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2006-07 Projects

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VARIETIES
Gene discovery
Germplasm enhancement
Wheat and barley breeding
Pulse, oilseed and summer coarse grains

PRACTICES
Agronomy and soils
Crop protection
Validation and integration 
Extension and grower programs

NEW PRODUCTS
New farm products and services
New grain products

COMMUNICATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING
Building research capacity 
Corporate communications
Enhanced management

 

 

GENE DISCOVERY

ACP00001 Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
AGP00006 AWCMMP—Component: Wheat marker implementation/validation for Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd
ANU00008 Genetic controls of root impedance and drought signalling in wheat
ANU00009 Wheat ERECTA/ERECTA-like genes: Proof of function on water use efficiency and potential for breeding improved germplasms
CAS00001 Australian Crop Accreditation System Ltd
CMB00012 AWCMMP—Component: Curation of wheat and barley maps
CSP00017 Australian Cereal Rust Control Program—Molecular biology
CSP00063 AWCMMP—Component: Towards the application of perfect markers for broad spectrum disease resistance in wheat
CSP00089 Maintaining wheat grain number and size during reproductive stage drought stress 
CWQ00013 AWCMMP—Component: Phenotyping complex quality traits for marker identification and validation: Phase 2
DAN00072 AWCMMP—Component: Implementation/validation of molecular markers: Enterprise Grains Australia
DAN00073 National Statistics Project (KP1)—Statistical support for crop improvement and National Variety Trials
DAN00074 National Statistics Project (KP2)—Strategic statistical research for crop improvement
DAN00085 National Statistics Project (KP3)—Molecular markers and statistical genetics
DAQ00076 Integrating crop improvement technologies for rapid yield advance
DAQ00077 AWCMMP—Component: Pedigree-based genome mapping for marker assisted selection and recurrent parent recovery in wheat and barley: Phase 2
DAQ00078 Molecular biology support for barley improvement—North
DAQ00085 Identifying candidate genes for stay-green in sorghum
DAR00001 Strategic investment in the development of Diversity Arrays Technology
DAR00002 AWCMMP—Component: Adding value to Diversity Arrays Technology
DAV00058  Australian Participation in the multinational brassica genome project
DAV479 Development of molecular markers for implementation within the National Brassica Improvement Program
DAW00102 Development and implementation of molecular markers for lupin breeding
DAW00113 AWCMMP—Component: Validation/implementation—barley, Western Region
DAW00118 AWCMMP—Component: Implementation/validation of molecular markers in DAFWA (VI 12)
UA00007 Transformation in functional genomics and cereal improvement programs
UA00063 Breeding for frost tolerance in barley
UA00070 Advancement of new genes for stem and leaf rust resistance from uncultivated relatives of wheat
UA00072 AWCMMP—Component: Multiplex PCR technologies to accelerate the use of SSRs in cereal breeding and genetic research
UA00073 Genetic variation for improved frost tolerance in wheat
UA00080 AWCMMP—Component: Association mapping
UA00083 Cereal Functional Genomics Centre 
UA00086 Whole genome selection in wheat and barley—The practical application of whole genome analysis 
ULA00006 A novel male sterility system for canola and wheat
UMU00019 AWCMMP—Component: Rice–wheat–barley comparative genomics for key agronomic traits 
US00030 AWCMMP—Component: Markers for rust resistance in cereals
US315 Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
USQ00007 Molecular markers for high-priority traits in winter cereals for the Northern Region
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GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT

ACG00002 National Genetic Resources Centre
AGS00002 CIMMYT suite of projects: Germplasm evaluation project
ANU00007 Managing and identifying resistance against barley scald
BA00002 Pilot brewing evaluation for malting barley lines destined for export
BRI00006 National Wheat Quality Testing Program
BRI00037 Seed testing and sorting using single-kernel NIR technology
CIM00007 CIMMYT alliance
CIM00008 CIMMYT alliance—Component 1: Protecting the Australian wheat industry from Karnal bunt through the development and implementation of molecular markers
CIM00010 CIMMYT alliance—Component 3: Improving the stress tolerance of wheat genotypes of relevance to the Australian production environment
CIM00012 Enhanced evaluation of CIMMYT germplasm in Australia—CIMMYT component
CIM10 Exploitation of the genetic resources of synthetic wheats
CIM11 Enhanced evaluation of CIMMYT germplasm in Australia—CIMMYT component
CIM13 Australian Cereal Rust Control Program—Adult plant resistance and introgression of new and novel genes
CMB00003 Variation in barley scald and effective resistance gene deployment
CMB00006 MPBCRC: Improved disease resistance in cereals
CMB00008 MPBCRC: New markers, genetic mapping and QTL analysis
CMB00009 MPBCRC: Disease genetics—Pathogen variation and host interactions
CMB00011  MPBCRC: Education and training program
CSP00053 Wheat trait, genes and germplasm for adaptation to water-limited environments in the northern region
CSP00057 Vigorous roots for hostile soils
CSP00058 Development and delivery of salt tolerance and water use efficiency traits for durum with diversified genetic background
CSP00059 Improved wheat and barley germplasm for saline and sodic soils: a collaborative proposal from CSIRO and Department of Primary Industries Horsham
CSP00061 Analysis of the regulation of plant defence/stress gene expression
CSP00071 New resources for breeding for heading date and improved frost tolerance
CSP00076 International Adaptation Trial: Investigating adaptation of Australian and CIMMYT wheat germplasm
CSP00077 CSIRO Pre-breeding Gateway: Germplasm development and validation of novel traits for Australian wheat breeding
CSP00078  Genetic basis of sponge and dough breadmaking
CSP00080 Novel strategies for manipulating dormancy in wheat
CSP00081 Better wheats for Australia by capturing novel traits and associated markers for breeding programs
CSP00090 Creation and deployment to wheat of new recombinant alien translocations with barley yellow dwarf virus resistance
CSP00094 Fast tracking high value traits using heavy-ion technology
CWQ00014 Late maturity alpha-amylase screening services
CWQ00015 CIMMYT suite of projects: Communication project
CWQ00016

