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2007-08 Projects

Select an area of interest and then click on the project below to view more information about the research, development or extension investment in 2007-08:

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
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
APO00001
Wheat Breeding Liaison Officer
CAS00001
Australian Crop Accreditation System Ltd
CMB00012
AWCMMP component project—Curation of wheat and barley maps
CMB00014
Accelerating breeding progress by predicting the effects of genes influencing yield and quality in wheat and barley
CMB00020
Molecular Plant Breeding CRC—Disease genetics—Pathogen variation and host interactions
CSP00089
Maintaining wheat grain number and size during reproductive stage drought stress
CSP00099
Triple Rust Initiative
CUR00004
Wheat Quality Objectives Group
CWQ00010
Triticarte Pty Ltd
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
DAQ00002
Novel approaches to in-head frost tolerance
DAQ00077
AWCMMP component project—Pedigree-based genome mapping for marker assisted selection and recurrent parent recovery in wheat and barley; Phase 2
DAR00002
AWCMMP component project—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
JHC00003
AWCMMP tender evaluation team
LVR00001
Consultancy—Services relating to DArT Pty Ltd and Triticarte Pty Ltd
SV00001
Genetic Modified Biotechnology Crop Project—Pathway to market
UA00007
Transformation in functional genomics and cereal improvement programs
UA00072
AWCMMP component project—Multiplex PCR technologies to accelerate the use of SSRs in cereal breeding and genetic research
UA00080
AWCMMP component project—Association mapping
UA00083
Cereal Functional Genomics Centre
USQ00007
Molecular markers for high-priority traits in winter cereals for the Northern Region
VR24
National Variety Trials combined budget
VR58-1
AWCMMP III
WCI52
AWCMMP Communications Project

 
GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT

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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—Pilot Brewing Australia
BRI00037
Seed testing and sorting using single-kernel NIR technology
CIM00007
CIMMYT Alliance
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
CLA00001
CIMMYT Review
CMB00001
Molecular Plant Breeding Pty Ltd
CMB00015
Fine mapping of rust resistance, yield and maturity loci in wheat
CMB00016
Molecular Plant Breeding CRC—Education and training program
CSP00053
Wheat traits, genes and germplasm for adaptation to water-limited environments in the northern region
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 Victoria, 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
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
CSP00096
Crown rot resistant bread wheat through new knowledge of epidemiology and genetics
CSPS16
Project Review 2007—National Statistics Projects
CSPS17
Project Review 2007—GRDC–CIMMYT Strategic Alliance
CWQ00015
CIMMYT suite of projects: Communication project
CWQ00016
Exploiting septoria resistance in wheat
CWQ00017
Dual-purpose Triticale Improvement Program (US)
DAE00001
National Statistics Project Review
DAN00061
Durum industry development—Fast tracking genetic solutions to crown rot
DAN00089
Quarantine CIMMYT bread wheat germplasm
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
DAQ00119
Genetic approaches to resistance to fusarium and bipolaris in wheat and barley
DAQ00122
Nationally coordinated frost trials and physiological studies of frost resistance in wheat and barley
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
DAW00126
Enhancing resistance to Stagonospora nodorum in Australian wheat germplasm
DAW00162
Nationally coordinated frost trials—Western Region
DGR00001
National Statistics Project Review
FOR00001
CIMMYT Review
GPG2
Grain Protection Genes
GRD151
Value Added Wheat CRC Limited
ICA00003
Technologies for the targeted exploitation of cereal and pulses 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
JPA00001
Pre-breeding workshop for better performance under drought
PBS00006
CIMMYT Review
RO00002
National Statistics Project Review
RWF00010
CIMMYT Review
UA00061
Development and evaluation of weed-competitive wheat cultivars
UA00063
Breeding for frost tolerance in barley
UA00070
Advancement of new genes for stem and leaf rust resistance from uncultivated relatives of wheat
UA00074
Germplasm enhancement for durum improvement in southern Australia
UA00076
Improving adaptation of wheat to hostile soils: quantifying the importance of traits and targeted germplasm development
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
UA00099
Defect elimination in wheat
UA00100
Nationally coordinated frost trials—Southern Region
UQ00040
Support for International Crop Information System for Australian grain breeding and CIMMYT germplasm introduction programs
US00039
Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
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
UWA00091
An international collaboration to develop interspecific hybrids between chickpea and its wild relatives
UWA00094
Interspecific hybridisation of lupins
VR46-1
Wheat Quality Workshop
VR39-1
Winter Cereals Pre-Breeding Alliance Workshop

