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Dr Peter Martin
BAgrSc (Melbourne), PhD (Melbourne)
Position Research Agronomist
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Location NSW DPI, Wagga Wagga
Phone 02 6938 1833
Fax 02 6938 1809
Email peter.martin@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Career Brief
Dr Martin graduated with B Agr Sc from University of Melbourne before undertaking PhD studies, also at University of Melbourne, investigating Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus tolerance in wheat and related species.
Dr Martin has a strong background in wheat breeding, first as a wheat breeder with the Victorian Department of Agriculture at Horsham and then with NSW Agriculture (now NSW DPI) at Wagga Wagga. In both these positions he managed or so-managed the wheat breeding programs, setting and implementing the breeding strategies, which culminated in the breeding and release of 20 varieties. These varieties included of quality types from prime hard to soft biscuit, with broad combinations of disease resistance and tolerance to abiotic stress.
Dr Martin was appointed to the position of Research Agronomist in 2007, with a focus on farming system research in southern NSW.
Research
- Variety Specific Agronomy packages for wheat, canola and lupins.
- Improving the management of grazing cereals.
- Development of drought tolerant bread wheat through breeding.
Professional Links
- Representative on the Australian Cereal Rust Control Program Steering Committee, EGA rep 2007- , NSW DPI rep 1994-2000, Victorian rep 1988-1993
- Late Maturity alpha-amylase (LMA) Steering Committee (an industry-based committee set up to assist in managing the threat of LMA to the Australian wheat industry)
Interests
- Improving the efficiency of selecting for quality in wheat
- Development of molecular markers for traits of interest to wheat improvement
- Optimising productivity of winter wheat cultivars in S NSW
- Grain protein concentration
- Grazing and grain recovery of winter cereals
- Variety response to changes in agronomy
Selected Publications
Raman R, Raman H and Martin P (2007). Identification of functional gene markers tightly linked with polyphenol oxidase locus in bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L .). Molecular breeding (in Press).
Eagles H A, Cane Karen, Eastwood R F, Hollamby G J, Kuchel Haydn, Martin P and Cornish G B (2006). Contributions of glutenin and puroindoline genes to grain quality traits in southern Australian wheat breeding programs. 
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56:179-186.
Brennan, J P and Martin, P (2005). Developing Cost Functions for a Wheat Breeding Program. 50th annual conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Manley.