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  • Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties
    Cereals, 28 Apr 2022
    Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties

    New trials in WA are weighing up the benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties. They’re part of a two-year GRDC investment, led by SLR Agriculture, focusing on the long coleoptile trait.

  • Pre-breeding co-investment tackles sorghum lodging
    Cereals, 14 Apr 2022
    Pre-breeding co-investment tackles sorghum lodging

    A new $11.6 million, five-and-a-half-year joint investment aims to address lodging in sorghum, an issue consistently rated as the most significant concern facing sorghum growers

  • New efforts to tackle irregular grain quality
    Cereals, 05 Mar 2022
    New efforts to tackle irregular grain quality

    Researchers are exploring possible ways to mitigate the risk of price discounts after rain falls on mature wheat crops

  • Earlier sown winter barley sets new yield benchmarks >10 t/ha
    Cereals, 23 Feb 2022
    Earlier sown winter barley sets new yield benchmarks >10 t/ha

    Barley yields in excess of 10 t/ha have been recorded at Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia’s SA Crop Technology Centre, home to the GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops research project in South Australia.

  • Quality candidates recognised in historic double win
    Cereals, 20 Feb 2022
    Quality candidates recognised in historic double win

    For the first time in its history, the Australasian Grain Science Association has presented two researchers with the Guthrie Award for their outstanding contributions to grain science

  • New wheat class set to deliver greater choice and value
    Cereals, 23 Dec 2021
    New wheat class set to deliver greater choice and value

    Wheat Quality Australia (WQA) has introduced a new milling wheat class – Australian White Wheat (AWW), which is suitable for the instant noodle and general-purpose flour markets. AWW maintains the core quality characteristics of Australian hard wheat and is set to deliver greater choice and value for breeders, growers and the trade.

  • Wheat adaptation puzzle solutions
    Cereals, 19 Dec 2021
    Wheat adaptation puzzle solutions

    Puzzle solving is an important skill for scientists and David Cann has honed this skill further under the direction of a team of scientists on a GRDC capacity-building project. Mr Cann is focusing on winter wheat adaptation for changing climatic conditions.

  • Capacity building to support ‘next-gen’ wheat
    Cereals, 16 Dec 2021
    Capacity building to support ‘next-gen’ wheat

    Cropping in changing climatic situations requires new tools and 100-day wheats may provide this opportunity. Tim Green is undertaking a GRDC capacity-building project conducting preliminary investigation into identifying traits essential for improving the performance and reliability of a wheat variety like this, a next-gen wheat.

  • Genetic solution to barley heat stress
    Cereals, 09 Dec 2021
    Genetic solution to barley heat stress

    GRDC is building scientific capacity to address priority issues such as heat tolerance of cereals. Dr Camilla Hill from Murdoch University brings years of experience to the task of improving barley heat tolerance and providing new genetics and molecular tools for Australian breeders.

  • Multiple skills for challenging environments
    Cereals, 05 Dec 2021
    Multiple skills for challenging environments

    Scientific capacity building is being facilitated as part of a major GRDC–NSW DPI bilateral investment. Mitch Buster is one such candidate undertaking a PhD to further understand the interaction of root architecture with water use and Fusarium crown rot in high-value cereals with the aim of improving productivity.

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