 
WHEAT AND BARLEY BREEDING
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AGL00009
Report the terms and conditions for access to ticket-by-variety date at point of delivery
AGP00005
National Triticale Improvement Program
AGP2
Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd—Independent directors
AVI00001
EPR collection systems
BBE00006
EPR collection systems
BWD00011
Chair SEBAC meetings in Victoria
CMB00005
AWCMMP—Component Project—Genetic Analysis and marker-trait linkages—south and west
CSP00101
Breeding dual-purpose feed wheats for the high rainfall zones
DAN00060
Australian Durum Industry Development Officer
DAN00064
Durum industry development—Collaboration with ICARDA to accelerate cultivar improvement for adaptation across all production regions
DAN00101
Barley Breeding Australia—New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
DAN00118
Australian Durum Wheat Improvement Program
DAN00118-UA
Australian 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
DAW00151
Barley Breeding Australia—Western Region
DCC00001
Export Grains Centre Director
DDS00001
Wheat Breeding Review
EGA00001
Enterprise Grains Australia
MPC00002
Coordinator for Barley Breeding Australia
PPA00001
International commercialisation
QOG00002
Wheat classification
UA00032
Barley Breeding Australia—Southern node
UWA00096
Barley improvement through germplasm introduction, evaluation and enhancement
VR01-1
Barley breeding
VR80-1
EPR collection systems
VR80-2
EPR collection systems


PULSE, OILSEED AND SUMMER COARSE GRAINS 
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AOF00008
Canola Quality Objectives Group
CSP00104
Australian Soybean Breeding Program
DAN00094
Australian Chickpea Breeding Program
DAN00108
National Brassica Germplasm Improvement Program
DAN00112
Identification and utilisation of field pea sources for bean leafroll virus resistance
DAQ00060
National Mungbean Improvement Program
DAQ00085
Identifying candidate genes for stay-green in sorghum
DAQ00092
Maize germplasm enhancement and productivity improvement for tropical Australia
DAQ00117
Sorghum Core Breeding Project
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
DAS00080
Lupin evaluation for eastern Australia
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
DAV00085
Australian Canola Germplasm Enhancement Program
DAV00086
Canola Quality Brassica juncea Program
DAW00156
Lupin breeding for southern Australia
FWC00001
Coordinator for Pulse Breeding Australia
ICA00006
Breeding chickpea for drought tolerance and disease resistance
MGP00002
Australian National Blackleg Resistance Rating System
PCA00001
Australian Peanut Genetic Improvement Program
RWF00009
Business case for the commercialisation of genetic modified lupins and genetic modified field peas
UA00097
Australian Faba Bean Breeding Program
UCS00011
Eastern Australia Lupin Breeding – Phase 2
UQ00035
Professorial Chair in Crop Science and Innovation
UQ00042
Professorial Chair in Crop Science
UWA00092
Lupin germplasm characterisation
UWA00093
Pearl lupin—development of the first Australian cultivar for commercial evaluation
VR67-1
Australian Peanut Improvement Program

 


AGRONOMY, SOILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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ATR00003
Environmental issue risk assessment
AWR00002
Contribution towards Pastures Australia
CCC00002
Quantifying the effects of maize rotation on soil quality and nutrient availability on cotton growth and yield
CCC00004
High-yielding irrigated grains in cotton farming systems—Phase 3
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
CSO00033
Farming system options and catchment salinity response
CSO00034
Improving farm to catchment nutrient management for a more profitable and environmentally sustainable grains industry
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 high-rainfall zone 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
CUR00006
Review of livestock impacts on no-till systems
CWC00003
Cover crop and stubble management systems for central and southern New South Wales
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
DAN00114
Development of a world-class lucerne-breeding program
DAS00075
DNA assay to quantify barley roots
DAS00081
Development of a world-class lucerne-breeding program
DAV00049
Improving the profitability of cropping on hostile subsoils
DAV00059
Management of high-rainfall cropping to improve water quality and productivity
DAV00066
Delivering rapid soil tests to growers
DAV00081
Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in cereal–legume cropping systems in southern Australia
DAV00083
Assisting growers achieve yield potential in the high-rainfall zone of south-eastern Australia
DAV00084
New Varieties, New Agronomy—pulse agronomic research, south-eastern Australia
DAW00093
Identifying soil constraints to crops production on the south coast sandplain
DAW00103
Measurement of paddock-based greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production to improve life cycle assessment of wheat products
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
DAW00161
Increasing the profitability of cropping systems in Western Australia using lupins, oats, oilseeds and pulses
DNR00008
SIP08: Advanced techniques for managing subsoil constraints
FFI00001
Development of salt- and waterlogging-tolerant wheat
FFI00002
Development Phase—Evercrop and Evercrop Decide
ILA00001
Facilitation of Strategic Thinking for Long Term Planning
LPL00001
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Sustainable Agriculture Project
LWR00004
Contribution to Primary Industries Climate Change Strategy
LWR25
Contribution towards Managing Climate Variability Program
NMS00002
Adoption of improved nutrient management practices
PR104-1
Assist the industry to improve and demonstrate its environmental credentials
PR114-1
Agronomy reference group
PR164
Future Farm Industries CRC Limited
SAN00013
Improvement of no-till farming practices through innovation in sowing, weed control, residue management and precision agriculture systems
UA00091
Responses to salinity in barley and pulse crops
UA00092
Chemistry and crop agronomy in alkaline cropping soils
UA00095
Field validation of diffusive gradients in thin films for phosphorus and extension of the diffusive gradients in thin films 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
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
UQ00041
Development of a world-class lucerne breeding program
US00033
Development of a multi-sensor platform for real-time collection of field soil data
USA00005
Improving sowing system technologies for no-till cropping
UT00009
Delivering a world-class root model to Australian grains researchers
UWA00081
Combating subsoil constraints: Unlocking crop potential through innovative subsoil management
UWA00083
Lectureship (Level B) in Pasture Science (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
UWA00114
Capacity building in production agronomy and farming system (teaching, research and postgraduate training) (UWA)
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
WAN00012
New frontiers no-till farming systems
WAN00013
Cover crops for no-till farming systems

