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Development of gene deployment strategies: using evolutionary principles to optimise the development of genetic resistance in crops logo
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Development of gene deployment strategies: using evolutionary principles to optimise the development of genetic resistance in crops

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Disease control in agriculture is very often ephemeral with resistance based on genetic approaches often showing little durability. A major source of this instability lies in the fact that host-pathogen systems are biotic interactions in which both components have potential to evolve. In the past the widespread use of major...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Dec 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

LMA Project C - An improved model of Late Maturity alpha-Amylase (LMA) field risk in Australian wheat. logo
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LMA Project C - An improved model of Late Maturity alpha-Amylase (LMA) field risk in Australian wheat.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The susceptibility of new wheat varieties to the Late Maturity alpha-Amylase (LMA) defect is a key concern for breeding programs developing high-quality milling grade wheat in Australia. A capacity to characterise and quantify actual LMA risk at field scale remains a crucial outstanding industry issue. The overarching aim of this...

1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

SoilWaterNow: Soil water nowcasting for the grains industry logo
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SoilWaterNow: Soil water nowcasting for the grains industry

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project will deliver a scientific framework to nowcast plant available water (PAW) at any point in time, within and across paddocks and at multiple depths in the soil profile so that growers can have access to innovative products for monitoring, managing and forecasting PAW on-farm. The project will test,...

28 Feb 2020 - 31 Jan 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Future options for the control of RLEM in Australian grain crops logo
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Future options for the control of RLEM in Australian grain crops

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The red legged earth mite (RLEM) is one of the most destructive and economically important establishment pests of grain crops. Insecticides are currently the most effective and widely used control method against RLEM, however the emergence and spread of insecticide resistance to synthetic pyrethroids and organophosphates in the RLEM has...

1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

CESAR Pty. Ltd

Post-doctoral Fellowship: Understanding gene flow in mouse populations to improve management outcomes logo
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Post-doctoral Fellowship: Understanding gene flow in mouse populations to improve management outcomes

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment will use population genetics to understand dispersal, gene flow and population structure of mouse populations ('landscape genomics') to develop robust management recommendations for the grains industry.

15 Aug 2019 - 31 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Frost SENSE: An integrated modelling framework to rapidly map the extent of stem and reproductive frost damage in wheat and barley logo
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Frost SENSE: An integrated modelling framework to rapidly map the extent of stem and reproductive frost damage in wheat and barley

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Frost risk occurs virtually every year across southern and eastern Australian agricultural regions. Actual occurrence of frost is determined by location and landscape factors as well as climate. This project aims to demonstrate the capability of satellite data, combined with temperature maps and other data sources, to map frost damage...

28 Feb 2020 - 30 Jan 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

National Agribusiness Reference Group logo
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National Agribusiness Reference Group

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The National Agribusiness Reference Group (NARG) is a group of senior agribusiness managers who represent agribusiness in GRDC's Northern, Southern and western regions. It aims to provide a formal communication link between the GRDC and the agribusiness sector. The NARG provides the GRDC with strategic recommendations for future investment in...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Rural Directions Pty Ltd

Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP) - CSIRO: Delivering genetic tools and knowledge required to breed wheat and barley with resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust and stem rust logo
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Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP) - CSIRO: Delivering genetic tools and knowledge required to breed wheat and barley with resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust and stem rust

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Rust diseases are a significant threat to wheat production in Australia. Disease control relies heavily on breeding for disease resistance. Genetic resistance is preferable to fungicide control because of the lower input and environmental costs and the risk of restrictions of fungicide use due to weather conditions and supply constraints....

1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Post-doctoral Fellowship - When are earwigs pests and when are they beneficial? logo
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Post-doctoral Fellowship - When are earwigs pests and when are they beneficial?

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Earwigs are important insects for the breakdown and recycling of organs matter but in some circumstances are thought to cause significant crop damage. This investment will study the feeding behaviour of European earwigs under different soil moistures, stubble loads and in the presence of alternative food such as other invertebrates....

25 May 2018 - 31 Jan 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Novel approaches against LMA - Knockout logo
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Novel approaches against LMA - Knockout

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The project description provides good background but it is impossible to tell what is proposed other than taking a novel strategy to eliminate LMA

30 Jun 2015 - 30 Sep 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)