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Improving The Adaptation And Profitability Of High Value Pulses (Chickpea And Lentil) Across Australian Agroecological Zones logo
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Improving The Adaptation And Profitability Of High Value Pulses (Chickpea And Lentil) Across Australian Agroecological Zones

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The fit between a crop variety and its local environment has a critical impact on productivity. To develop a range of varieties that provide optimal adaption to local conditions across current production regions and potential expansion zones requires a better understanding of how environment and crop genetics interact to determine...

30 Sep 2019 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Program 3: Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea - Identification and characterisation of novel sources of AB resistance in elite cultivars and wild relatives of chickpea logo
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Program 3: Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea - Identification and characterisation of novel sources of AB resistance in elite cultivars and wild relatives of chickpea

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The aim of this research is to stabilise yield and increase grower profitability through the reduction of loss associated with ascochyta blight in chickpea, caused by the fungus Phoma rabiei. Despite significant progress in breeding, ascochyta blight remains a major disease of chickpea in Australia with recent evidence suggesting that...

1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Program 4: Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea - Accurate, effective, cheaper and rapid high-throughput method for qualitative and quantitative evaluation for AB genetic resistance. logo
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Program 4: Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea - Accurate, effective, cheaper and rapid high-throughput method for qualitative and quantitative evaluation for AB genetic resistance.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Ascochyta blight is the greatest disease threat to the Australian chickpea industry and can result in complete crop loss. With limited genetic options, management is reliant on multiple fungicide applications. To reduce reliance on chemical control, improve profitability and reduce risk, improved genetic resistance is highly desirable. However, a significant...

1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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

Program 2 - Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea logo
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Program 2 - Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of Chickpea

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Chickpea is an internationally important pulse crop the profitability of which is consistently negatively affected by Ascochyta blight (Didymella rabiei) epidemics and the pathogen's ability to evolve enhanced aggressiveness. In order to manage the global threat posed by the disease, ICARDA, one of the international Agricultural Research centres working on...

1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

International Centre for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Collection, phenotyping and exploitation of wild Cicer genetic resources for chickpea logo
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Collection, phenotyping and exploitation of wild Cicer genetic resources for chickpea

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Chickpea production has expanded dramatically over the last 14 years to become Australia's most valuable pulse export. However, the Mediterranean production environments of southern and western Australia pose specific adaptive challenges such as terminal drought, low temperatures during flower and pod-set, salinity and low pH (particularly in WA). Genetic solutions...

1 Apr 2014 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

An integrated platform for rapid genetic gain in pulse crops logo
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An integrated platform for rapid genetic gain in pulse crops

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Pulse genetic improvement has been constrained by the long lifecycle of the plant; a feature that results in slow rates of genetic gain in breeding programs. The objectives of this project are to further develop an Accelerated Single Seed Descent system for pulses (developed in earlier GRDC-supported projects) to help...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Western Australia (UWA)

Pre-emptive chickpea pre-breeding for biotic stresses and germplasm enhancement logo
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Pre-emptive chickpea pre-breeding for biotic stresses and germplasm enhancement

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Chickpea suffers from a range of biotic and abiotic stresses that can cause significant production losses. The losses caused by many of these stresses can be avoided through the breeding of resistant or tolerant varieties, but appropriate genes are not always available within the cultivated germplasm, requiring extensive searching for...

1 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

International Centre for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: High-throughput quantitative analysis of flowering dynamics and canopy structure in Canola germplasm using image analysis and deep learning methods logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: High-throughput quantitative analysis of flowering dynamics and canopy structure in Canola germplasm using image analysis and deep learning methods

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Crop improvement is dependent on accurate measurements of plant traits such as flowering time, leaf and seed number. For canola, a major grain crop in Australia, these traits are currently assessed by human observation, a time-consuming and costly process. This investment will develop tools and methods to automate and scale...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola Program 1: Disease Epidemiology And Management logo
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Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola Program 1: Disease Epidemiology And Management

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Blackleg disease is the major threat to the canola industry in Australia and worldwide, having caused major epidemics on several occasions. Changing farming practices to avoid inoculum, application of fungicides and the use of plant resistance genes form a basis for an integrated disease management (IDM) system for blackleg disease....

30 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Melbourne

Integrated disease management strategies for southern region cereal and pulse growers logo
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Integrated disease management strategies for southern region cereal and pulse growers

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to provide pathology support to the GRDC's southern region's cropping industry using a multi-faceted approach through evaluation of disease management strategies and surveys for disease incidence and severity. Disease management research will focus on yellow spot in wheat, and net form of net blotch in barley, viruses...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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