 
CROP PROTECTION 

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AKC00002
Registration of minor use chemistry for the grains industry
ANU00006
Exploring a model system to develop controls for plant parasitic nematodes
CER00001
Assess the economic importance of diseases of wheat and barley in Australia
CIM00013
Australian Cereal Rust Control Program—Adult plant resistance to wheat rusts
CRW5
CRC for Australian Weed Management
CSE00037
Curation and development of invertebrate collections within the Australian National Insect Collection
CSE00046
National Invertebrate Pest Initiative
DAN00079
Risk assessment and preventative strategies for herbicide resistance in the northern grain region—Phase 2
DAN00086
Assessment of integrated pest management strategies to control insects in rotational farming systems of the southern region
DAN00099
The importance and control of thrips in faba beans in northern New South Wales
DAN00109
Management of fusarium and other winter cereal diseases in the northern cropping zone
DAN00110
More profitable chickpeas through disease management and disease screening—Northern Region
DAN00111
Differential herbicide tolerance of winter crops in south-eastern Australia—Stage 3
DAN00115
Integrated disease control for broad leaf crops with varietal selection and crop management for southern New South Wales and northern Victoria
DAN00116
Integrated disease management in northern no-tillage systems using precision agriculture
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
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
DAQ00118
Epidemiology and management of tobacco streak virus in sunflower and pulse crops of the Northern Region
DAS00048
Control of cereal fungal diseases
DAS00070
Varietal herbicide tolerance in the Southern Region incorporating national coordination
DAS00071
Pathology in Pulse Crops in the Southern Region—South Australia module
DAS00073
Crown rot management for durum and bread wheats for the southern region
DAS00079
Establishment surveys of the biological control agent Sarcophaga penicillata
DAV00078
Victorian pulse pathology and virology support program
DAV00087
Victorian cereal pathology support with emphasis on crown rot management
DAW00123
A systems approach to enhance the adoption of integrated weed management techniques in the northern agricultural region of Western Australia
DAW00127
Crop pest management for farming systems in high-rainfall areas of southern Australia
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
DAW00157
Cultivars for rotational management of root lesion and burrowing nematodes in Western Australia
DAW00158
Applied weed management in Western Australia—Phase 2
DAW00159
Management to minimise disease constraints in Western Region farming systems
DAW00163
Preliminary investigation of wheat curl mite distribution and seasonal activity in the wheat belt of Western Australia
DNR00007
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
NPB00005
National reference laboratory for Trogoderma and related dermestids
NSP00001
Scoping study for further field trails on atrazine use in raised-bed farming
SFS00015
Optimising cereal profitability in the high-rainfall zone through the integration of disease management and canopy management principles
UA00088
Understanding and management of weed resistance to glyphosate
UA00098
Managing the risks of trifluralin resistance in no-till cropping systems
UM00015
Epidemiology and control of botrytis grey mould in lentils
UM00026
Fungal pathology developments for management of oilseed brassicas in Australia
UM00029
Wheat curl mite and its role in the transmission of wheat streak mosaic virus
UM00030
Pilot scale implementation strategy to maximise durability of blackleg resistance in canola
UM00031
Monitoring virulence in Australian populations of the blackleg fungus
UMU00022
Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens; Fungal Pathogenicity
UMU00025
Genetic dissection of fungal disease resistance in legumes using Medicago truncatula
UWA00097
Improved herbicide tolerance for pulses in the Western Region
UWA00112
Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative—Phase 3

