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Improving wheat yields on sodic, magnesic, and dispersive soils logo
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Improving wheat yields on sodic, magnesic, and dispersive soils

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project involving a collaboration between research organisations across Australia aims to develop strains of wheat with improved tolerance to a number of stresses associated with sodic soils. It will develop a network of national trials to evaluate performance of different varieties of wheat on sodic soils. A crossing and...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Photosynthesis Traits for Raising Wheat Yield Potential logo
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Photosynthesis Traits for Raising Wheat Yield Potential

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

To meet global demand for wheat, a doubling of the rate of annual progress in wheat breeding is necessary. Future gains in yield potential need to come from increases in biomass, achievable by improving radiation use efficiency and photosynthesis. Photosynthetic traits have not been exploited in wheat breeding as they...

15 Jun 2013 - 30 Apr 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Identification of wheat frost tolerance loci using a combination of genetics, biochemistry and molecular approaches logo
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Identification of wheat frost tolerance loci using a combination of genetics, biochemistry and molecular approaches

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to provide wheat growers with flexibility in the use of earlier sowings or varieties that flower earlier in Spring. To address this issue the GRDC National Frost Initiative (NFI) has initiated a program to improve chilling and frost tolerance in wheat using genetic, management and environmental approaches....

30 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Using next-generation genetics to accelerate variety improvement in bread wheat, durum and barley logo
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Using next-generation genetics to accelerate variety improvement in bread wheat, durum and barley

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Recent advancements in DNA genotyping and DNA sequencing technologies have produced a quantum shift in the rate of progress that can be made in understanding the genetic basis of trait variation. This investment provides direct access and support for use of next-generation DNA technologies and the integration of these technologies...

30 Jun 2013 - 30 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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

Genetic approaches to reduce the nitrogen dilution effect and increase nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) in wheat logo
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Genetic approaches to reduce the nitrogen dilution effect and increase nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) in wheat

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The nitrogen dilution effect refers to the observation that high wheat yields are often associated with low grain protein content (GPC). As grain protein is a key determinant of price, growers seek to maintain both high yield and high GPC. This investment seeks to confirm recent gene network discoveries in...

1 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Murdoch University

Development of tools to accelerate nematode resistance gene deployment logo
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Development of tools to accelerate nematode resistance gene deployment

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Nematodes are important pathogens of cereal crops in Australia. This investment will explore sources of resistance to two major nematodes, Cereal Cyst Nematode (CCN) and Pratylenchus thornei. Cereal cyst nematode (CCN) was once a very damaging pathogen of cereal crops in southern Australia that has been effectively controlled by the...

18 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Genetic control of nematode species affecting major crops - Germplasm enhancement for nematode control in cereals and pulses logo
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Genetic control of nematode species affecting major crops - Germplasm enhancement for nematode control in cereals and pulses

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Root lesion nematodes (mainly Pratylenchus thornei and Pratylenchus neglectus) cause estimated yield losses worth approximately $123 million pa (2020 data)in intolerant wheat varieties. Current control measures rely on integrated management growing of tolerant wheat varieties and rotation to resistant crop species. One difficulty in practicing crop rotation is that root-lesion...

18 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

A genetic diversity toolkit to maximise harvest index by controlling the duration of developmental phase: IWYP CSIRO logo
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A genetic diversity toolkit to maximise harvest index by controlling the duration of developmental phase: IWYP CSIRO

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Harvest index is a measure of the efficiency of plants in producing grain. It is defined as the ratio of grain yield to total aboveground biomass. Harvest index is therefore an important measure of grain yield in many crops including wheat. This investment will focus on understanding the interaction of...

26 May 2017 - 30 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Improving root growth in dispersive soils logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Improving root growth in dispersive soils

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The Australian grains belt has large areas of sodic soils, which in nature are dispersive and often associated with dense subsoils with high soil strength that can restrict root penetration and uptake of water and nutrient, with consequent limitations to productivity. While previous assessments of wheat question to impact of...

1 Jun 2018 - 31 Mar 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Post-doctoral Fellowship: Designing roots to enhance durum wheat yield aligned with GRDC Project UOQ1810-002RTX-Rooty logo
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Post-doctoral Fellowship: Designing roots to enhance durum wheat yield aligned with GRDC Project UOQ1810-002RTX-Rooty

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Root biomass accumulation is considered a key aspect of root development that could potentially increase soil resource capture, particularly if the mechanism is combined with genes modulating root growth angle. This investment explores the identification of Quantitative Trait Loci associated with root biomass and root angle and the potential of...

16 Mar 2019 - 1 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)