important part of many productive, profitable and sustainable farming systems in southern Australia. This investment will provide targeted agronomic research on breeding lines and new pulse varieties which will be synthesised into management packages for the southern Australian cropping regions to maximise benefits of new varieties to...

30 Jun 2017 - 30 May 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]

Integrated Farming systems in the medium rainfall zone of Southern Australia logo
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Integrated Farming systems in the medium rainfall zone of Southern Australia

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to provide growers and advisors with information on the rotational value of break crop or legume pasture options for the development of more profitable and integrated farming systems in the medium rainfall zone of south-eastern SA.

20 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Better sorghum: larger grain with more protein logo
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Better sorghum: larger grain with more protein

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Feed grains are utilised primarily as a source of energy, with most of the energy from starch, with the protein component usually considered of secondary importance. However, protein needs to be supplemented from crops such as soybean or lupin, and this represents a more expensive input per unit of metabolisable...

30 Jan 2018 - 31 Oct 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Improved Genetic Gain through GRDC Participation in Barley Pan-genome Consortium logo
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Improved Genetic Gain through GRDC Participation in Barley Pan-genome Consortium

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

A pan genome describes all the genes and genetic variation within a species. A comprehensive understanding of this genetic variation in barley will enable researchers to more rapidly determine the genetic control of important traits such as heat tolerance and disease resistance. It will also assist breeders in fast tracking...

30 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Murdoch University

Improving Australian malt barley flavour to address Chinese brewing requirements logo
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Improving Australian malt barley flavour to address Chinese brewing requirements

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to identify key malt flavour characteristics of Australian and Canadian malt to determine why Canadian malt is preferred in China and other key export markets. The investment also will try to determine what are the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to different malt flavour profiles. This...

30 Jun 2018 - 30 Oct 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Next generation plant breeding: integrating genomic selection and high throughput phenotyping to enhance genetic gain in sorghum and mungbeans logo
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Next generation plant breeding: integrating genomic selection and high throughput phenotyping to enhance genetic gain in sorghum and mungbeans

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

A range of new technologies including genomic selection and high throughput (HTP) phenotyping systems have the potential to dramatically improve the rates of genetic gain in crop breeding programs. This requires the development of integrated data management and analysis pipelines using high performance computing systems to generate genomic breeding values...

1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Post-doctoral Fellowship - Enhancing Genomic Prediction for Sorghum to deal with genotype-by-environment interactions for yield logo
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Post-doctoral Fellowship - Enhancing Genomic Prediction for Sorghum to deal with genotype-by-environment interactions for yield

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project will investigate the opportunity to develop more powerful genomic prediction methods that can better handle the effects of genotype-by-environment interactions using the sorghum crop growth model available within the APSIM platform. With enhanced genomic prediction capability that can better deal with the effects of genotype-by-environment interactions sorghum breeders...

1 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Utilising novel genetic diversity to increase Barley yields nationally logo
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Utilising novel genetic diversity to increase Barley yields nationally

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to utilize an exotic barley population (HEB-25) to enhanced yield potential of future Australian barley varieties by identifying germplasm with improved biomass production under water-limiting environments, and higher grain number per ear or thousand grain weight than current yield-leading varieties. Incorporating beneficial alleles from HEB-25 into elite...

1 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Screening of diverse barley germplasm for rapid discovery and utilisation of novel disease resistance in barley novel using R-HapSelect: A haplotype-based toolkit. logo
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Screening of diverse barley germplasm for rapid discovery and utilisation of novel disease resistance in barley novel using R-HapSelect: A haplotype-based toolkit.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The three barley pathogens, Pyrenophora teres f. maculata, the causal agent of the spot form of net blotch (SFNB), P. teres f. teres, that produces the net form of net blotch (NFNB), and Rhynchosporium secalis (scald) are genetically and pathogenically diverse. Their ability to reproduce sexually and to rapidly develop...

1 May 2020 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Program 1: Minimising the impact of major barley foliar pathogens on yield and profit: Development of international host differential sets. logo
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Program 1: Minimising the impact of major barley foliar pathogens on yield and profit: Development of international host differential sets.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The development and maintenance of international host differential sets is a key resource for identifying new virulent pathotypes in the field and identifying novel sources of genetic resistance. This program aims to work and collaborate internationally to develop host differential sets for the net form of net blotch (NFNB, caused...

1 Mar 2020 - 31 May 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]