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%HVK -percentage high vitreous kernels
AAAC -Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants
AAAC -WA Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants WA
AAC -Australia Agricultural Commodities
AAFC -Agriculture and Agri Food Canada
AARI -Aegean Agriculture Research Institute
ABARE -Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABB -ABB Limited
ABG -Australian Biodiesel Group
ACAS -Australian Crop Accreditation System Limited
ACCASE a-cetyl CoA carboxylase
ACIAR -Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ACIPA -Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture
ACNFP -Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens
ACP -amorphous calcium phosphate
ACPA -Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture
ACPFG -Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
ACRCP -Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
ACRCPCC -Australian Cereal Rust Control Program Consultative Committee
ACT -Agricultural Contractors of Tasmania
ADC -adaptive discount control
ADC -Adaptive Discount Controller
AFSA -Australian Farming Systems Association
AgHealth -Centre Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety
AGO -Australian Greenhouse Office
AGP -Australian General Purpose
AGT -Australian Grain Technologies
AH -Australian Hard
AHC -acid hydrolysable carbon
AI -aggregate index
AIAST -Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
AIS -Annual Indicator Survey
ALA -alpha linolenic acid
ALA -Australian Lucerne Alliance
ALS -acetolactate synthase
AMPS -Agricultural, Marketing and Production Systems
AMRDC Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre
AMU alfalfa mosaic virus
AN ammonium nitrate
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
ANFSA Australian Nuffield Farming Scholars Association
ANIC Australian National Insect Collection
ANU Australian National University
AOF Australian Oilseeds Federation
AOP Annual Operational Plan
AP adventitious presence
APEN Australasia–Pacific Extension Network Inc.
APH Australian Prime Hard
APIP Australian Peanut Improvement Program
APL Australian Pork Limited
APP ammonium polyphosphate
APR adult plant resistance
APSIM Agricultural Production Systems simulator
APSRU Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit
APVMA Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
APW Australian Premium White
AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ARLP Australian Rural Leadership Program
ARWA Agricultural Research Western Australia
ASCAS Australian Soil Carbon Accreditation Scheme
ASF Australian Seed Federation
ASFA Australian Fertiliser Services Association
ASI aggregate stability index
ASRIS Australian Soil Resource Information System
ASW Australian Standard White
ASWN Australian Standard White Noodle
ATA Agricultural Training Award
ATMA Australian Technical Millers Association
ATO Australian Taxation Office
ATSE Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
ATU all terrain utility vehicle
ATV all terrain vehicle
AWB AWB Limited
AWBI AWB International
AWCMMP Australian Winter Cereals Molecular Marker Program
AWI Australian Wool Innovation Limited
BA Barley Australia
BBA Barley Breeding Australia
BC buffer capacity
BCG Birchip Cropping Group
BCR benefit–cost ratio
BEC brewing for export consortium
BFA Biological Farmers of Australia
BFB bronzed field beetle
BIPF Biological Inputs for Profitable Farming
BMP best management practice
BMRC Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
BoHV 1 bovine herpesvirus 1
BoM Bureau of Meteorology
BOM blue oat mite
BP black point
BR between rows
BRAT Barley Risk Appraisal Tool
BRD bovine respiratory disease
BRI BRI Australia Limited
BRS Bureau of Rural Sciences
BS base saturation
Bs Bipolaris sorokiniana
BSE backscattered electron
BYDV barley yellow dwarf virus
CAA Canola Association of Australia
CAAANZ Conservation Agriculture Alliance of Australia and New Zealand
CAC Central Asia and the Caucasus
CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
CaCl2 calcium chloride
CAST Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
CBH Cooperative Bulk Handling Limited
CBI Crop Biofactories Initiative
CC CRC Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre
CCN cereal cyst nematode
CCS Communications and Customer Service
CDI Catchment Demonstration Initiative
CE catabolic evenness
CEC cation exchange capacity
CESAR Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research
CFI Conservation Farmers Inc.
