Source: Grain Zone News
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

From: Papers from the High Rainfall Grains Research Updates held in August and September

Plant breeding for the tough times

The scope of the presentation is as follows:

• Breeding for the Australian environment - principles and challenges
• Frost tolerance in cereals
• Varieties with tolerance to drought, salt and boron
• Suiting varieties to changing farm systems
  - Weed competition
  - Direct drill
  - Stubble retention
• The GMO issue
  - Can we tackle the tough problems without GM technology?
  - Will recent bans affect breeding progress?
  - How can growers capture benefits from genetic progress, especially GM technology
• What's in the pipeline for wheat from AGT and barley from the SA Barley Improvement
  Program?

The presentation is at http://www.grdc.com.au/growers/res_upd/south/04S/eglinton.htm