Integrated Pest Management
Major Funded projects
Resistance and Pathogen Virulence in the canola:blackleg pathosystem

Identification of molecular markers for blackleg resistance in canola

Use of Molecular Markers to Enhance the Efficiency of Oilseed Brassica Breeding

Forecasting Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Australia

Biocontrol of saffron thistle

Development of a mycoherbicide for Asteraceae weeds

Sustainable starfruit control using a mycoherbicide to avoid development of chemical herbicide resistance

Molecular mode of action of a new fungicide for the control of Botrytis

The production, germinability and infectivity of survival structures of Rhynchosporium alismatis, a candidate mycoherbicide for the control of Alisma lanceolatum and Damasonium minus in rice

Development of integrated weed control strategies for the rice weeds Cyperus difformis and Alisma plantago-aquatica

Assessing allelopathy risks in conservation farming systems

Weed resistance to the knockdown herbicides glyphosate, paraquat and diquat in cropping systems

Evaluation of glyphosate resistance in annual ryegrass

Morphological and physiological changes in Trifolium subterraneum induced by applications of broadleaf herbicides

Study of the Biology of Fumitory (Fumaria spp)

Biology of arrowhead (Sagittaria montevidensis)

Weed Control in Forage Legumes

Herbicide carryover in crop stubble

Long term investigations of the effect of tillage practices on crop production at Wagga Wagga, NSW

Use of Molecular Markers to Enhance the Efficiency of Oilseed Brassica Breeding

Research Supervisor:
Dr Gavin Ash

Research Staff:
Dr Rosy Raman

Funding:
$260,000 (GRDC)

Duration:
1997-2001

Project Summary:
This is part of a larger project with the University of Melbourne, NSW Agriculture and Agriculture Victoria. The overall aim of this project is to develop markers for traits of canola including blackleg resistance, oil and protein quantity and shatter resistance. The CSU component will concentrate on blackleg resistance. The project is using doubled haploid canola lines derived from crosses between blackleg susceptible and blackleg resistant varieties. The lines are being assessed in the glasshouse for stem canker using a range of L. maculans isolates. Bulked segregate analysis and AFLP and RFLP techniques are being used to develop markers closely linked to disease resistance.