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Active Australian Leptospermum honey: new sources and their bioactivity logo
Research project

Active Australian Leptospermum honey: new sources and their bioactivity

This project provides a rigorous evidence base for the value of Australian Leptospermum honey as a therapeutic agent that is effective against bacteria. It undertakes a comprehensive and systematic survey of Leptospermum honey from throughout the major beekeeping areas of Australia. The survey includes a chemical and antimicrobial analysis of...

30 Aug 2014 - 28 Oct 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of Technology, Sydney

Developing and testing tools for measuring and managing variability in rice logo
Research project

Developing and testing tools for measuring and managing variability in rice

The project aims to utilise the platform of existing remote sensing technologies in the form of irrigation management tool IrriSAT (CSIRO) to develop a prescription tool for rice growers that increases understanding of their crop water use and yield variability but also the factors driving spatial variability in yield across...

15 Jun 2014 - 30 Sep 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Deakin University (a body politic and corporate established pursuant to the Deakin University Act 2009 (Vic))

Eliminate factors inhibiting redclaw farming from reaching its full potential logo
Research project

Eliminate factors inhibiting redclaw farming from reaching its full potential

This project will address three persistent issues that adversely impact the redclaw industry (a species of freshwater crayfish native to the northerly flowing rivers of northern Australia and southerly flowing rivers of Papua New Guinea). How to: 1) improve the management of the microbiology within the incubator system to maximise...

31 May 2014 - 31 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

North Queensland Crayfish Farmers Association Inc

New Coffee Varieties for the Australian Subtropics logo
Research project

New Coffee Varieties for the Australian Subtropics

The objective of this project is to identify, procure and evaluate new Arabica coffee varieties for the Australian subtropical coffee industry. This project will source and evaluate new Arabica coffee varieties which are of high quality, high yielding, rust resistant and on maturity reach a physical size that is suitable...

30 Nov 2014 - 31 May 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Southern Cross University

Development of innovative tools for the detection and control of CAE virus logo
Research project

Development of innovative tools for the detection and control of CAE virus

Caprine arthritisencephalitis (CAE) virus is an important cause of disease in goats and can have a profound impact on dairy goat production. This project will develop new strategies to carry out testing of goats to support disease control programs, herd monitoring and health certification. These will include the application of...

20 Jun 2014 - 15 May 2019

New South Wales, Australia

(DPIE) The Crown in right of the State of NSW acting through the DPI within the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

Developing Appropriate Stunning Methods for Halal Slaughter of Water Buffalo logo
Research project

Developing Appropriate Stunning Methods for Halal Slaughter of Water Buffalo

This project aims to develop recommendations and guidelines for the effective stunning in Halal and non Halal produced Buffalo to cover SE Asian markets. A review of literature on stunning of buffalo found very little information on optimal methods for the Halal market although percussive stunning at the poll position,...

31 May 2014 - 29 Nov 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Molecular markers for cultivar ID and seed certification in pasture legumes logo
Research project

Molecular markers for cultivar ID and seed certification in pasture legumes

This project investigated the use of elite molecular markers for accurate cultivar identification at the seed stage in five important forage and pasture legume species grown in Australia. These markers will be of extreme practical use in future commercial cultivar ID, seed purity tests, GMO testing and Marker Assisted Breeding...

15 Jul 2015 - 15 Jul 2020

New South Wales, Australia

AgResearch Limited

Potential exotic virus threats to Lucerne seed production in Australia logo
Research project

Potential exotic virus threats to Lucerne seed production in Australia

Plant viruses cause significant economic losses in agriculture and may pose biosecurity risks to lucerne production and seed exports. A previously unknown plant rhabdovirus, Alfalfa dwarf virus (ADV), was detected in 2010 infecting commercial lucerne fields in Argentina and Uruguay with 90% to 95% disease incidence, causing < 50% yield...

1 Jun 2015 - 30 Apr 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland

Improved broiler phosphorus utilization and transporter gene expression logo
Research project

Improved broiler phosphorus utilization and transporter gene expression

Phosphorus (P) is an expensive feed ingredient and there is a scarcity of global P reserves. There is a need to improve P utilization by broilers. The use of phytase has significantly improved P utilisation by increasing phytate digestion and therefore the amount of P available for absorption. Previous studies...

6 Jul 2015 - 30 Oct 2018

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland

Rice variety nitrogen & agronomic management logo
Research project

Rice variety nitrogen & agronomic management

This investment seeks to establish variety specific agronomy packages for current and future rice varieties with a focus on nitrogen management. The investment will determine total nitrogen requirements for optimal yield and quality and provide information on nitrogen application options as part of the manage rice extension program.

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jul 2021

New South Wales, Australia

(DPIRD NSW) The Crown in right of the State of New South Wales acting through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development