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Graham Centre Projects
The Graham Centre currently has research projects with a total value of approximately $48M.
1. Conservation Cropping
| Full Project Title | Primary Investigator | Funding Source | Duration |
| CSU | |||
| Canola meal proteins for optimal food functionality | Blanchard | GRDC | 2009-13 |
| Improving food quality and end use market acceptance of Australian Pulses - cooking and sensory | Blanchard | GRDC | 2010-13 |
| Enabling landholders to adopt profitable & sustainable carbon cropping practices | Lemerle | DAFF | 2012-15 |
| NSW DPI | |||
| Evaluating remaining albus lupin breeding material at Wagga | Armstrong | GRDC | 2012-15 |
| Olive Oil Shelf Life | Ayton | RIRDC | 2008-12 |
| Increasing market value of canola through improved quality traits | Ayton | GRDC | 2011-14 |
| Climate Change Options of Cropping Systems | Cashen | CSIRO / DAFF | 2009-12 |
| MCPCNII – program coordination and communication | Conyers | GRDC | 2012-16 |
| Strategic tillage within conservation farming | Conyers | GRDC | 2011-16 |
| Identification of genetic variation for heat tolerance in durum and bread wheat | Emebiri | GRDC | 2011-15 |
| Expanding the use of pulses in the southern regions | Gaynor | GRDC | 2010-15 |
| Farming system options and catchment salinity response | Hume | CSIRO | 2006-12 |
| Crop sequences to improve grain production and profitability | Li | CSIRO | 2010-15 |
| Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions South | Li | GRDC | 2012-15 |
| PBA Chickpea - national breeding - Wagga component | Lindbeck | GRDC | 2011-16 |
| Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions – Modelling | Liu | GRDC | 2012-15 |
| National brassica germplasm improvement program | Luckett | GRDC | 2007-13 |
| Variety specific agronomy packages for NSW | Martin | GRDC | 2012-17 |
| The adaptive capacity of native shrub-herbaceous legume populations | Orchard | NSW Environmental Trust | 2012-13 |
| Molecular markers - Aust canola breeding | Raman | GRDC | 2008-13 |
| Better Fertiliser Decisions | Speirs | GRDC | 2012-17 |
2. Ruminant Feedbase
| Full Project Title | Primary Investigator | Funding Source | Duration |
| CSU | |||
| EverGraze V - The Next Phase | Friend | Future Farm Industries CRC | 2008-13 |
| EverGraze Phase 6 | Friend | Future Farm Industries CRC | 2012-14 |
| Sustainable Livestock Grazing Systems on Chinese Temperate Grasslands | Kemp | ACIAR | 2011-15 |
| Strengthening dairy value chains in Pakistan through improved farm management and more effective extension services | Wynn | ACIAR | 2011-15 |
| NSW DPI | |||
| Increasing male lamb proportions by feeding ewes omega-3 fatty acids | Clayton | MLA | 2011-13 |
| EverCrop Phase 2 | Hayes | Future Farm Industries CRC | 2011-14 |
| Benchmarking of phosphorus nutrient use in southern Australia | Phillips | MLA | 2012-13 |
| Cereal/pea forage crops for hay and silage production | Piltz | RIRDC | 2009-12 |
| Feedbase management of Lotus | Sandral | Future Farm Industries CRC | 2011-14 |
| Integrated crop & dairy systems in Tibet autonomous region | Wilkins | ACIAR | 2008-12 |
3. Bio-protection and Integrated Pest Management
| Full Project Title | Primary Investigator | Funding Source | Duration |
| CSU | |||
| Capacity Building in Crop Disease Management and Spray Application | Ash | AusAid | 2010-12 |
| Biological Control of Pest Snails in Australia Using Native Nematodes | Ash | GRDC | 2008-13 |
| Bionematicide Development Programme | Ash | GRDC | 2011-15 |
| Biopesticides for the Australian grain industry | Ash | GRDC | 2010-13 |
| Protecting Australia's pine plantation from exotic pests and climate change | Gurr | ARC Linkage | 2010-12 |
| Strengthening the Cambodian vegetable industry through adoption of improved production and postharvest practices | Stodart | ACIAR | 2010-12 |
| Establishing a Remote Microscope Network for Pest Identification in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand | Stodart | ACIAR | 2012-12 |
| Improving IWM practice in the southern region - emerging weed issues | Weston | GRDC | 2011-14 |
| Improving integrated weed management in conservation farming systems in SE Australia | Wu | GRDC | 2009-13 |
| NSW DPI | |||
| Efficacy of potential controls for Queensland fruit fly management in Summerfruit | Reynolds | Horticultural Australia Ltd | 2012-13 |
| Integrated disease control for cereal and broad leaf crops in Southern NSW & Northern Vic | Lindbeck | GRDC | 2010-13 |
| Pulse breeding Australia: (field pea, lentils) breeding program & diseases. | Lindbeck | GRDC | 2011-16 |
| BIOFIRST Theme A - Assoc Mapping | Milgate | NSW Govt | 2008-13 |
| Barley scald nursery – NSW DPI | Milgate | GRDC | 2011-13 |
| Herbicide tolerance in crops | Wu | GRDC | 2010-12 |
4. Animal health and welfare
| Full Project Title | Primary Investigator | Funding Source | Duration |
| CSU | |||
| Assessment and alleviation of adverse stimuli in pigs | Doyle | Australian Pork Ltd | 2011-14 |
| Development of Live Export Training Programs for Livestock Handling and Management | Doyle | MLA | 2011-12 |
| Animal safety of novel endophytes for tall fescue | Friend | Future Farm Industries CRC | 2012-12 |
| Exposure assessment for mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis | Hernandez-Jover | MLA | 2012-13 |
| A Genetic Approach to Internal Parasite Control in Australian Cattle | Honey | MLA | 2011-13 |
| Development of a Lactational Oestrus Induction Protocol that can be Implemented in Confinement Free Sow Housing Systems | Lievaart | CRC | 2012-14 |
| Mechanisms of chronic infection, immunotolerance and coevolution in avian circovirus infections | Raidal | ARC Discovery | 2009-12 |
| Lifting the Limits Imposed by Worms on Sheep Meat Production | Scrivener | MLA | 2011-15 |
5. Irrigated cropping systems
| Full Project Title | Primary Investigator | Funding Source | Duration |
| CSU | |||
| Rice industry extension systems review | Glyde | RIRDC | 2011-12 |
| Developing improved farming and marketing systems in rainfed regions of southern Lao PDR | Wade | ACIAR | 2009-13 |
| Targeting drought-avoidance root traits to enhance Rice Productivity under water-limited environments | Wade | IRRI | 2009-12 |
| NSW DPI | |||
| Cambodia rice NSW DPI | Beecher | ACIAR | 2010-14 |
| Rice molecular biology | Emebiri | RIRDC | 2011-15 |
| Rice breeding | Snell | RIRDC | 2011-15 |
| Ecology of lesser grain borer | Stevens | NPB CRC | 2011-12 |
| Rice quality | Ward | RIRDC | 2011-15 |