Exploiting septoria resistance in wheat

CWQ00017 Dual-purpose Triticale Improvement Program (US)
DAN00061 Durum industry development—Fast tracking genetic solutions to crown rot
DAN00064 Durum industry development—Collaboration with ICARDA to accelerate cultivar improvement for adaptation across all production regions
DAN00089 Quarantine CIMMYT bread wheat germplasm
DAQ00002 Novel approaches to in-head frost tolerance
DAQ00045 SIP04: Defect elimination in wheat—Black point
DAQ00094 National screening for barley grain defects including black point, staining and preharvest sprouting
DAQ00104 Sponge and dough bread quality of Australian wheat germplasm
DAQ566 Genetic approaches to resistance to fusarium and bipolaris in wheat and barley
DAS00048 Control of cereal fungal diseases
DAS00052 Plant genetic resources: Enhancing germplasm conservation for Australian agriculture
DAS00074 Incorporating new sources of stem and leaf rust resistance from wild oat species into cultivated oat varieties
DAV00076 Synthetic evaluation project
DAV00082 Improved selection for grain plumpness and malting quality
DAV436 Defect elimination in wheat—Development of preharvest sprouting resistant bread wheats
DAW00085 Addressing rust resistance and other key traits in wheat breeding for the Western Region 
DAW00126 Enhancing resistance to Stagonospora nodorum in Australian wheat germplasm 
ICA00003 Technologies for the targeted exploitation of cereal and pulse landraces
ICA00004 Enhancement of yield and yield stability of spring bread wheat in semi-arid Mediterranean areas of central and west Asia and north Africa
QOG00001 Wheat Quality Objectives Group
RAC00002 Development of Australian test bake straight dough method
UA00034 SIP04: Defect elimination in wheat—Preharvest sprouting
UA00039 SIP04: Defect elimination in wheat—Coordination 
UA00061 Development and evaluation of weed-competitive wheat cultivars
UA00074  Germplasm development for durum improvement in southern Australia
UA00076 Improving adaptation of wheat to hostile soils: Quantifying the importance of traits and targeted germplasm development
UA00085 SIP04: Defect elimination in wheat—Late maturity alpha-amylase
UA00090 Physiological based screening for identifying novel salt-tolerant germplasm in wheat and barley
UA00093 Biochemical and genetic solutions to grain defects elimination and grain quality improvement
UA00094 Flour and product colour in wheat
UQ00040 Support for International Crop Information System for Australian grain breeding and CIMMYT germplasm introduction programs
UQ127 Assessment of the extent of collateral damage in genetically-engineered wheat and barley
US00028 Adult plant resistance and pathogen variability in cereal rust: Cereal host pathosystems
USQ00002 Generation and evaluation of transgenic wheat plants for frost tolerance
USQ00008 Durum industry development—Molecular marker assisted selection for crown rot resistance 
UT00012 Market optimisation and targeting of the fermentability of Australian malting barleys
UT00013 Targeting potassium homeostasis in breeding wheat for salt tolerance  
UT8 Australia–China Collaboration on barley genetic resources
UWA00038 Genetic Dissection of Fungal Disease Resistance in Legumes using Medicago truncatula
UWA00091 An international collaboration to develop interspecific hybrids between chickpea and its wild relatives
UWA00094 Interspecific hybridisation of lupins 
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WHEAT AND BARLEY BREEDING

AGP00004 Fast tracking of rust resistant Stylet replacements for growers in Southern Australia
AGP00005 National Triticale Improvement Program
AGP00008 Development of SunPrime Seeds lines
CMB00005 AWCMMP—Component: Genetic analysis and marker-trait linkages—south and west
CMB00014 Accelerating breeding progress by predicting the effects of genes influencing yield and quality in wheat and barley
CSP00019 Wheat breeding for the high-rainfall zones of Australia
DAN00060 Australian Durum Industry Development Officer
DAN00101 Barley Breeding Australia—New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
DAN00105 Australian National Durum Wheat Improvement Program
DAQ00110 Barley Breeding Australia—Northern node
DAS00039 Improved oat varieties for milling, feed end use in the Southern Region Oat Breeding Program
DAV00079 National Barley Enhancement Program Coordinator
DAV00080 Barley cultivar development—Department of Primary Industries Victoria, Horsham
DAW00120 Wheat breeding for the Western Region
DAW00151 Barley Breeding Australia—Western Region 
EGA00001 Enterprise Grains Australia
MPC00002 Coordinator for Barley Breeding Australia
MPC00003 Durum industry desktop study
PBS00005 Develop a national plan for barley breeding 
RWF00006 Durum industry desktop study
UA00032 Barley Breeding Australia—Southern node
UWA00096  Barley Improvement through germplasm introduction, evaluation and enhancement
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PULSE, OILSEED AND SUMMER COARSE GRAINS 

