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GRDC and the Western Australian State Government form Intergrain Pty Ltd, responsible for future breeding and selection of superior Western Australian wheat varieties

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Australia
November 21, 2007

The Grain Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the Western Australian State Government have united in a joint venture to form the company Intergrain Pty Ltd, which will be responsible for future breeding and selection of superior Western Australian wheat varieties.

The alliance, with the State Government as a majority shareholder, will enable the wheat breeding program to have the necessary economies of scale to remain competitive with wheat breeding programs elsewhere.

The new company is co-located at the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food at South Perth.

The first high performance wheat varieties for Western Australian farmers developed by Intergrain, Magenta and Yandanooka, have been released.

According to Dale Baker, chair of the board of directors at Intergrain, Magenta is a high yielding, Australian Premium White variety, with better stem and leaf rust resistance than Wyalkatchem.

"Yandanooka, a noodle quality wheat, has similar yield to Arrino and has better resistance to all three rust diseases than Calingiri and Arrino," Mr Baker said.

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