Australia

Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in Australia and Oceania.
In the past few decades, the Oceania region has experienced a general trend of rising temperature, increased rainfall variability, …
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The Value of Tactical Adaptation to El Niño–Southern Oscillation for East Australian Wheat
El Niño–Southern Oscillation strongly influences rainfall and temperature patterns in Eastern Australia, with major impacts on frost, …
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Direct and Indirect Costs of Frost in the Australian Wheatbelt
Breeding for improved reproductive frost tolerance could allow greater yield and economic benefits to be achieved by (i) reducing …
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Assessment of canopy growth and development for three wheat cultivars under different water and nitrogen regimes
Traits related to water productivity in dryland cropping interact in multiple ways to influence final grain yield. Crop modelling can …
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Improving the relationships used to define frost damage to wheat in crop models
In order to predict the consequences and value of frost adaptation through breeding and agronomy across Australia’s cropping region it …
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Economic assessment of wheat breeding options for potential improved levels of post head-emergence frost tolerance
Frost, during reproductive developmental stages, especially post head emergence frost (PHEF), can result in catastrophic yield loss for …
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Quantifying high temperature risks and their potential effects on sorghum production in Australia
High temperatures across the Australian sorghum belt can reduce sorghum yields, but genotypic differences in heat tolerance could …
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Drought in wheat – Past and future trends
Understanding how climate is varying and is likely affecting crop productivity in the coming decades is essential for global food …
Identification of Earliness Per Se Flowering Time Locus in Spring Wheat through a Genome-Wide Association Study
Identification of earliness per se (Eps) flowering time loci in spring wheat are troublesome due to confounding effects of …
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Improvement of the model capacity and assessment traits related with water use efficiency for wheat in Australia
Traits related with water productivity in dryland cropping interact in multiple ways to influence final grain yield, with traits being …
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