ACA5  Contribution towards ACIAR project—CS1/1999/072 Oilseed Brassica Improvement in China India and Australia
DAN00034 Faba bean improvement—Northern Region
DAN00062 Albus lupin breeding
DAN00063 National Brassica Improvement Program—New South Wales Agriculture
DAN00094 Australian Chickpea Breeding Program
DAQ00015 Crop Improvement of grain sorghum in Australia—Core breeding
DAQ00060 National Mungbean Improvement Program
DAQ00062 Cloning of an insect resistance gene from sorghum 
DAQ00070 Australian Peanut Improvement Program
DAQ00092 Maize germplasm enhancement and productivity improvement for tropical Australia
DAS00047 National Brassica Improvement Program—South Australia
DAS00050 Lupin evaluation—South Australia–Victoria node
DAS00059 Improved vetch varieties for Australian farmers and end-users 
DAS00066 Pulse germplasm enhancement—Vegetative and reproductive frost tolerance in pulse crops
DAS00067 Pulse germplasm enhancement—Bacterial blight in field pea, pod drop in lentil, and heat stress tolerance in field pea and faba bean
DAV00060 National Brassica Improvement Program—Department of Primary Industries Victoria and lead agency
DAV00071 Australian Field Pea Breeding Program
DAV00072 Australian Lentil Breeding Program
DAV00073 Pulse Germplasm Enhancement—Boron and salt tolerance in temperate pulses and durable ascochyta blight resistance in chickpeas
DAW00101 Evaluation and selection of high-quality brassica breeding lines for short season environments of Western Australia
DAW00104 Yellow lupin improvement
DAW00105 Western Lupin Technology—Narrow-leafed lupin breeding for southern Australia
FWC00001 Coordinator for Pulse Breeding Australia
GBE00001 Consultancy—National Pulse Breeding Program
GBE00001-1 Pulse Breeding Australia
RWF00007 Examination of options for better definition and delivery of innovation to the Western Australian lupin industry
UA00079 Faba bean breeding—Southern and western regions
UQ00035 Professorial Chair in Crop Science and Innovation
UWA00092 Lupin germplasm characterisation
UWA00093 Pearl lupin—development of the first Australian cultivar for commercial evaluation 
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AGRONOMY AND SOILS

AGO00002 Australian Greenhouse Office contribution to DAW00103 Measurement of paddock-based greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production to improve life cycle assessment of wheat products
AWR00002 Contribution towards Pastures Australia
BAT00002 Consultancy—Enhancing paddock profitability—a collaborative diagnostic approach to cropping systems research
CAG00002 On-farm evaluation of frost minimisation techniques and risk management strategies
CCC00002 Quantifying the effects of maize rotation on soil quality and nutrient availability on cotton growth and yield 
CCC00003  High-yielding irrigated grains in cotton cropping systems—Phase 2 
CCC00004 High-yielding Irrigated grains in cotton farming systems—Phase 3  
CFG2 Using precision agriculture and soil inoculants to improve crop performance and grower returns
CSA00007 Province, paddock or patch—Giving farmers tools to optimise the scale at which fertiliser decisions are made  
CSE00043 Harnessing soil microbial processes to get maximum value from stubble retention in different cropping regions 
CSO00017 SIP09: Precision agriculture initiative—Unlocking the benefits of precision agriculture for farm profits and the environment 
CSO00031 Innovative solutions to subsoil constraints for a profitable and environmentally sustainable grains industry in Western Australia
CSO00032 Investigation of cause and extent of lodging and yield loss associated with stubble-retention in irrigated maize 
CSO00033 Farming system options and catchment salinity response 
CSO00034 Improving farm to catchment nutrient management for a more profitable and environmentally sustainable grains industry
CSO00038 Feasibility for rapid soil-measurement using core scanning
CSO231 Fluid fertilisers—the next step toward raising yield potentials
CSO232 Managing the fallow period for optimum water use and nitrogen availability
CSP00015 Improving wheat yields and quality in Western Australian sandplain farming system 
CSP00040 Can we forecast seasonal wheat grain yields and protein in Western Australia?
CSP00049 Evaluating the use of subsoil water by crops—is it the pipes or the pump?
CSP00064 Exploiting genetic variation in wheat roots to promote beneficial interactions with soil organisms and thereby increase yield
CSP00065 Delivering high yields of milling wheats in the HRZ of Western Australia
CSP00083 New approaches and technologies for management of wheat grain protein content
CSP00085 Evaluating the potential for dual-purpose (graze/grain) canola in the mixed farming systems of southern Australia
CSP00087 Water balance of conservation farming systems
CSP00098 Exploratory practices in the Western Region 
CTF00002 Managing variability—From controlled traffic farming and raised bed farming to information rich agriculture
 CWC00003 Cover crop and stubble management systems for central and southern New South Wales 
DAN00002 Permanent beds for sustainable cropping systems on irrigated farms
DAN00054 SIP09: Precision agriculture initiative
DAN00098 Development of agronomy packages for new varieties in southern New South Wales
 DAN00104 Barley agronomy for Southern Australia 
DAN00106  Developing agronomic solutions to improve barley yield and grain quality in the GRDC Northern Region 
DAN484 Breeding improved lucernes for cropping systems in eastern Australia—Phase 2
DAQ00084  Nutrient management in rainfed cropping systems of the northern grains region
DAS00017 Reducing the impact of climate variability—Frost
DAS00035 Managing diseases using precision agriculture 
DAS00040 Seed increase and distribution of perennial legumes to support sustainable and productive farming systems
DAS00075 DNA assay to quantify barley roots
DAS00078 Exploratory practices in the Western Region 
DAS347 Breeding lucerne for Southern Australian cropping districts
DAV00030 SIP09: Precision agriculture initiative
DAV00049 Improving the profitability of cropping on hostile subsoils
DAV00057 Pulse Agronomic research for the development of variety specific management packages in south-eastern Australia
DAV00059 Management of high-rainfall cropping to improve water quality and productivity
DAV00061 Genotype and management combinations for highly productive cropping systems in the high-rainfall zone of southern Australia
DAV00066 Delivering rapid soil tests to growers
DAV00081 Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in cereal—legume cropping systems in southern Australia
DAW00084  Diagnostic support and training for precision agriculture
DAW00093 Identifying soil constraints to crops production on the south coast sandplain
DAW00099 Lupin agronomic improvement in the Western Region—Enhancing the profitability of the lupin–wheat rotation
DAW00103  Measurement of paddock-based greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production to improve life cycle assessment of wheat products
DAW00107  Oat agronomy and industry development for the Western Region
DAW00138  The use and impact of deep drains on improving salt-affected soils used for grain cropping in the Western Australian wheat belt
DAW00146 Enhancing paddock profitability—a collaborative, diagnostic approach to cropping systems research
DAW00147  Variety-specific agronomy for wheat yield and quality in the Western Region
DAW00148  Barley agronomy for the Western Region
DAW00155 Exploratory practices in the Western Region
DFT1 Coordination of GRDC water balance R&D and collation of results
DNR00004 SIP08: Combating subsoil constraints
GRD200 Agronomy Reference Group—Western Panel
LWR25 Contribution towards Managing Climate Variability Program
MLA00001 Contribution towards Pasture Soil Biology Program
NEGSFS2 SIP09: Precision agriculture initiative
NMS00002 Adoption of improved nutrient management practices
SAN00013 Improvement of no-till farming practices through innovation in sowing, weed control, residue management and precision agriculture systems
SPA00003 Improvement of nutrient management through effective use of precision agriculture technologies in the southern Australian grains industry
UA00081 Determining the benefits of fluid fertilisers on neutral and acidic soils in eastern and western Australia
UA00091 Responses to salinity in barley and pulse crops
UA00092 Chemistry and crop agronomy in alkaline cropping soils
UA00095 Field validation of DGT (diffuse gradients in thin films) for phosphorus and extension of the DGT test to other nutrients
UCS00008 The contribution of subsoil constraints to ‘canola yield decline’
UM00023 Synchronising nutrient supply and crop demand in modern cropping systems
UM00027 Effect of elevated carbon dioxide on wheat-based production systems under Australian field conditions
UM00028 Indirect greenhouse gas emissions from wheat–sheep farming systems
UNE00009 Chair in Mixed Farming Systems
UNS00002 Active implements for precision seed and fertiliser placement
UQ00037 Improved performance of cereal roots in Australian farming systems—Matching roots to cropping systems in the northern cropping region
US00017 Incorporating precision agriculture into Australian farm management
US00033 Development of a multi-sensor platform for real-time collection of field soil data
US00036 Develop a set of precision agriculture education and training modules aimed at Australian grain growers and others working in the grains industry
US00037 Development of tertiary-level education material for precision agriculture
USA00005  Improving sowing system technologies for no-till cropping
UT00009  Delivering a world-class root model to Australian grains researchers 
UWA00031 Optimising potassium cycling in crops and soils for improved grain production in Western Australia 
UWA00081   Combating subsoil constraints: Unlocking crop potential through innovative subsoil management
UWA00083 Lectureship in pasture science at UWA 
UWA00084 Profitable and sustainable nutrient management in the Western Australian grains industry 
UWA00089 Delivering rapid soil tests to growers 
UWA00090 Root systems for Australian soils: Root traits for hardpan penetration and water extraction in wheat 
UWA396 High water use farming systems that integrate crops with perennial pastures
UWA397 National field evaluation and selection of new pasture plants from the salinity CRC to improve hydrological stability
UWS00007  Improved management of nutrient and soil water interactions in the northern grain zone 
WAN00012 New frontiers no-till farming systems
WAN00013 Cover crops for no-till farming systems 
WWL00001  Bringing it all together for the grains industry—A whole of catchment approach to integrated water management
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CROP PROTECTION 

