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Cereals, 01 Dec 2021
Pandemic delivers a win for local agriculture students
A keen interest in food crops has underpinned Dr Onoriode Coast’s travel and training around the world and led to developing expertise in dissecting wheat’s tolerance of heat to develop tools for Australian breeders to select better yielding lines under heat stress
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Cereals, 29 Nov 2021
New tools for wheat salt tolerance
Innovative research using proteomics is putting salt tolerance under the microscope to provide a boost to breeding wheat with increased salt tolerance
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Cereals, 28 Nov 2021
Northern research goes to the root of the matter
Grain production gains for the northern Australian cropping region are being sought through increased knowledge of root-soil-nutrient interactions.
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Cereals, 25 Nov 2021
Smart digital solutions for barley drought resistance
Technologies are converging at the University of Adelaide where Na (Charlotte) Sai is bringing together machine learning with detailed physiological and genetic analysis to dissect the dynamics of drought tolerance of barley to inform breeding programs. She is undertaking a GRDC-supported capacity-building project to complete a Doctor of Philosophy and gain valuable skills to contribute to the Australian grains industry.
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Cereals, 19 Nov 2021
Inspirational legacy ups the ante with phenology data
GRDC has developed a legacy of capacity building during its years of operation, where scientists are successively nurturing the development of the next generation of scientists. Max Bloomfield is just one of many who have benefited and will soon be supporting Australian growers to make more informed cropping decisions underpinned by cutting-edge science.
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Cereals, 18 Nov 2021
Roots may unlock improved durum resilience
Sensor technology is being combined with conventional agronomy and molecular science in a GRDC-supported capacity-building project at the University of Queensland to deliver new traits and tools to Australian durum breeding programs
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Cereals, 03 Nov 2021
GRDC helps guide sowing plans for 2022
GRDC has just released the 2022 Victorian Crop Sowing Guide to assist growers in what to plant for the 2022 winter crop season.
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Cereals, 28 Oct 2021
GRDC helps growers with 2022 winter crop variety choices
The newly released GRDC 2022 Queensland Winter Crop Sowing Guide contains the latest information for wheat, barley and chickpea varieties.
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Cereals, 21 Aug 2021
Useful guides to boost crop potential
To help growers make informed cropping decisions, GRDC has invested in several guides which are available from the GRDC website.
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Cereals, 20 Aug 2021
Search for tools to lift high-rainfall yields
Preliminary results for barley from the Hyper Yielding Crop project in Western Australia indicate yield could be boosted through sourcing more appropriately adapted varieties.