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Durable resistance to oat crown rust (short term investment)

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Oat is attacked by two rust diseases: crown rust and stem rust. The pathogens that cause these diseases do not infect other cereal crops. Crown rust reduces oat yield and causes thin kernels with low test weight - factors which greatly reduce milling quality. This investment supports a desktop analysis...

27 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Leveraging International Germplasm to Deliver Improved Chickpea Chilling Tolerance for Australian Growers

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Chickpea is one of Australia’s most rapidly expanding crops, becoming increasingly valuable to the grains industry and providing rotational benefits to the farming system. Most expansion of chickpea has been in the relatively warm areas of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. Improved chilling tolerance at flowering is required...

15 Feb 2021 - 31 May 2025

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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CUR00024 - Genetics of wild germplasm, gene-pool expansion and integrated ASSD approach to enhance adaptive potential in chickpea

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum) has a narrow genetic base which constrains the ability to find valuable genetic diversity that could be used in developing improved varieties for Australian growers. This project aimed to broaden genetic diversity in cultivated chickpea germplasm through the introgression of wild (C. reticulatum and C. echinospermum)...

30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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BA- Australian Grains Genebank 2017-2022

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The Australian Grains Genebank (AGG) represents the national, consolidated deposit of all major grains germplasm collections. The AGG has a mandate for germplasm introductions, quarantine, storage, maintenance and information management to support Australian researchers and crop breeders to utilise international germplasm for the benefit of the Australian grains industry.

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Program 5 - Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola : Canola infrastructure and FFS

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Blackleg, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is the most serious disease of canola in Australia. A critical component of an effective blackleg genetic resistance improvement effort is industry having access to a reliable, accurate high-throughput disease screening capacity. This program will support the development of high throughput (faster), cheaper...

1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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National Field Pea Breeding Program

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The National Field Pea Breeding program is focussed on developing improved, high yielding varieties faster. The program deploys breeding technologies such as genomic selection and high throughput phenotyping to improve selection intensity and accuracy faster. The program is deploying “big data” to gain a better understanding of genotype by environment...

31 May 2021 - 30 Jun 2026

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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UMU00044 - Identifying low pH tolerance and effective rhizobia for wild Cicer to improve adaptation to acid sandy soils

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Soil acidity restricts plant growth mainly due to the toxicity effects of Aluminium (Al) and Manganese (Mn). Deficiencies of Molybdenum (Mo), Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) can also occur in acid soils. In Western Australia, Al toxicity is most prevalent on acid soils whilst Mn toxicity...

30 Jun 2014 - 31 Jan 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Preserving Australia’s Rhizobial Collections to Benefit the Australian Grain Industry

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The gene-bank collections of rhizobia strains in Australia have provided the cultures for development of commercial inoculant production and are a resource for the future improvement of the inoculants used for pulse and pasture legumes. Strains in these collections are routinely distributed nationally and internationally in support of legume development...

11 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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USQ00017 - Assessing collections of wild chickpea relatives for resistance to root-lesion nematodes

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is an important pulse crop grown in Australia and internationally where it is an important source of protein in many countries. It is the major grain legume in the northern region of Australia and brings many benefits as a rotational crop with wheat. However, both wheat and...

30 Jun 2014 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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DAV00158 -DEPI BA-2- Quantifying the value of pulse grains

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

It is essential that Australian growers have access to pulse varieties that combine a suite of desirable traits including, increased grain yield, improved agronomic characteristics and optimal quality traits. These traits ensure the viability of the industry and maximise returns to growers on their on-farm investment. Quality traits are specific...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia