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  • Synchrotron looks deep into wheat’s nutritional value
    Plant Breeding, 17 Oct 2023
    Synchrotron looks deep into wheat’s nutritional value

    GRDC is investing in research to increase understanding and research capacity for developing agronomic methods that can lead to the production of grains with higher nutritional benefit. Using instruments at the X-ray fluorescence microscopy beamline, crop scientists can investigate the concentrations and distribution of micronutrients accumulated in dozens of grain samples in a relatively short timeframe.

  • GM and gene-edited grass research program expanded
    Plant Breeding, 05 Sep 2023
    GM and gene-edited grass research program expanded

    AgResearch, one of seven Crown Research Institutes in New Zealand, has announced it is expanding its genetically modified and gene-edited grasses research and development program. Field trials of the GM ryegrass have been undertaken in the United States, due to the ban on GM crop commercialisation in New Zealand.

  • Improved canola heat tolerance observed in field trials
    Plant Breeding, 20 Jun 2023
    Improved canola heat tolerance observed in field trials

    Heat tolerance traits are undergoing extensive field trials and genetic analysis following their identification in newly resynthesised canola material that contains novel genetic diversity.

  • Scientists crack one of cropping’s most sought-after genetic secrets
    Plant Breeding, 27 Apr 2023
    Scientists crack one of cropping’s most sought-after genetic secrets

    By studying plants that can withstand dry environments, scientists at the University of Queensland have identified some of the genes responsible for one of the most important drought adaption traits in cereal crops – the ‘stay-green’ trait

  • Accelerated breeding used for genetic gain in chickpeas
    Plant Breeding, 27 Mar 2023
    Accelerated breeding used for genetic gain in chickpeas

    The team that produced the world’s first accelerated plant breeding platform based on the use of LED lights has now realised a long-sought chickpea breeding goal – they have produced a chickpea population that stably incorporates novel genetic diversity sourced from a wild species

  • Accelerated breeding brings herbicide-tolerant chickpeas closer to commercial reality
    Plant Breeding, 24 Mar 2023
    Accelerated breeding brings herbicide-tolerant chickpeas closer to commercial reality

    Herbicide regulatory approvals are the final step prior to the release of newly developed herbicide-tolerant chickpea varieties

  • Gene-edited crops for carbon capture
    Plant Breeding, 17 Mar 2023
    Gene-edited crops for carbon capture

    The Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia is an industry initiative established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate and decision-making about, gene technology.

  • High-speed testing to boost faba bean variety development
    Plant Breeding, 16 Dec 2022
    High-speed testing to boost faba bean variety development

    New research will make it faster and easier for plant breeders to continue developing Australian faba bean varieties with desirable traits. During a six-month project supported by GRDC, a team of researchers from Agriculture Victoria developed a faster, simplified method of analysing batches of faba germplasm using high-throughput mass spectroscopy.

  • Visit highlights progress for chickpea expansion in the West
    Plant Breeding, 23 Nov 2022
    Visit highlights progress for chickpea expansion in the West

    Advancements in the development of chickpea varieties that are better adapted to Western Australia’s unique conditions have been identified during a recent visit to the state by Australia’s leading chickpea breeding researchers.

  • GRDC backed breeding program set to dial up the heat tolerance of wheat
    Plant Breeding, 15 Nov 2022
    GRDC backed breeding program set to dial up the heat tolerance of wheat

    A hot finish on a bumper crop can have devastating effects for grain growers across Australia, with heat stress estimated to cost the grains industry $37 million annually in wheat alone.

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