Australia
July 23, 2008
Source:
GRDC's The Crop Doctor
Western Australia is Australia’s
largest producer of lupins, so it’s fitting that
The 12th International Lupin
Conference will be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, Western
Australia, September 15-18, 2008.
Themed around ‘Lupins for Health and Wealth’, topics will
include new opportunities for lupins in human nutrition and
well-being and lupins as livestock and aquaculture rations.
The conference will showcase innovation and help create links
between lupin researchers from around the world
Convenors are Dr Mark Sweetingham, Department of Agriculture and
Food WA (DAFWA) and Dr Jon Clements, Centre for Legumes in
Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) at The University of Western
Australia. The Grains Research
and Development and Corporation is a sponsor.
Dr Sweetingham says the conference will refresh thinking on how
lupins can underpin profitable and healthy agricultural systems.
He advises that a variety of specialised satellite workshops
will include molecular marker development and implementation in
lupin breeding, disease screening, aquaculture, feed grains and
lupin root nodule bacteria.
A pre-conference satellite event is a ‘Lupin Focus’ field day at
Mingenew for growers and agronomists, hosted by the Mingenew
Irwin Group and Pulse Australia.
Also on offer is a full day field tour to DAFWA’s Wongan Hills
research farm to view lupin breeding and agronomy research
activities.
Another field tour option is to the world’s largest lupin grain
handling and dehulling facilities at Kwinana and Forrestfield.
Delegates can also visit a Fremantle niche bakery, using lupin
flour and the lupin seed chemistry and aquaculture facilities at
Hillary’s Boat Harbour.
Dr Sweetingham said registration was open until August 31 and
keen local and interstate lupin growers and other industry
stakeholders are likely to benefit from attending.
Further information, including a registration form, is available
from the top of the webpage at
www.lupin.org.au |
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The Crop Doctor is
GRDC Managing Director,
Peter Reading |
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