  

VALIDATION AND INTEGRATION

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AGV00002
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
ALL00001
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
AMP00002
Leaf spotting project
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 Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
CSA00011
Training growers to manage soil water
CSA00013
Southern Queensland Farming Systems
CSA00015
Irrigated Wheat Data Collection Project
CSP00097
Managing crops, animals and crop disease in mixed-farming systems based on dual-purpose wheats
CWF00007
Central west farming systems—Extension and development
CWF00009
Low Rainfall Collaboration
CWF00012
Southern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
DAN00096
Canola and mustard in northern New South Wales – Phase 2
DAN00102
CropMate—Climate information for crop production
DAN00107
Analysis of farming systems on the New South Wales western plains
DAQ00063
Viable and sustainable farming systems on ferrosols
DAQ00109
Barley industry development for the Northern Region
DAQ00123
Agronomic packages for improved yield and quality in the Australian peanut industry
DAT00003
Enhancing TOPCROP and GRDC extension delivery in Tasmania
DAV00077
Barley agronomy and industry development for southern Australia
DAW00149
Barley industry development for the Western Region
DMA00001
Southern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FFC00002
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FGI00005
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FGI00006
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
FLR00002
FarmLink—Supporting the establishment of a new Farming Systems Group in southern New South Wales
GHD00001
Develop a mixed farming program with Meat and Livestock Australia
GSA00002
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
HFG00004
Straight to the Hart—Profitable farming for the future
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-yielding winter cereal genotypes for irrigation for south-eastern Australia
IMA00002
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
IMA00003
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
JSA00003
Southern Region 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 Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
MFM00002
Increasing crop yields on Kangaroo Island and in the south-east of South Australia
MIG00010
Grower Group Network
MSF00002
Mallee Sustainable Farming Project
NGA00001
Validation and integration of new technology through grower groups in north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland grain-growing zones
NGA00002
Validation and integration of new technologies and production systems in the north-east New South Wales grain-growing region—North East Farming Systems
OCR00001
Best practice benchmarking
PAL00007
Crop support for the northern and southern regions
PHR00001
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
PHR00002
Northern Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
RPI00006
Improving winter cropping systems in the riverine plains
RSS00001
Farming systems improvement in the upper north of South Australia
SEE00001
Farm business management
SEP00004
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
SFS00014
Investigating stubble management systems to reduce dependence on burning in the high-rainfall zone region of southern Australia
SYN00002
Western Region Agribusiness Trial Extension Network
UA00087
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems Project – Phase 2
US00042
Irrigated cereal trial at the Plant Breeding Institute, Narrabri
UT00014
Addressing key limitations to the development of high-value grain crops in Tasmania
WAN00015
WANTFA technology demonstration site
YPA00001
Robust, profitable and sustainable farming practices on Yorke Peninsula

 


EXTENSION AND GROWER PROGRAMS

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ABP00002
GRDC extension provider integration into the customer relationship management database
AFQ00005
Research advisory committees—Northern Region
CCS01-1
GRDC Customer Database
CCS32-1
Grains Research Updates
CEC00001
Integration of final reports onto the GRDC website
COW00001
Conference sponsorship—Centenary of Wheat in the Golden Triangle
CRD00002
Drift management extension strategy for the Northern Region
DAW00150
Further development of the Crop Updates Partnership
GST00002
Improving linkages and extension opportunities with advisers
ICN00006
Grains Research Updates—Newsletter in the Northern Grains Region
JDS00001
Integration of weeds capacity into the GRDC customer relationship management database
JDS00002
Integration of disease capacity into the GRDC customer relationship management database
JDS00003
Integration of pest capacity into the GRDC customer relationship management database
JLC00011
GRDC Southern Region Crop Updates
KPI00001
Grower engagement tools for the GRDC research updates
LWR00005
2007 Annual Contribution to Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online
NCA00008
Improving market signals for the GRDC and the grains industry to enhance delivery to customers
NFA00002
Southern New South Wales Research Advisory Committee facilitation support
NFA00005
New South Wales Research Advisory Committee
PR133-1
Industry consultation for the northern grains industry
RDC00004
Contribution to Collaborative Partnership for Farming and Fishing Health and Safety
RMP00003
Crop Update DVD services
RRA00002
GRCD Website—MS Word to HTML conversion
RRA00003
GRDC Strategic Research and Development Plan 2007–12—convert to HTML micro-site
RRA00004
GRDC website redevelopment—Really simple syndication feeds and research update keyword search
SAF00004
Research advisory committees—South Australia
UQ00034
Improving understanding and awareness of intellectual property amongst grain growers in Australia
VFF00006
Research advisory committees—Victoria