AKC00001   Registration for minor use chemicals for the grains industry
ANU00002 Lectureship in plant–microbe interactions
ANU00006 Exploring a model system to develop controls for plant parasitic nematodes
CRW5 CRC for Australian Weed Management
CSE00027 Insecticide resistance and sustainable management of aphids
CSE00028 Natural enemy evaluation of the silverleaf whitefly (SLW) and ecological processes affecting SLW dispersal
CSE00029  National Invertebrate Pest Initiative
CSE00037  Curation and development of invertebrate collections within the Australian National Insect Collection
CSP00079   Non–race specific (broad spectrum) adult plant rust resistance in wheat
CSP00096 Crown rot–resistant bread wheat through new knowledge of epidemiology and genetics
CSU00006 Integrated weed management in southern New South Wales
CSV00002  Biological control of mice—Immunocontraception
DAN00066 More profitable chickpeas through disease management—Northern Region
DAN00067 Differential herbicide tolerance of winter crops in south-eastern Australia Stage 2
DAN00068 Integrated disease management in field crops with emphasis on sclerotinia stem rot in canola
DAN00079 Risk assessment and preventative strategies for herbicide resistance in the northern grain region (Phase 2) 
DAN00086 Assessment of IPM strategies to control insects in rotational farming systems of the southern region
DAN00095 Helicoverpa spp. insecticide resistance: Monitoring, mechanisms and management
DAN00099  The importance and control of thrips in faba beans in northern New South Wales
DAN485 Management of fusarium diseases and common root rot of cereals in the northern cropping zone
DAQ00073  Implementing technologies and strategies to maintain resistance to sunflower rust
DAQ00074 Facilitating integrated pest management adoption in Northern Region broadacre farming systems
DAQ00079 Modelling for sustainable glyphosate use in the Northern Region
DAQ00086  Integrated pest management for pulses in Northern Australia—Sustainable production in a changing cropping environment
DAQ00096 Emerging foliar wheat disease issues in the Northern Region
DAQ00097 Determining the cause, extent, impact and potential control measures for an unidentified disorder in sunflower crops in central Queensland
 DAQ00105 Continued delivery of applied solutions to weed issues in central Queensland
 DAQ00106 Herbicide tolerance of barley and wheat cultivars in the Northern Region (Phase 3) 
DAQ00107 Cropping options to limit root lesion nematodes
DAQ00108 Reducing the impact of pulse diseases in the Northern Region
DAS00070 Varietal herbicide tolerance in the Southern Region incorporating national coordination
DAS00071 Pathology in pulse crops in the Southern Region—South Australia module
DAS00072  Rhizoctonia management—Future directions for the Southern Region
DAS00073  Crown rot management for durum and bread wheats for the Southern Region
DAV00062 Victorian cereal pathology support with emphasis on crown rot management
DAV00078 Victorian pulse pathology and virology support program
DAW00106 Managing disease constraints in Western Region farming systems
DAW00114 Applied weed management in Western Australia
DAW00123 A systems approach to enhance the adoption of integrated weed management techniques in the northern agricultural region of Western Australia
DAW00124 Rotations to reduce impact of nematodes in western cereal cropping systems
DAW00127   Crop pest management for farming systems in high rainfall areas of southern Australia 
DAW00131 Management of annual ryegrass using deleterious rhizobacteria 
DAW00134 Evaluating herbicide tolerance with new crop varieties 
DAW00141 Developing a sensitive dry seed test to detect seed-borne viruses in bulk seed samples of wheat
DNR00007 SIP08: Effective and safe rodent management in grain cropping systems
HFG00005 Improving weed control options in conservation farming systems
IPM00002 Developing and demonstrating integrated pest management in broad-acre cropping 
NPB00001 Evolution of Russian wheat aphid virulence and resistance sustainability
NPB00002 Enhancing the detection of Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt 
NPB00003 Contingency plans for emergency plant pests of the grains industry 
SFS00015 Optimising cereal profitability in the high rainfall zone through the integration of disease management and canopy management principles
UA00071 Control and eradication of a parasitic weed, field trials 
UA00075 Managing the risks of trifluralin resistance in no-till cropping systems
UA00088 Understanding and management of weed resistance to glyphosate
UBR00001 Fungicide resistance strategy
UM00015 Epidemiology and control of botrytis grey mould in lentils
UM00020 Strategies to ensure longevity of blackleg disease resistance genes in canola
UM00021 Monitoring populations of the blackleg fungus to develop strategies for deployment of resistance genes in oilseed brassicas
UM00022 Emerging mite pests in southern Australia
UM00026 Fungal pathology developments for management of oilseed brassicas in Australia
UMU00021 Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens—Disease resistance
UMU00022  Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens
UNE62 Field studies and management of crown rot in the Northern Region
UQ00032 Advanced application technology to manage spray drift and improve the efficacy of weed management practices
UWA00097 Improved herbicide tolerance for pulses in the Western Region
UWA399 Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative—Phase 2 
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VALIDATION AND INTEGRATION

