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- 2005-06 The financial year 2005-06; that is, 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006
- ABARE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- abiotic stress Stress caused to living organisms by non-living environmental factors, such as cold, heat or drought
- ACPFG Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
- AFLOMAN A web-based decision support tool to help peanut growers assess the best time to harvest to achieve maximal returns and minimal aflatoxin contamination
- agroecological region A region defined by a characteristic interrelationship between agronomy/farming systems and various environmental features, not just climate
- AgSafe An independent subsidiary of CropLife Australia (the national body for the plant science industry)
- AEIFRS Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards
- AOF Australian Oilseeds Federation
- ascochyta The pathogen that causes ascochyta blight, a serious disease of peas in Victoria and South Australia
- AWCMMP Australian Winter Cereals Molecular Marker Program
- BBA Barley Breeding Australia
- biodiesel crops Crops (particularly oilseeds) used to manufacture biodiesel, a renewable alternative to fossil fuels biofactories The utilisation of living organisms such as plants as a platform for the production of industrial and/or pharmaceutical materials through the application of biotechnology
- bio-physical The biological and physical components of the environment
- biotic stress Stress caused to living organisms by other living organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, insects or fungi
- CAC Act The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, which is complemented by the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Report of Operations) Orders 2005-orders made by the Finance Minister concerning the report of operations component of annual reporting
- cereal crops Members of the grass family grown for their edible, starchy seeds-for example, wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale
- CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico
- CRC cooperative research centre
- CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- DAFF Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- DAFWA Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
- DPI Victoria Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
- Driving Innovation The GRDC Five Year Research and Development Plan 2002-07
- dryland Land which is not irrigated and depends on rainfall to support crops
- EMS environmental management system
- EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- EPR End Point Royalty
- ESD ecologically sustainable development
- FOI Act Freedom of Information Act 1982
- GCA Grains Council of Australia
- Go Grains Go Grains Health and Nutrition Ltd
- GrainZone The GRDC website at www.grdc.com.au
- GRDC Grains Research and Development Corporation
- Ground Cover A free newspaper produced by the GRDC, with six editions each year
- Harvest Radio The GRDC's web-based initiative that provides technical information for graingrowers, including updates on research, trials, new varieties and farmer activities, and case studies
- heliothis A caterpillar pest of many grains and other crops
- HOLL high-oleic, low-linolenic
- ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria
- IWM integrated weed management
- MLA Meat and Livestock Australia
- NAPLIP National Annual Pasture Legume Improvement Program
- NIR near-infrared spectroscopy
- NPBP National Pulse Breeding Program
- NVT National Variety Trials
- PDF portable document format
- phosphine A colourless gas with a strong fishy smell, used as a pesticide
- PIERD Act Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989
- precision agriculture The use of spatial information (such as yield maps) to better match crop agronomy techniques, such as fertiliser application, to paddock variations
- pulses The edible seeds of certain pod-bearing plants, such as peas and beans
- R&D research and development
- RDC research and development corporation
- rhizobacteria Bacteria found closely associated with plant roots
- RIRDC Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
- SARDI South Australian Research and Development Institute
- sclerotinia Any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some cause brown rot diseases in plants
- SVGA Single Vision Grains Australia
- The Way Forward The GRDC strategic business plan
- triazine A class of herbicides-for example, atrazine, propazine, and simazine