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Glossary


Glossary

ABA

Abscisic acid

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ANU

Australian National University

AWQMG

Australian Water Quality Management Guidelines

BRRI

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

CANCES

Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Science and Engineering

CIA

Coleambally Irrigation Area

CIC

Coleambally Irrigation Corporation

COS

carbonyl sulphide

CRC

Cooperative Research Centre

CRC Rice

Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

CSU

Charles Sturt University

DLWC

NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation

EM

electro magnetic

ESP

Exchangeable Sodium Percentage

EPA

Environment Protection Authority

ERIC

enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus

EST

expressed sequence tag

ET

evapotranspiration

EQOs

environment quality objectives

GBSS

granule bound starch synthase

GIS

geographical information systems

GPS

global positioning system

GRDC

Grains Research & Development Corporation

ha

hectares

HACCP

hazard analysis critical control point

IREC

Irrigation Research & Extension Committee

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IGS

intergenic spacers

ITS

internal transcribed spacers

IWMI

International Water Management Institute

LAI

Leaf Area Index

L&WMP

Land and Water Management Plan

LWRRDC

Land and Water Resources Research & Development Corporation

MDBC

Murray-Darling Basin Commission

MIA

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

N

Nitrogen

NCGM

National Centre for Groundwater Management

NHT

National Heritage Trust

NIR

Near Infra-Red

NSW

New South Wales

NSWAGRIC

NSW Agriculture

OH&S

Occupational Health & Safety

OP

organophosphate

PBI

Plant Breeding Institute

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PI

panicle initiation

PIN

panicle initiation nitrogen uptake

PRC

People's Republic of China

QU

Queensland University

RCL

Ricegrowers' Co-operative Limited

REP

repetitive extragenic palidromic

RIRDC

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

RRDC

Rice Research and Development Committee

RVA

rapid visco analysis © Newport Scientific

SAR

sodium absorption ratio

SATs

stomatal aperture-related traits

s.e.d

standard error of difference

SGRL

Stored Grain Research Laboratory (CSIRO Entomology)

SPC

Statistical Process Control

SPI

Standard Precipitation Index

SSR

single sequence repeat

SU

Sydney University (The University of Sydney)

SWAGMAN

Salt Water And Groundwater MANagement (®Registered trademark for CSIRO suite of models)

t/ha

tonnes per hectare

UNSW

University of New South Wales

USA

United States of America

UTS

University of Technology, Sydney


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