CFIG Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
CFV Co operative Federation of Victoria Limited
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CHW China Hard Wheat
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
CIRAD French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
CLIMA Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
CLL crop lower limit
CMA catchment management authority
CMB Centre for Molecular Biotechnology
CO2 e carbon dioxide equivalents
COGGO Council Of Grain Grower Organisations
COS carbonyl sulphide
CQ Central Queensland
CQOG Canola Quality Objectives Group
CQSFSP Central Queensland Sustainable Farming Systems Project
CR crown rot
CRC cooperative research centre
CRC AWM Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Australian Weed Management
CRC NPB Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity
CRC Salinity Cooperative Research Centre for Plant based Management of Dryland Salinity
CRC TPP Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection
CRDC Cotton Research and Development Corporation
CREB Centre for Rural and Environmental Biotechnology
CRR common root rot
CSBP CSBP Limited
CSD Cotton Seed Distributors Limited
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSPS Corporate Strategy and Program Support
CSS Communication and Customer Services
CSU Charles Sturt University
CT conventional tillage
CTF controlled traffic farming
CVCB Cooperative Venture for Capacity Building
CVT constantly variable technology
CWFS Central West Farming Systems
CWRS Canadian Western Red Spring
DA Dairy Australia
DA district agronomist
DAA days after application
DAFF Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DAFWA Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
DAP di ammonium phosphate
DArT Diversity Arrays Technology
DAT days after treatment
Db bulk density
DBM diamondback moth
DCDP dicalcium phosphate dihydrate
DDC difficult dispersible clay
DEH Department of Environment and Heritage
DEST Department of Education, Science and Training
DGGE denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
DH doubled haploid
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
DM/ha dry matter per hectare
DM/mm dry matter per millimetre of rain
DMPP 3,4 dimethylpyrazole phosphate
DNS Dark Northern Spring
DOC dissolved organic carbon
DOFA Department of Finance and Administration
DOM dissolved organic matter
DPI Victoria Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
DPIW Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania
DPS degree of phosphorus saturation
Driving Innovation The GRDC Five Year Research and Development Plan 2002–07
DSE dry sheep equivalent
DSSAT Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer
DWLBC Department of Water, Land, Biodiversity, Conservation South Australia
DUL drained upper limit
EC electrical conductivity
EC Exceptional Circumstances
ECa apparent soil electrical conductivity
ECe electrical conductivity of saturated soil extract
ECEC effective cation exchange capacity
ECMWF European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
ECPC Experimental Climate Prediction Center
EDC easily dispersible clay
EDRMS electronic document records management system
EDX energy dispersive x ray
EFA essential fatty acid
EFS Eastern Farming Systems
EGA Enterprise Grains Australia
EGC Export Grains Centre Limited
EGCS Energy and Grants Credit Scheme
EGMC Equilibrium Grain Moisture Content
EIS environmental improvement system
ELISA enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
EM electromagnetic
EMCCS Executive Manager Communication and Customer Service
EMCS Executive Manager Corporate Services
EMCSPS Executive Manager Corporate Strategy and Program Support
EMNP Executive Manager New Products
EMP Executive Manager Practices
EMS environmental management system
EMT Executive Management Team
EMV Executive Manager Varieties
ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation
EOI expression of interest
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid
EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPI El Niño Prediction Index
EPP emergency plant pest
EPPRD emergency plant pest response deed
EPR End Point Royalty
EPSO European Plant Science Organisation
ESD ecologically sustainable development
ESP exchangeable sodium percentage
ESR estimate silo return
ESS ENSO Sequence System
FAR Foundation for Arable Research
FBG Fitzgerald Biosphere Group
FBP farm business profit
FC field capacity
Fc Fusarium culmorum
FFI Flour Fortification Initiative
FHB Fusarium head blight
FIFA Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia Inc.
