Cereal grains Plant science Research project A national approach to improving heat tolerance in wheat through more efficient carbon allocation Heat damage which predominantly arises from heat shock or longer-term temperatures above optimum during the reproductive and grain filling stages, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2016 - 31 Dec 2022 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Introgression of heat-tolerant genes to broaden genetic variation in current wheat breeding populations Periods of extreme high temperature, in particular short periods of heat shock, are a major threat to wheat yield and … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Development of genetic tools for Australian barley crops against leaf rust Growing resistant varieties is an important part of an integrated disease management plan for the control of barley leaf rust. … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Effective genetic control of Stagonospora nodorum blotch Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) is a significant fungal disease of Western Australia that is becoming an increasing problem in the … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 28 Feb 2021 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Improving wheat yields on sodic, magnesic, and dispersive soils This project involving a collaboration between research organisations across Australia aims to develop strains of wheat with improved tolerance to … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Screening of frost tolerance in cereals Spring radiation frost is a significant annual production constraint for the Australian grains industry and can result in significant yield … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Crop protection Research project Development of gene deployment strategies: using evolutionary principles to optimise the development of genetic resistance in crops Disease control in agriculture is very often ephemeral with resistance based on genetic approaches often showing little durability. A major … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Dec 2020 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Integrated Genetic Solutions to Crown Rot in Wheat Crown rot is an important disease of wheat in Australia. Development of resistant varieties has been hampered by the lack … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Novel approaches against LMA - Knockout The project description provides good background but it is impossible to tell what is proposed other than taking "a … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2015 - 30 Sep 2020 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Validation trials for dwarfing genes, vigour x management interactions, and preliminary assessment of rate of grain-filling Grain yield is a genetically complex character making selection for combinations of favourable alleles for performance under water limitation difficult. … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Cereal grains Crop protection Research project Improved genetic solutions for management of yellow spot in wheat This project is the second phase of a significant research effort to provide improved genetic solutions for yellow spot (YS) … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Genetic approaches to reduce the nitrogen dilution effect and increase nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) in wheat The nitrogen dilution effect refers to the observation that high wheat yields are often associated with low grain protein content (… Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2021 Research organisation Murdoch University
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Improved Adaption of Barley to Acid Soils Soil acidity with high levels of toxic aluminium is the largest (in area) soil constraint limiting sustainable barley production in … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Murdoch University
Cereal grains Plant science Research project Manipulating barley phenology to maximise yield potential The time of flowering is known to be the single most important trait that determines the adaptation and yield of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation Murdoch University
Pulse grains Plant science Research project Development of lupin molecular markers tagging yield QTL genes and yield-related Lupin is the most important grain legume in Australia for acid, well drained, light textured soils in southern Australia. It … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Pulse grains Multiple technology areas Crop protection Plant science Research project CUR00024 - Genetics of wild germplasm, gene-pool expansion and integrated ASSD approach to enhance adaptive potential in chickpea Cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum) has a narrow genetic base which constrains the ability to find valuable genetic diversity that could … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Curtin University
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Plant science Research project UMU00044 - Identifying low pH tolerance and effective rhizobia for wild Cicer to improve adaptation to acid sandy soils Soil acidity restricts plant growth mainly due to the toxicity effects of Aluminium (Al) and Manganese (Mn). Deficiencies of Molybdenum (… Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 31 Jan 2022 Research organisation Murdoch University
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Multiple technology areas Crop protection Plant science Research project USQ00017 - Assessing collections of wild chickpea relatives for resistance to root-lesion nematodes Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is an important pulse crop grown in Australia and internationally where it is an important source of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Pulse grains Plant science Research project Collection, phenotyping and exploitation of wild Cicer genetic resources for chickpea Chickpea production has expanded dramatically over the last 14 years to become Australia's most valuable pulse export. However, the Mediterranean production … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Apr 2014 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Pulse grains Plant science Research project Pre-emptive chickpea pre-breeding for biotic stresses and germplasm enhancement Chickpea suffers from a range of biotic and abiotic stresses that can cause significant production losses. The losses caused by … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2020