 

 NEW FARM PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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BBE00007
Variety ID validation
BRI00027
Objective grain quality testing
BRI00038
Engagement of Asian partners for hybrid baking project
BRI00039
Engagement of Asian partners for hybrid baking project—Phase 2
CAD00001
Registration and commercialisation of new chemicals
CGS00001
Harrington Destructor
CSE00040
Registration and extension of the use of new ethyl formate formulations on stored grain and structural treatment
CSE00044
Identifying mechanisms involved in phosphate solubilisation and plant-growth promotion by Penicillium-based rhizosphere inoculants
CSE00045
Microbial tagging for tracking—Root disease bio-control efficacy and environmental fate of microbial inoculants in crop rotations
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
MEC00001
Weevil Wacker
NP15-1
Commercialisation costs
PAC00001
To identify the potential market opportunity for GL02 in international grain storage
PAL00009
Objective measurement of pulse qualities
PAL00014
Commercialisation of objective pulse measurement
PBA00001
Develop and market a range of inoculant products in Australia and the Asian regions designed to provide benefits to agricultural growers
UCS00012
Discovery of novel compounds as leads for natural herbicides
UCS00013
Biological control of pest snails in Australia using native nematodes
UMU00003
National Rhizobium Program—Developing and delivering high quality rhizobial inoculants to the Australian grains and pastures industries
UWA00113
Demonstration of UWA microspectrometer technology for assessment of soil and grain parameters in broad-acre agriculture


NEW GRAIN PRODUCTS
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ARB00001
Crop Biofactories Initiative—International reference panel
CGF00001
Grain Foods CRC Ltd
CGF00002
Grain Foods CRC Ltd—Director Fees
CSA00012
Energy efficiency, self-sufficiency and production at farm to regional scale
CSE00030
Crop Biofactories Initiative
CSE00042
A diagnostic method to determine phosphine resistance in insects
CSP00088
Coeliac Friendly Cereals—Phase 3
CSP00102
Omega 3 LC-PUFA canola oil for Australia
GOG00001
Go Grains—Membership subscription
GOG00003
Go Grains Health and Nutrition Ltd
HAW00001
Purchase shares from the high-amylose joint venture company
JPC00001
Crop Biofactories Initiative—International reference panel
NPB00004
Grain hygiene program for CRC for Plant Biosecurity
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
PES00001
Business case—New rodenticide
SMC00001
Consultancy—Go Grains Health and Nutrition Ltd
TCC00001
Consultancy—Feed grains
US00038
Biological factories for precious metal nanoparticles
VC01-1
Market intelligence—Existing
WJM00003
Coordination of registration of grain storage chemicals

 

BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY 

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AAC00004
Conference sponsorship—Australian Grains Industry Conference
AAR00001
Conference sponsorship—Fifty-second Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference
ACP00003
Conference sponsorship—Eleventh International Wheat Genetics Symposium
ACP00004
Travel award—to attend the conference and workshop for X-Ray Methods in Structural Biology
ACT00002
Conference sponsorship—Sixth Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Conference—CTF08
AGE00001
Travel award—to attend the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference
AOF00007
Conference sponsorship—Seventh International Safflower Conference
ARL00006
Australian Rural Leadership Foundation
ASA00003
Conference sponsorship—Fourteenth Australian Society of Agronomy Conference
ATA50
Agricultural training award—to study at the Longerenong Agricultural College
ATA51
Agricultural training award—to study at the Longerenong Agricultural College
ATA52
Agricultural training award—to study at the Longerenong Agricultural College
ATA53
Agricultural training award—to study at the Tocal College, CB Alexander Campus
BAE00015
Conference sponsorship—Outlook 2008
BBG00001
Conference sponsorship—2008 West Australian Natural Resource Management Conference
BRI00032
Research Horizons for Grain Leaders of the Future Course
BRS00011
Sponsorship of 2008 and 2009 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture
CEM00001
Conference sponsorship—World Congress on Oils and Fats and Twenty-eighth ISF Congress
CFM00007
Conference sponsorship—Agriculture in a Changing Climate: The New International Research Frontier
CMB00017
Travel award—to attend the Eighth International Symposium on Induced Mutations in Plants
CSA00014
Travel award—to attend the International Weed Science Congress
CSD00003
BHP Billiton Science Awards 2008
CSE00047
Travel award—to attend the Eighth International Conference on Controlled Atmosphere and Fumigation in Stored Products
CSP00100
Travel award—to attend the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference
CSP00103
Conference sponsorship—CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student program
CSP00105
Travel award—to develop collaborative projects and build linkages with researchers at ICARDA in Syria and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in the United Kingdom
CSP00106
Conference sponsorship—Plant Energy and Water Productivity: from Genes to Environment
CSP00108
Travel award—to review climate change R&D capacity and direction in the Australian grains industry
CUR00005
Travel award—to attend the Ninth International Conference on Precision Agriculture
CWF00010
Conference sponsorship—Central West Farming Association Annual Conference 2008
CWF00011
Travel award—to attend the Australian Agronomy Conference
DAQ00112
Travel award—to attend the Twelfth Australian Barley Technical Symposium
DAQ00120
Travel award—to attend Fifth International Weed Science Congress
DAQ00121
Travel award—to attend BioAsia 2007, Sixth Asian Crop Science Association Conference and Second International Conference on Rice for the Future
DAQ00124
Travel award—to attend 2008 AACC International Annual Meeting—Diversity of Grains
DAQ00125
Conference sponsorship—DPI&F Hermitage Research Station Schools’ Plant Science Competition
DAQ00126
Travel award—to attend and present at the Eighth International farming Systems Association
DAQ00127
Travel award—to travel to ICARDA
DAS00082
Travel award—to attend the Fifth International Crop Science Congress
DAS00083
Travel award—to attend the Eighth International Oat Conference
DAS00084
Travel award—to attend the International Rhizoctonia Symposium
DAS00085
Travel award—to attend the Twenty-first International Grassland Congress and Eighth International Rangeland Congress
DAV00088
Travel award—to attend the Fifth International Crop Science Congress
DAV00089
Travel award—to attend the Tenth International Barley Genetics Symposium
DAW00160
Travel award—to attend the Eighth International Oat Conference
DAW00164
Travel award—to attend the International Lupin Conference
DAW00165
Travel award—to attend the Twelfth International Lupin Conference
DAW00166
Travel award—to attend the International Symposium on Induced Mutations in Plants
DAW00167
Travel award—to participate in collaborative research and training available at Hull University, United Kingdom
DAW00168
Travel award—to attend the 11th International Wheat Genetics Symposium
EHG00001
Conference sponsorship—2008 Riverina Outlook Conference
FMA00002
Conference sponsorship—2008 Australasian Milling Conference
GOG00004
Conference sponsorship—The Great Grain Debate
GRD41-1
Conference sponsorship
GRS100
GIRS (CUR)—Wheat quality and product quality requirements for steamed breads and steamed buns made from soft and hard wheat
GRS101
GIRS (UWA)—Metabolomic profiling in plants to understand the role of mitochondria in environmental stress tolerance
GRS102
GIRS (UWS)—Managing competitive rhizobial populations of low effectiveness in New South Wales chickpea cropping soils
GRS103
GIRS (UA)—The isolation and characterisation of meiosis-specific proteins in bread wheat
GRS104
GIRS (UA)—An examination of the role of the thioredoxin h family in the stress response of cereals
GRS105
GIRS (SWI)—Investigation of the gene family encoding aquaporins, the protein channels regulating water movement, in wheat
GRS106
GIRS (UMU)—Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Sinorhizobium meliloti on the annual pasture legume Medicago
GRS107
GIRS (UWA)—The influence of the root–soil hydrological feedback on wheat growth in Western Australia
GRS108
GIRS (ANU)—Characterisation of aluminium tolerance genes in crop plants
GRS109
GIRS (UWA)—Physiological and molecular basis of salt tolerance in Lotus tenuis, a new perennial pasture legume for salt-affected land
GRS110
GIRS (UWA and CSP)—Molecular and genetic study of plant resistance to aphid
GRS114
GIRS (UQ)—Discovery of genes involved in the transmission of the long-distance silencing signal in Arabidopsis
GRS115
GIRS (ULA)—Characterization of the Xero2 system in Arabidopsis thaliana
GRS116
GIRS (UMU)—The role of secondary metabolites in legume defence against fungal pathogens, investigated using the model legume, Medicago truncatula
GRS117
GIRS (RMI)—Ingredients, fortification and colour characteristics of instant noodles
GRS118
GIRS (USC)—Nanotechnology and locked nucleic acid probes for DNA diagnostics and gentoyping in grains
GRS119
GIRS (SWI)—Investigation of wheat genes encoding immunophilins involved in regulation of storage protein folding, chloroplast function and plant development
GRS120
GIRS (UM)—Population genetics of the lucerne flea with applications for biocontrol
GRS121
GIRS (UM)—Durable resistance of Brassica juncea to blackleg
GRS123
GIRS (UQ)—RNA silencing in plants
GRS124
GIRS (UQ)—Novel genes regulating plant defence
GRS125
GIRS (QUT)—Characterisation of the NF-Y family of transcription factors in wheat
GRS126
GIRS (UWA)—The design of biodiversity conservation contracts under uncertainty
GRS127
GIRS (CUR)—Adaptations for growing wheat in a drying climate
GRS128
GIRS (UMU)—A bioinformatics approach for identification of pathogenicity factors/fungicide targets in Stagonospora nodorum and closely related necrotrophic fungi