FIG farm improvement group
FIGS Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy
FLE flag leaf emergence
FMCA Flour Millers' Council of Australia
FMD Farm Management Deposits
FOI Act Freedom of Information Act 1982
Fp Fusarium pseudograminearum
FRDC Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
FSANZ Food Standards Australia New Zealand
FSG farming systems group
FTA free trade agreement
FYM farmyard manure
gai/ha grams active ingredient per hectare
GCA Grains Council of Australia
GCDT Global Crop Diversity Trust
GCM global climate model
GESS Global ENSO Sequence System
GFAAS graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy
GFP green fluorescent protein
GG GrainGene
GGA Grower Group Alliance
GHG greenhouse gas
GIS geographic information system
GL gigalitre
GM genetic modification
GM genetically modified
GM gross margin
GMDH group method of data handling
GMO genetically modified organism
GPG Grain Protection Genes
GPPL Grain Pool Proprietary Limited
GR gammaradiometric
Grain Foods CRC Grain Foods Cooperative Research Centre
gran MAP granular monoammonium phosphate
GRDC Grains Research and Development Corporation
GRS Grains Industry Research Scholarship
GSR growing season rainfall
GSWG Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group
GTCCC Gene Technology Community Consultative Committee
GTEC Gene Technology Ethics Committee
GTTAC Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee
GVB green vegetable bug
GVBAEQ green vegetable bug adult equivalent
GVP gross value of production
GWRDC Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
HAp hydroxyapatite
HAW high-amylose wheat
HBERC Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre
HEADE High Erucic Acid Development Effort
HGCA Home Grown Cereals Authority
HMW high molecular weight
HOC hydrophobic organic compound
HOLL high oleic, low linolenic
HRAEZ high rainfall agroecological zone
HRW Hard Red Winter
HRZ high rainfall zone
HWC hot water soluble carbon
IA CRC Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre
IAA indole acetic acid
IAAE International Association of Agricultural Economists
IAE individual aggregate energy
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAP Independent Assessment Panel (for Minimum Disease Resistance Standards)
IBD Institute of Brewing and Distilling
IBP industry biosecurity plan
IBS incorporated by sowing
IC intellectual capital
ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICF Irrigated Cropping Forum
ICP MS inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
ICP OES inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics
IDC Industries Development Committee
IDM integrated disease management
INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research
IOM inert organic matter
IP intellectual property
IPBS International Plant Breeding Symposium
IPM integrated pest management
IPSO Information Products and Services Officer
IRA information rich agriculture
IRI International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
IRIP ice recrystallisation inhibition protein
IRMS Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies
ISAAA International Service for the Acquisition of Agri biotech Applications
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IST Grains Industry In service Training
IWM integrated weed management
JAAS Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
JCSMR John Curtin School of Medical Research
JERAC Jerramungup Extension and Research Advisory Committee
JV joint venture
k DM/Ha kilograms of dry matter per hectare
KCl potassium chloride
KI Kangaroo Island
KOC organic carbon normalised sorption coefficient
KOW octanol water partition coefficient
LAI leaf area index
LCPUFA long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
LF light fraction
LFGN Local Farmer Group Network
LGB lesser grain borer
liq MAP liquid monoammonium phosphate
LL LibertyLink™ [canola]
LMA late maturity alpha amylase
LMW low molecular weight
LOBs lines of business
LST lithium sodium polytungstate
LTRS long-term research site
LW live weight
LWA Land and Water Australia
MAP monoammonium phosphate
MB microbial biomass
MBIBTC Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee
MBQIP Malting Barley Quality Improvement Program
MC moisture content
MCC Manager Corporate Communication
MCVP Managing Climate Variability Program
MDBC Murray–Darling Basin Commission
MDRS Minimum Disease Resistance Standards
ME metabolic energy
MIA Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
MIG Mingenew–Irwin Group
MIR mid infrared
MJO Madden Julian Oscillation
ML maximum level
MLA Meat and Livestock Australia
MPB CRC Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre
MR moderately resistant
MRL maximum residue limit
MR MS moderately resistant to moderately susceptible
MS moderately susceptible
MSF Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
MTBE methyl tertiary butyl ether
MWC municipal waste compost
MWD mean weight diameter
N2O nitrous oxide
NACC Northern Agricultural Catchments Council
NaCl sodium chloride
NACMA National Agricultural Commodities Marketing Association
NAMS National Agricultural Monitoring System
NAPLIP National Annual Pasture Legume Improvement Program
NAPSWQ National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
NCF Network of Concerned Farmers
NCIS National Coroners Information System
NDVI normalised digitalised vegetation indices
NFF National Farmers’ Federation
NFI no further information
NGA Northern Grower Alliance
NGRC National Genetic Resource Centre
NH4+ ammonium
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NHT National Heritage Trust
NIPI National Invertebrate Pest Initiative
NIR near infrared
NLL narrow leafed lupin
NLWRA National Land and Water Resources Audit
NMI nutrient management initiative
NMS Nutrient Management Systems
NP New Products
NPBP National Pulse Breeding Program
NPK nitrogen–phosphorus–potassium
NPP net primary production
