MONDAY 15th August |
| Field and Laboratory Tour – Ray Cowley |
TUESDAY 16th August |
Session 1: Breeding & GeneticsChair: Brondwen MacLean (GRDC) |
| Don McCaffery, John Harvey: | Welcome and Opening |
| Ray Cowley: | Chlorophyll fluorescence as a method to detect moisture-limiting stress in canola |
| David Luckett: | Carbon isotope discrimination in canola: the effect of reduced water availability in a rain-out shelter experiment |
| Asaduzzaman: | Allelopathy in canola – potential for weed management |
| Brett McVittie: | Mapping of the locus associated with tolerance to high manganese in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) |
| Annisa: | Global genetic diversity of Brassica rapa |
| Chen Sheng: | Two distinct genetic diversity groups of oilseed Brassica juncea in both China and India |
Session 2: Breeding & GeneticsChair: Phil Salisbury |
| Rod Snowdon: | Keynote Address — Public-private interaction for research related to oilseed rape breeding in Germany |
| Wallace Cowling: | Towards genomic analysis in canola multi-environment trials |
| Rosy Raman: | Genome-wide association analyses of loci for shatter resistance in Brassicas |
| Shanoor Hossain: | Shatter-resistant canola germplasm from interspecific hybridization – a progress report |
| Neil Fettell: | Profitable broadleaf crop sequencing in South Eastern Australia |
| Heping Zhang: | Genotype x environment interaction of canola (Brassica napus L.) in multi-environment trials |
| Chen Sheng: | Distinct patterns of additive and non-additive effect as revealed by MET FA models with … Australia, China and India |
Session 3: Pathology & EntomologyChair: Wallace Cowling |
| Harsh Raman: | Blackleg resistance in rapeseed: phenotypic screen, molecular markers and genome-wide linkage and association mapping |
| Ravjit Khangura: | Dynamics of fungal diseases of canola in Western Australia |
| Angela Van De Wouw: | Exploiting the Genome Sequence of Leptosphaeria maculans to minimise blackleg disease of canola |
| Steve Marcroft: | Rotation of blackleg resistance sources to minimise disease severity in canola (Brassica napus) |
| Vicki Elliott: | Foliar fungicide for blackleg control |
| Leigh Jenkins: | Managing aphids in flowering canola in central west NSW |
Session 4: Pathology & Entomology / GeneralChair: Harsh Raman |
| Ravjit Khangura: | Yield losses from blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) in canola varieties under moderate disease pressure |
| Heping Zhang: | Yield formation of canola (Brassica napus) and associated traits in the high rainfall zone |
| Trent Potter, Nick Goddard: | Latest international developments in canola – updates from IRC and Canola Council |
| Don McCaffery: | Future of ARAB |
WEDNESDAY 17th August |
Session 5: Quality & End-useChair: Trent Potter |
| Graham King: | Keynote Address — The contribution of genomic approaches to resolving genotype x environment interactions in Brassica crops |
| Jamie Ayton: | Trends in quality of canola grown in Australia |
| Siong Tan: | Extraction and residual antinutritional components in protein fractions of Sinapis alba and Brassica napus oil-free meals |
| Adeola Alashi: | Improving the emulsifying properties of canola meal protein isolate by enzymatic modification |
| James Petri: | Engineered canola oil: a sustainable source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA |
Session 6: AgronomyChair: Don McCaffery |
| John Angus: | A review of break-crop benefits of Brassicas |
| Tony Swan: | Potential impacts of subsoil constraints on canola productivity in southern NSW |
| James Hunt: | Finding an agro-ecological niche for juncea canola |
| Trent Potter: | Brassica juncea in South Australia, where will it be grown and how does it fit into rotations? |
| Rohan Brill: | Time of sowing of Brassicas in central west NSW |
| Peter Martin: | Response of canola to wider row spacing in southern New South Wales |
| Rob Norton: | Balanced nutrition in Brassica napus production with emphasis on S fertilizer requirements |
| Tauhid Khan: | Comparing N and S sources to improve yield and nutrient efficiency in canola cropping systems in SE Australia |
Session 7: AgronomyChair: David Luckett |
| Cameron Beeck: | The development of a bivariate mixed model approach for the analysis of plant survival data |
| Alison Smith: | Update on statistical methods for NVT |
| Nigel Wilhelm: | Selection of canola lines for low rainfall environment in south eastern Australia |
| James Neilsen: | A comparison of Roundup Ready, Clearfield and triazine tolerant canola systems, Skipton, Victoria 2010 |
| Kathi Hertel: | Windrowing canola – current industry practices & perceptions |
Session 8: AgronomyChair: Rob Wilson |
| Penny Riffkin: | High yields and quality are achieved from European canola types grown in the high rainfall zone of SW Victoria |
| Deirdre Lemerle: | Manipulating canola agronomy for weed suppression |
| Jeff McCormick: | Exploring opportunities for dual-purpose canola in SE Australia using crop simulation models |