AGM00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
AGV00002 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
AOF00006 Oilseed Industry Support Program—Increasing the value of the Australian oilseeds industry through enhancing productivity and value
BWD00006 The 'REAL' Project—Relevant, experienced, applied learning
BWD00008 Flexible farming systems to meet the challenges of farming the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera
CFI00009 Guiding growers to more profitable and sustainable cropping systems in the western districts of the northern grain belt
COS00001 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
   
CSA00011 Training growers to manage soil water
CSP00009 Increasing farm profits in the high rainfall zone using mixed cropping–grazing systems based on winter wheats
CSP00097 Managing crops, animals and crop disease in mixed-farming systems based on dual-purpose wheats
CWF00007 Central west farming systems—Extension and development
DAN00100 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
DAN00102 CropMate—Climate information for crop production
DAQ00049 Sustainable farming systems for central Queensland
DAQ00050 Eastern Farming Systems Project Phase 2 (EFSII)—A partnership for participatory RD&E in the north-eastern grains belt
DAQ00063 Viable and sustainable farming systems on ferrosols
DAQ00068 Networking innovation in grower groups
DAQ00091 Tool kits for BMP in peanuts—Development extension for rapid adoption of decision support using commercial industry networks
DAQ00103 Western Farming Systems 3 Queensland: Validation and integration of new technologies through grower groups in south western Queensland grain growing region
DAQ00109 Barley industry development for the Northern Region
DAQ00116 Central Queensland Sustainable Farming Systems
DAT00003 Enhancing TOPCROP and GRDC extension delivery in Tasmania
DAV00077 Barley agronomy and industry development for southern Australia
DAW00100 Pulse industry extension—Expanding pulse cropping by targeted extension of improved varieties and management packages
DAW00149 Barley industry development for the Western Region
DEL00001 Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FFC00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FGI00005 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
FLR00002 FarmLink: Supporting the establishment of a new farming systems group for southern New South Wales 
GSA00002 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
HBS00001 Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
HFG00004 Straight to the Hart—Profitable farming for the future
HOR00003  Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
ICF00004 Lifting irrigated cropping profitability and water use efficiency—Victoria
ICF00005 Lifting irrigated cropping profitability and water use efficiency—New South Wales
ICF00006 Oilseeds Industry Development Officer—Expansion of oilseed crops (with a focus on canola and soybean) for the irrigation and dryland areas of southern New South Wales and Victoria
ICF00007 High yield potential winter cereal genotypes for irrigated environments in eastern Australia
IMA00001 Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
IMA00002 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
JSA00002 Southern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
JSR00001 Southern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
KAL00001 Refinement of crop input and management strategies to optimise farm profitability and reduce risk 
LIE00005 Growers critically analysing new technologies for improved farming systems 
LWR00003 Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms Programs 
LWR23 Contribution towards Grain and Graze Program
MFI00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
MFM00002 Increasing crop yields on Kangaroo Island and in the south east of South Australia
MIG00008 The Grower Group Alliance—Innovation through grower groups
MSF00002 Mallee Sustainable Farming project
NFG00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
NGA00001 Validation and integration of new technology through grower groups in north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland grain growing zones
OCR00001 Best practice benchmarking
PAL00007 Crop support for the northern and southern regions
PHR00001 Northern Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
PLN00003 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
RAI00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
RPI00003 Zonal management in the riverine plains
RPI00006 Improving winter cropping systems in the riverine plains
RSS00001 Farming systems improvement in the upper north of South Australia
SFS00014 Investigating stubble management systems to reduce dependence on burning in the high-rainfall zone region of southern Australia
SFX00003 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network 
SYN00001 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
SYN00002 Western Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
UA00087 Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems Project 2
UNE00007 Graduate Certificate and Certificate in Sustainable Grains Production
UT00014 Addressing key limitations to the development of high-value grain crops in Tasmania
UWA00082 Improving the adoption of technology by neighbourhood grower groups
WAN00008 Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association technology demonstration site
YPA00001 Robust, profitable and sustainable farming practices on Yorke Peninsula 
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EXTENSION AND GROWER PROGRAMS

