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  • Unravelling the biochemistry of heat response
    Cereals, 18 Nov 2024
    Unravelling the biochemistry of heat response

    A project was launched in 2023 to subject heat-responsive biochemical pathways in wheat to rigorous analysis. The aim is to scan for new opportunities to provide wheat breeders with tools to select for more heat-tolerant wheat germplasm.

  • Photosynthesis the key to new heat-tolerant crops
    Cereals, 15 Nov 2024
    Photosynthesis the key to new heat-tolerant crops

    The ability to mass screen wheat for differences in photosynthesis efficiency at high temperatures is being developed to give breeders a vital new selection tool

  • Cereal frontiers targeted in lower rainfall areas
    Cereals, 09 Oct 2024
    Cereal frontiers targeted in lower rainfall areas

    New research is set to push the limits of water productivity and cereal yield potential in the low and medium-rainfall zones to help grain growers in these regions achieve new yield frontiers.

  • $4M GRDC research consortium to tackle septoria in oats
    Cereals, 02 Sep 2024
    $4M GRDC research consortium to tackle septoria in oats

    A new research consortium has been established to close knowledge gaps around Septoria avenae leaf blotch, a significant disease in Australian oat crops.

  • Analytics identifying valuable new genetics
    Cereals, 30 Aug 2024
    Analytics identifying valuable new genetics

    GRDC invests through the CAIGE program to access germplasm from CIMMYT in Mexico and ICARDA in Morocco. Underpinned by sophisticated analytical support from the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry, the program is providing valuable diversity to commercial breeding companies, which has resulted in several variety releases.

  • 100-day wheat to beat the heat
    National, 31 Jul 2024
    100-day wheat to beat the heat

    Short-season winter-sown wheats have the potential to provide more windows of opportunity for growers

  • GRDC launches new wave of oat investments
    Cereals, 01 Jul 2024
    GRDC launches new wave of oat investments

    A new wave of strategically planned GRDC oat investments is set to build on a firm investment portfolio for the crop. Designed in close consultation with industry and with significant industry support, these new investments will position oats to capture increased market share for Australian growers.

  • Australia’s wheat productivity ranks highest globally
    Cereals, 20 Sep 2023
    Australia’s wheat productivity ranks highest globally

    A benchmarking study has found Australia has experienced the highest growth in wheat productivity globally during the past 30 years. The study’s results help inform GRDC on investment strategies.

  • Are wheat and chickpeas better together?
    Cereals, 14 Sep 2023
    Are wheat and chickpeas better together?

    Grown together as companion crops, wheat and chickpeas can yield well – food for thought in regions where chickpeas are popular but provide little stubble cover for water infiltration.

  • Study reveals essential ingredients for hyper-yielding wheat
    Cereals, 24 Aug 2023
    Study reveals essential ingredients for hyper-yielding wheat

    GRDC’s Hyper Yielding Crops research has confirmed the varieties, nutrition and fungicide treatments required for growing high-yielding wheat

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