GRS129
GIRS (UA/ACPFG)—Characterisation of transcription factors important in regulating salinity tolerance
GRS131
GIRS (US)—Novel plasmodesmatal proteins and their role in transport in plants
GRS132
GIRS (UNS)—Amelioration of irrigation salinity for wheat cultivation using cyanobacteria and mycorrhizal fungi
GRS134
GIRS (UF)—Characterising the molecular basis of the beneficial plant– endophytic actinobacteria relationship
GRS135
GIRS (US)—Physiological tolerance mechanisms of rhizobia in response to desiccation
GRS136
GIRS (US)—Epidemiology and host resistance of Fusarium head blight
GRS137
GIRS (UF)—Investigation of the differences between R protein activation in monocotyledonous (wheat) and dicotyledonous (flax) plant species
GRS138
GIRS (US)—Genetic improvement of grain quality for bread making in triticale
GRS139
GIRS (US)—Genetics of Hordeum bulbosum–derived rust resistance in cultivated barley
GRS140
GIRS (UCS)—The relationship between earliness and vigour in cereals
GRS141
GIRS (UQ)—Investigation of techniques to rapidly introgress new genes into adapted bread wheat cultivars
GRS142
GIRS (DAS)—Genetic and physiological characterisation of resistance to root lesion nematode Pratylenchus sp. in wheat
GRS143
GIRS (SWI)—Molecular analysis of the GSP and puroindoline genes, related to grain hardness and antimicrobial properties in cereals
GRS144
GIRS (UA)—Structural basis of catalysis and substrate specificity of barley xyloglucan endotransglysocylases (HvXETs)
GRS146
GIRS (UCS)—The role of decision support tools in farm business decision making
GRS147
GIRS (UCS)—Investigation of the use of Biochar to enhance soil physical and chemical properties under dryland cropping
GRS148
GIRS (UNE)—Biolgical indicators and potential amendments to improve soil health crop productivity and profitability for cropping soils in central western New South Wales
GRS86
GIRS (UWA)—Host plant resistance in Medicago truncatula (Leguminosae) to Acrythosiphon pisum (Aphididae)
GRS90
GIRS (US)—Precision agriculture and whole-farm planning for sustainability
GRS99
GIRS (UMU)—Metabolism and infection in the Stagonospora nodorum–wheat pathosystem
ICNE00001
Conference sponsorship—Fifth International Congress of Nematology
IDA00022
Industry Development Award—South Island New Zealand study tour
IDA00023
Industry Development Award—Research and capacity-building tour of Victoria
IDA00024
Industry Development Award—‘The Future Fuel or Food or What’ study tour
IDA00025
Industry Development Award—2020 Vision—Supporting Young Farmers for Sustainable Communities
IDA00026
Industry Development Award—Building a sustainable organisation
IDA00027
Industry Development Award—Investigating options to improve the resilience of Western Australian farming systems
IDA00028
Industry Development Award—'Paddock to Plate' young farmers tour
IDA00029
Industry Development Award—Conservation agriculture expertise and GMO study tour
IPR00002
Vavilov–Frankel Fellowships
IST49
In-service Training Award (DAQ)—EcoTILLING for targeted genotyping and SNP discovery in key genes invloved in drought tolerance in sorghum
IST50
In-service Training Award (DAV)—Identification of novel resistance to spot from of net blotch of barley (Pyrenophora teres f. maculate)
IST51
In-service Training Award (UA)—Modulating small extracellular peptides to enhance somatic embroyogenesis and develop novel nematode resistance and stress tolerance in cereals
NFA00006
Conference sponsorship—New South Wales Farmers Association
NUF00008
Nuffield Farming Scholarships
NYS00001
Conference sponsorship—National Youth Science Forum
RCI00004
Conference sponsorship—Fifty-seventh Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
RCI00005
Conference sponsorship—Fifty-eighth Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
RGH00001
Conference sponsorship—Australian Summer Grains Conference
SAN00015
Conference sponsorship—Tenth Annual SANTFA Conference 2008
SF26
Senior Fellowship (UMU)—Application of recombinant antibodies for field detection of insects and pathogens
SPA00007
Travel award—to travel to the United States using United States experience and contacts to improve precision agriculture adoption in Australia
UHS117
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—The effect of charcoal (Biochar) on soil microbial activity and plant nutrition
UHS119
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (ULA)—Validation of salt tolerance
UHS120
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Native legumes as a grain crop for diversification in Australia
UHS121
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Proteomic analysis of Hsp 22-knockout arabidopsis
UHS122
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Herbicide tolerance of new drought-tolerant native perennial legumes with pasture potential
UHS123
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UF)—The study of protein–protein interactions between flax rust R/Avr proteins in vitro
UHS124
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Low-emission farming systems
UHS125
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Early vigour in narrow-leafed lupin—physiological aspects
UHS126
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UM)—Biosynthesis of a toxin involved in blackleg of canola
UHS127
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UNE)—The effect of row spacing and cultivation on weed competition in triticale
UHS128
Undergraduate Honours Scholarship (UWA)—Root system distribution and morphology of Australian native and exotic perennial legumes in response to phosphorus placement and water availability
UM00032
Travel award—to attend the International Conference of the American Society of Agronomy
US00040
Travel award—to attend the Fifty-eighth Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
US00041
Travel award—to attend the Fifty-eighth Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
USA00006
Travel award—to attend International Conference on Agricultural Engineering EuroAG Eng and ASABE Annual Meeting
UT00011
Building human capacity: Linking schools to universities through to primary industries
UT00015
Travel award—to participate in collaborative research with University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, on mechanisms of potassium homeostasis in barley under adverse environmental conditions
UWA00110
Travel award—to attend the Fifth International Weed Science Congress
UWA00115
Travel award—to collect wheat, clover, annual medics and chickpea germplasm to add value to the current collections in Australia
UWA00116
Travel award—to attend the ICPP 2008 Ninth International Congress of Plant Pathology
UWA00117
Travel award—to attend IEEE LEOS Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics Conference and visit other labs working with NIR and MEMS devices
UWA00120
Capacity building in plant-breeding education and research (UWA)
VAN00003
Conference sponsorship—Sixth Annual VNTFA Conference
VF00011
Visiting Fellowship Award (USA)—Investigations into the mechanics of angled disc openers for improved residue cutting in zero-till cropping systems
VFF00007
Conference sponsorship—Victorian Farmers Annual Grains Conference 2008
WAN00016
Conference sponsorship—Seventeenth Annual WANTFA Conference
WSQ00001
Conference sponsorship—Sixteenth Australian Weeds Conference