AFQ00005 Research advisory committees—Northern Region
AOF00004 Oilseeds Industry Development Officer—Expansion of oilseed crops (with a focus on canola and soybean) for the irrigation and dryland areas of southern New South Wales and Victoria
CRD00002 Drift management extension strategy for the Northern Region
DAW00150 Further development of the Crop Updates Partnership
DRL00001 Conversion of investment booklets for the GRDC website
GST00001 Agribusiness technology transfer
ICN00006 Grains Research Updates—Newsletter in the Northern Region
JAB00001 Website redevelopment services
JLC00011 GRDC Southern Region Crop Updates 
NFA00005 Research advisory committees—New South Wales 
OBR00001 Development and production of Driving Agronomy 2006 audio CD 
PSD36 Online technology dissemination
RDC14 Joint Farm Health and Safety Program
RMP00002 Development of Grains Research Updates 2007 CD
RRA00001 GRDC Website Redevelopment Project
SAF00004 Research Advisory Committees—South Australia
UQ00034 Improving understanding and awareness of intellectual property amongst grain growers in Australia
VFF00006 Research advisory committees—Victoria
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 NEW FARM PRODUCTS AND SERVICES  

ANU19 Development of specific microbial and transgenic technology to control fungal pathogens: A commercialisation project based on patent
BRI00027 Objective grain quality testing
CSE00035 Assessing limits of existing harvest bag technology under Australian conditions 
CSE00040 Registration and extension of the use of new ethyl formate formulations on stored grain and structural treatment
CSE00041 Development of an integrated aeration–fumigation system
CSE00044 Identifying mechanisms involved in phosphate solubilisation and plant-growth promotion by Penicillium-based rhizosphere inoculants
CSP00050 Quantifying the effect of hydrogen gas on soil biota and crop performance
DAN00097 National independent quality assurance and germplasm maintenance for rhizobium inoculants
DAQ00083 Integration of biopesticides into integrated pest management against sucking pests
DAS00036 Inoculants for soil-borne disease control 
NEM00001 Commercialisation of minor rhizobial strains
NP01-2 Biological Inputs for Profitable Farming—Philom Bios innoculum trials
NP15 Commercialisation costs 
NP16-1 CFP&S Survey
PAL00009 Objective measurement of pulse qualities
PBA00001 Develop and market a range of inoculant products in Australia and the Asian regions designed to provide benefits to agricultural growers
RJH00001 National Output Development and Evaluation Project—GRDC Soil Biology Initiative
UCS00010  Feasibility study of native invertebrate parasitic nematodes for control of snails and slugs 
UF00002 Application of actinomycete endophytes for improved grain yield
UMU00003 National Rhizobium Program—Managing rhizobia to maximise nitrogen fixation by legumes in agriculture 
UWA00058 Biological indicators of soil quality
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NEW GRAIN PRODUCTS 

ARB00001 Crop Biofactories Initiative—International reference panel 
CGF00001 Grain Foods CRC Ltd
CGF00002 Grain Foods CRC Ltd—Director Fees
CGF00003 National Lupin Allergy Project
CSA00012 Energy efficiency, self-sufficiency and production at farm to regional scale
CSE00030 Crop Biofactories Initiative
CSP00060 Starch Viscosity Project
CSP00084 Development of wheat with altered carbohydrate digestibility (starches) for food and industrial applications 
CSP00088 Coeliac friendly cereals Phase 3
DAN00075 Statistical analysis and data mining for the Premium Grains for Livestock Program 
DAN00083 Resistance management of stored grain insects in the Southern Region
DAQ00075 Optimising grain yield and quality: Integrating high moisture harvesting and grain storage strategies. 
DAQ00090 Resistance monitoring and management—Northern Region
DAQ00098 Phosphine fumigation of cool grain
DAQ00115  Consultancy—A strategic approach to managing resistance to phosphine in the grains industry
DAW00129    Resistance monitoring and management—Western Region 
EMF00001 Consultancy—A research trip and report on biomass ethanol technologies in North America and preliminary crop biomass mapping 
EOB00001 Truegrain
GOG00001   GoGrains—Membership subscription
GOG00003 GoGrains—Health and nutrition
JCS00002 Benefit to Australian grain growers in the feed grain market
JPC00001 Crop Biofactories Initiative—International reference panel
NPL00001 Scenario planning and feasibility for sunflower pectin
PCL00002 Enhancement of NIR calibrations for predicting the energy value of weather damaged grains for pigs 
PCL00003 Sorghum lines with enhanced starch availability for pigs and ethanol production 
SBC00001 Crop Biofactories Initiative—International reference panel 
SDD00001 GM pathway to market
SEP00003 Opening the harvest window—for yield, quality and profit on the south coast of Western Australia 
SMC00001  Consultancy—GoGrains Health and Nutrition Ltd 
TCC00001 Consultancy—Feed grains 
WJM00003 Coordination of registration of grain storage chemicals
YEL00002 Facilitating investment in value-adding in Australia's grain industry—Extension
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BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY 

