Development of lupins for end use markets was recently highlighted at the 11^th annual International Lupin Conference.

Possible food uses are protein concentrates and isolates, milk and milk substitutes.

Funded by GRDC, Jon Clements, researcher with the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), attended the conference in Guadalajara, Mexico.

A broad range of topics were covered, such as lupins and health, plant protection (including anthracnose disease), agronomy, plant breeding, biochemistry, physiology and using lupins in food.

Dr Mark Sweetingham and Dr Bevan Burchiell, both of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, along with Dr Clements, recently announced that their lobbying efforts in Mexico succeeded in convincing the International Lupin Association to hold its 2008 conference in Western Australia.