Western Australia
June 21, 2007
Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) support of
international collaboration with leading Chinese and Indian
canola scientists in breeding, pathology and agronomy, could
benefit Australia's canola oilseed industry.
More than 30 collaborators from Australia, including
representatives from the
University of Western Australia (UWA) School of Plant
Biology and the Centre for
Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), recently met
associates at Huazhong
Agricultural University, China's leading rapeseed research
laboratory.
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
and the GRDC supported the visit, as part of the University of
Melbourne led 'Oilseed Brassica Improvement in China, India
and Australia' project.
UWA Associate Professor, Wallace Cowling said Western Australian
growers may benefit from India's shatter resistant pod research
and China's Sclerotinia resistance research.
"UWA researchers now face the challenge of applying appropriate
breeding methods to transfer improvements into Australian
canola." |
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