  
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS 

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ANV00007
Pilot Program: Grain Grower TV
BCA00003
Western Region Communicator Services
BER00005
International Research Review
BER00007
Grains Industry Focus
BNC00001
GRDC printed and promotional material
CAN00002
Warehousing and distribution of GRDC’s publications, periodicals and promotional material
CCS27-1
Design, production and printing of CD Rom material
CCS31-1
Communication campaigns and information packaging
CIC00003
Northern Region Communicator Services
CIC00004
Crown Rot Communication Campaign
COR00007
Ground Cover Newspaper
COR00008
Ground Cover supplements
COR00012
Regional fact sheet for growers
COR00013
GRDC articles to appear in Farming Ahead
COR00014
Canola Best Management Practice Manual
COR00015
Grains Industry Environmental Plan
IPS00001
Government Survey
KDI00017
Advertising in Farming Ahead magazine
KMP00001
GRDC web-based interactive promotional tool
MAA00005
The COB magazine
MMO00002
Undertake and provide a quarterly in-depth quantitative and qualitative media analysis report
PIG00005
Delivering professional development through partners in grain
PNS00002
Southern Region Communicator Services
RSS00005
Lentil Ute Guide
RSS00006
Field pea Ute Guide
RSS00007
Faba bean Ute Guide
SDG00001
Development of GRDC Style Guide
SPA00008
PA in Practice publication
WDM00007
Paddock Diary 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09

ENHANCED MANAGEMENT 

AAA00005 Increasing informed debate and decision making about gene technology
ACF00001 Review of revenue forecasting model
ATR00002 Cost benefit analysis consultancy—Impact assessment
BAE00013 Expert advice for the economic and strategic development of the Australian grains industry
GRD172 Global Crop Diversity Trust
TQA00003 Organisational and program performance indicators
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