NPSI National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
NPV nucleopolyhedrovirus
NPV net present value
NRM natural resource management
NSWDPI New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
NSWFA New South Wales Farmers Association
NT no tillage
NTD neural tube defects
NVT National Variety Trials
NWQTP National Wheat Quality Testing Program
NYPA NyPa Australia Limited
OC organic carbon
OCP octacalcium phosphate
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OGTR Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
OH&S occupational health and safety
OM organic matter
OR on rows
p/m2 plants per square metre
PA precision agriculture
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAW plant available water
PAWC plant available water capacity
PBA Pulse Breeding Australia
PBA Ltd Philom Bios Australia Proprietary Limited
PBC potential buffering capacity
PBCO3 lead carbonate
PBI Plant Breeding Institute
PbO lead oxide
PBR plant breeder’s rights
PCA Peanut Company of Australia
PGLP Premium Grains for Livestock Program
PGRC Plant Genetic Resource Centres
PHA Plant Health Australia
PHS pre harvest sprouting
PI CSIRO Plant Industry
PIERD Act Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989
PIMC Primary Industries Ministerial Council
PinG Partners in Grain
PIRSA Primary Industries and Resources South Australia
PISC Primary Industries Standing Committee
PMP property management plan
PMS project management system
PNDSA Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association
POC particulate organic carbon
POM particulate organic matter
Pork CRC Pork Cooperative Research Centre
PRS plant root simulator
PSbMV pea seed borne mosaic virus
PSPE post sowing pre emergent
PTF pedotransfer function
PTO power take off
PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids
PWP permanent wilting point
PYCAL Potential Yield Calculator
PYM pseudo yield mapping
QA quality assurance
QC quality control
QDNRW Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water
QDPIF Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
QTL quantitative trait loci
R resistant
R&D research and development
RAC research advisory committee
RD&E research, development and extension
RDC research and development corporation
RH relative humidity
RIM Ryegrass Integrated Management
RIRDC Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
RLEM redlegged earth mite
RLN root lesion nematodes
RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMM Real time Multivariate MJO
RMS records management system
RNAi RNA interference
ROC return on capital
ROI return on investment
ROPs rollover protective structures
RR Roundup Ready®
RRI Rutherglen Research Institute
RWA Russian wheat aphid
S susceptible
SAFF South Australian Farmers Federation
SAGIT South Australian Grains Industry Trust
SANTFA South Australian No Till Farmers Association
SAR systematic acquired resistance
SARDI South Australian Research and Development Institute
SCIMAC Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops
SCRM seasonal climate risk management
SEM scanning electron microscopy
SEPWA South East Premium Wheatgrowers Association
SF Grains Industry Senior Fellowship
SFS Southern Farming Systems
SGRL Stored Grain Research Laboratory
SIFTS Semi Intensive Floating Tank System
SIGNAL Strategic Inter-Governmental Nutrition Alliance
SKCS single kernel characterisation system
SNAG Sustainable Nyngan Agricultural Group
SOC soil organic carbon
SOI Southern Oscillation Index
SOM soil organic matter
SPAA Southern Precision Agriculture Association
SSA specific surface area
SSC subsoil constraints
SSGI Shenzhen Southseas Grain Industries
SST sea surface temperature
SSW stored soil water
STEP Simulated Transitional Economic Planning
SU sulfonylurea
SVGA Single Vision Grains Australia
SWP Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
SWR soil water retention
SWW Soft Western White
SY seed yield
SYN Select Your Nitrogen
TBIA tissue blot immunoassays
TBL triple bottom line
TIAR Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research
TIMS thermal ionisation mass spectrometry
TIMS Committee Transgenic and Insecticide Management Strategy Committee
TLF tramline farming
TN total nitrogen
TSV tobacco streak virus
TT triazine tolerant
TUA technical use agreement
U urea
UA University of Adelaide
UAN urea ammonium nitrate
UDV United Dairyfarmers of Victoria
UEP Upper Eyre Peninsula
UFC United Feed Company
UHS Grains Industry Undergraduate Honours Scholarship
UQ University of Queensland
US University of Sydney
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USFDA United States Food and Drug Administration
UTas University of Tasmania
UWA University of Western Australia
VBC volumetric buffer capacity
VF Grains Industry Visiting Fellowship
VFF Victorian Farmers Federation
VFM Vietnam Flour Mills
VFM value for money
Victoria DPI Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
VMP variety management package
VNFTA Victorian No-Till Farmers Association
VRA variable rate application
VRT variable rate technology
VS very susceptible
WA Farmers Western Australian Farmers Federation Inc.
WAE weeks after emergence
WAHRI Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative
WAMP water allocation and management plan
WANTFA Western Australian No Tillage Farmers Association
WAS weeks after seeding
WCBF Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Limited
WDC water dispersible clay
Weeds CRC Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management
WFS Western Farming Systems
WGC Wimmera Grain Company
WHC water holding capacity
Wheat CRC Cooperative Research Centre for Value Added Wheat
WONS weeds of national significance
WSA water stable aggregates
WSMV wheat streak mosaic virus
WTO World Trade Organization
WUE water use efficiency
WW Western White
YPASG Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soils Group
ZT zero tillage
As at December 2006