AAC00003 Conference sponsorship—Agriculture Australia 2007
ACT00001 Conference sponsorship—Fifth Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Conference—CTF07
AFQ00006 Travel award—To attend the Thirteenth Australian Barley Technical Symposium
AIA00004 Conference sponsorship—Tomorrows Agricultural Scientist—Meeting the needs of industry
AIS00001 Conference sponsorship—2007 AFISC National Conference
ALA00001 Conference sponsorship—Twelfth International Lupin Conference
ANU00004 Environmental management systems in agriculture: A comparative analysis of initiatives in the European Union and Australia
ARL00006 Australian Rural Leadership Foundation
ATA46 Agricultural training award—to study at TAFE New South Wales Riverina Institute, Primary Industries Centre, North Wagga Wagga
ATA47 Agricultural training award—to study at TAFE New South Wales Riverina Institute, Primary Industries Centre, North Wagga Wagga
ATA48 Agricultural training award—To attend Australian Agricultural College Corporation, Emerald Campus
ATA49 Agricultural training award—To attend Western Australian College of Agriculture, Cunderdin Campus
BAE00014 Conference sponsorship—Outlook 2007
BRI00032 Research Horizons for Grain Leaders of the Future Course
BRS00010 Sponsorship of 2007 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
BWD00010 Travel award—To attend the agricultural expos, farmer group open days and agricultural learning centres in the United Kingdom
CFM00006 Conference sponsorship—Biofuels, Energy and Agriculture: Powering Towards Food Security?
CSD00002 BHP Billiton Science Awards 2007
CSO00039 Travel award—To attend the Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture
CSP00086 CSIRO Summer Student Program 2006–07
CSP00092 Travel award—To participate and speak at the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative Workshop
CSP00093 Travel award—To attend the Bouyoucos Conference 2007—International Conference on the Origin of Soil Water Repellency
CSP00095 Travel award—To attend the Third International Conference of Quantitative Genetics
CWC00004 Conference sponsorship—Central West Conservation Farming Association Annual Conference and Field Day 2007 and associated Conservation Agriculture Alliance of Australian and New Zealand meeting
DAN00103 Conference sponsorship—Field measurement of nitrogen fixation
DAQ00111 Travel award—To attend the Eighty-seventh American Meteorological Society Annual Conference
DAQ00112 Travel award—To attend the Twelfth Australian Barley Technical Symposium
DAQ00113 Travel award—International travel as part of the GRDC Bruce McClelland Memorial Award
DAQ00114  Travel award—To attend the Society for Invertebrate Pathology Conference, Quebec, and United States Department of Agriculture Laboratory, Cornell University
DAS00077   Travel award—To attend the Second Conference on Precision Crop Protection
DAW00152  Travel award—To attend the Seventh Workshop of the Physical and Cultural Weed Control Working Group of the European Weed Research Society and a spray application technology course
DAW00153  Conference sponsorship—Thirteenth Australian Barley Technical Symposium
 DAW00154 Conference sponsorship—Fifteenth Australian Research Assembly on Brassicas Conference
 FLR00003 Travel award—To attend the Fifth Australian Controlled Traffic Conference
 GCA00019 Travel award —To attend the International Federation of Agricultural Producers World Congress of Young Farmers
GRS100 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(CUR) Wheat quality and product quality requirements for steamed breads and steamed buns made from soft and hard wheat
GRS101 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) Metabolomic profiling in plants to understand the role of mitochondria in environmental stress tolerance
GRS102  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWS) Managing competitive rhizobial populations of low effectiveness in New South Wales chickpea cropping soils.
GRS103  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UA) The isolation and characterisation of meiosis specific proteins in bread wheat
GRS104 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UA) An examination of the role of the thioredoxin h family in the stress response of cereals
GRS105 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(SWI) Investigation of the gene family encoding aquaporins, the protein channels regulating water movement, in wheat
GRS106 Grains Industry Research Scholarship (UMU)—Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Sinorhizobium meliloti on the annual pasture legume medicago
GRS107 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) Wheat root architecture response to heterogeneous spatial and temporal supply of potassium
GRS108 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(ANU) Characterisation of aluminium tolerance genes in crop plants
GRS109 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) Physiological and molecular basis of salt tolerance in Lotus glaber, a new perennial pasture legume for salt-affected land

