3727 research projects
Research project
ACRCP Phase 5: Optimising genetic control of wheat rusts through development of RustHapSelect
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
This project aims to develop and validate transformative breeding tools that allow the levels of durable adult plant rust resistance in elite high-yielding wheat cultivars to be increased much more rapidly than could be achieved using traditional approaches. We will use a big data analysis approach to identify and place...
1 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2027
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Enterprise choice and sequence strategies that drive sustainable and profitable southern Australian farming systems
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Farm profitability can be improved by identifying the factors that drive profit and adopting management that optimises returns and mitigates risks. Growers are under mounting pressure to maintain profitability due to constraints such as input costs, herbicide resistance, declining soil fertility, increasing soil-borne pathogens and climatic variability. By employing a...
12 Dec 2022 - 30 Jun 2027
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Expediting the delivery to industry of a novel method of eliminating Late Maturity alpha-amylase in wheat
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Wheat growers face quality and pricing challenges due to Late Maturity -Amylase (LMA) and Pre-harvest Sprouting (PHS), caused by the enzyme Wheat alpha-amylase type one (TaAMY1). This enzyme's stochastic accumulation during grain development can diminish flour baking qualities and lower the Falling Number, directly affecting grain pricing and grower incomes....
15 Apr 2024 - 31 Jul 2028
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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NGN: Furthering grower knowledge and understanding of the scientifically unidentified 'Dongara weevil'
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Since 2013, an unidentified weevil has been reported by growers and advisers to be repeatedly causing damage to canola and coriander crops in localised areas of Mingenew and Dongara in Western Australia (WA). Anecdotally, the damage appears to be worse on heavier soils compared to lighter soils and the species...
5 Dec 2022 - 31 Mar 2025
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Managing multiple and variable soil constraints to optimise soil amelioration in southern Australia
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
This investment aims to monitor soil amelioration trials and conduct economic analysis to estimate the residual value of crop responses, develop an extension tool to assist growers in making informed soil amelioration decisions and involves ongoing monitoring of soil amelioration trials in three paddocks under the Victoria Grains Innovation Partnership...
1 Sep 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Increasing intrinsic heat tolerance of wheat through improved genetics in the source-sink relationship
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
In wheat, high temperature accelerates leaf senescence and shortens the crop cycle - limiting the opportunity for plant photosynthesis and accumulation of carbohydrates in grains. Understanding the response of wheat to heat stress in the context of source-sink relationship (e.g. chloroplast heat tolerance, leaf structural and biochemical traits, spikelet fertility)...
1 Mar 2023 - 1 Mar 2027
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Effective virus management in grain crops (C2)
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Combating grain yield reduction due to yellow virus infection is a significant challenge to the Australian grains industry. To address this issue, this project will research, novel virus and vector control methods for Australian Grain industries. This project builds on a foundation of successful spray-on RNA interference (RNAi) research against...
1 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2027
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Improving wheat yield through increases in heat tolerance of leaf carbon exchange
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
In partnership with Australian cereal breeding company, Intergrain, and four Australian research organisations, this collaborative project aims to identify wheat germplasm with novel heat tolerance by identifying and targeting the heat sensitivity of key biochemical processes that affect leaf net carbon gain. The project will use high-throughput methods and hyperspectral...
1 May 2023 - 31 Mar 2027
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Brome grass is a highly competitive weed that can cause significant yield losses. Through experimentation, a dense infestation can reduce wheat yield by 95 per cent and lupin yield by 60 per cent, but a sparse field infestation will still cause yield loss. The seeds contaminate grain, leading to a...
1 Mar 2023 - 30 Mar 2028
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research project
Developing new genetic approaches to decreasing the reproductive frost sensitivity of wheat
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Title: Developing new genetic approaches to decreasing the reproductive frost sensitivity of wheat. This project aims to identify genes or genetic regions associated with decreased frost sensitivity in wheat varieties and provide markers for breeders to select germplasm with increased frost tolerance. It also aims to demonstrate that targeted modification...
2 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2028
Australian Capital Territory, Australia