GRS110 

Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA and CSP) Molecular and genetic study of plant resistance to aphid
GRS114 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UQ) Discovery of genes involved in transmitting the long distance RNA silencing signal
GRS115 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(ULA) Characterisation on the XERO2 system in Araidopsis thaliana
GRS116 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UMU) The role of secondary metabolites of the model legume, Medicago truncatula, in plant defence
GRS117 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(RMIT) Ingredients, fortification and colour characteristics of instant noodles
GRS118   Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(USC) Nanotechnology and locked nucleic acid probes for DNA diagnostics and genotyping in grains
GRS119  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(SWI) Investigations of wheat genes encoding immunophilins involved in regulations of storage protein folding
GRS120  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UM) Population genetics of the lucerne flea with applications for biocontrol 
GRS121 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UM) Sustainable resistance of Brassica napus to Leptosphaeria maculans
 GRS123 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UQ) Genetic control of long-distance RNA silencing in plants
GRS124 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UQ) Novel genes regulating plant defence
GRS125 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(QUT) Characterisation of the NF-Y family of transcription factors in wheat
GRS126 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) Intellectual property rights and the optimal allocation of an agricultural R&D investment portfolio
GRS127 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(CUR) Adaptations for growing wheat in a drying climate
GRS128 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UMU) A bioinformatics approach for identification of pathogenicity factors and fungicide targets in Stagonospora nodorum and closely related necrotrophic fungi
GRS129 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UA–ACPFG) Characterisation of transcription factors important in regulating salinity tolerance
GRS130 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UM) Integrated and sustainable control of pest mite species
GRS131 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(US) Novel plasmodesmatal proteins and their role in transport in plants
GRS132 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UNS) Amelioration of irrigation salinity for wheat cultivation using cyanobacteria and mycorrhizal fungi
GRS67 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UA) QTL determination under association mapping
GRS80 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UM) Fortuitous biological control as a sustainable provider of pest control
GRS81  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(US) Genetic and pathogenic variation in field population of the crown rot fungus (Fusarium pseudograminearum)
GRS82 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UMU) Disease resistance to phytophthora in Medicago truncatula
GRS83 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(ULA) Pollen development in plants
GRS84 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(CSP–UQ) Isolation and characterisation of transcription factors from wheat involved in drought adaptation
GRS85  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) The biology and control of Salsola tragus
GRS86 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UWA) Host Plant Resistance in Medicago truncatula (Leguminosae) to Acrythosiphon pisum (Aphididae).
GRS87 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(RMIT) Enhancing crop utilisation through chloroplast targeted expression of cellulase genes in plants
GRS88 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UM) Biosynthesis and role of fungal toxins in blackleg disease of canola
GRS89 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(RMIT) Molecular interactions during preparation of Asian noodles and manipulation of nutritional and organoleptic characteristics
GRS90  Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(US) Precision agriculture and whole-farm planning for sustainability
GRS91 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(CSIRO Molecular Science) Lignin from various straws as a renewable source of monomer (and other feedstock chemicals)
GRS94 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(CSP–UQ) Wheat with enhanced resistance to fusarium diseases 
GRS99 Grains Industry Research Scholarship—(UMU) Metabolism and infection in the Stagonospora nodorum–wheat pathosystem
ICA00005 Travel award—To attend the Ninth International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
IDA00006  Industry Development Award—Beyond the boundaries study tour
IDA00011 Industry Development Award—Exchanging ideas with the successful Victorian cropping group
IDA00016 Industry Development Award—Finding the balance
IDA00017 Industry Development Award—Victorian no-till study tour
IDA00018 Industry Development Award—Can reduced tillage, stubble retention and rotation improve my farming system?
IDA00019 Industry Development Award—Information exchange tour
IDA00020 Industry Development Award—Lessons from the United States: Exploring the United States–Canada soybean, peanut and alternative fuels industries to identify opportunities for the Australian grain and cane industry
IDA00021  Industry Development Award—Southern Victoria agriculture tour
ILC00001 Conference sponsorship—2006 International Landcare Conference
IST47 In-service Training Award—(DAV) Challenges of advancing conservation agriculture on Kenya's farmlands
NAS00002 Conference sponsorship—Fourteenth Australian Soybean Conference: Success with Soybeans
NUF00008  Nuffield Farming Scholarships
NYS2 Australian Nuffield Farming Scholars Association—Scholarships
OIW00001 Conference sponsorship—Grains West Expo 2007
PAL00013 Travel award—To attend the CICILS International Pulse Industry Confederation Executive meeting and annual convention
PSD25-1 Knowledge management
RI00004 Conference sponsorship—Fifty-seventh Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
RWF00008 Capacity audit
SAF00005 Conference sponsorship—South Australian Farmers’ Federation Grains Council Annual General Meeting 2007[
SAN00014 Conference sponsorship—Ninth Annual South Australian No-till Farmers Association Conference 2007
SF25 Senior Fellowship—(CSA) What prospects for increased on-farm grain productivity in Australia?
SFS00005 Developing Leadership Skills in Young Growers
UA00096 Conference sponsorship—Sixteenth Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference
UAH00002  Travel award—To attend the Hart Field Trial site 
UHS108 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UWA) Topdressing of legumes with dry granular inoculum, ALOSCA
UHS109 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UWA) Small chaperone proteins in mitochondria for protection of plant respiration during stress 
UHS110 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UWA) Investigation of possible non-target site resistance mechanisms endowing atrazine resistance in wild radish populations
UHS111 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UWA) Examining the cross resistance patterns of diflufenican resistant wild radish populations
UHS112 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UF) Investigation of flax rust resistance R/Avr protein interactions in vitro
UHS113 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(ULA) Identification of secreted proteins, produced by the recalcitrant fungus, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, that contribute to canola white rot disease
UHS114 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UWA) Low input versus high input farming systems: their relative performance
UHS115 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UQ) Selection for dormancy in white-grained wheat: Progress towards preharvest sprouting resistance
UHS116 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UA) Fungal gene expression in the Rhynchosporium secalis–barley interaction
UHS98 Undergraduate Honours Scholarship—(UM) Establishment and early growth of Brassica napus and Brassica juncea
UT00011  Building Human Capacity: Linking schools to universities through to primary industries
UWA00107 Travel award—To attend the Twelfth International Rapeseed Congress
UWA00108 Travel award—To attend and present at the Fifty-first Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
UWA00109 Travel award—To attend the Fifth International Rothamsted Research Resistance Conference 2007
VF00006 Visiting Fellowship Award—(UNS) Dynamics and control of Autonomous Tractor-implement Systems
VF00007 Visiting Fellowship Award—(ACP) Genetic studies of drought tolerance in wheat
VF00008 Visiting Fellowship Award—(DAW) Characterisation of low-phytic acid wheat and barley
VIC00006 Conference sponsorship—GRDC Irrigation Update 2007 
WAF00005 Conference sponsorship—WA Farmers Annual Conference 2007
WAN00014 Conference sponsorship—Sixteenth Annual Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association Conference 2007
   





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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS 

PIG00003 Partners in grain
PIG00004 PinG Database
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ENHANCED MANAGEMENT 

AAA00005 Increasing informed debate and decision making about gene technology
BAE00013 Expert advice for the economic and strategic development of the Australian grains industry 
GRD199 Single Vision Grains Australia Interim Board 
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