Crop Updates 2005 - Lupins and Pulses

This session covers sixty five papers from different authors: 1. 2004 LUPIN AND PULSE INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS, Peter White Department of Agriculture 2. BACKGROUND, Peter White Department of Agriculture 2004 REGIONAL ROUNDUP 3. Northern Agricultural Region, Martin Harries, Department of Agriculture 4. Central Agricultural Region, Ian Pritchard, Department of Agriculture 5. Great Southern and Lakes, Rodger Beermier, Department of Agriculture 6. Esperance Port Zone, Mark Seymour, Department of Agriculture, and David Syme, The Grain Pool of WA LUPIN AND PULSE PRODUCTION AGRONOMY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT 7. Lupin, Martin Harries, Department of Agriculture 8. Narrow-leafed lupin breeding, Bevan Buirchell, Department of Agriculture 9. Yellow lupin breeding in Western Australia, Kedar Adhikari, Mark Sweetingham and Bevan Buirchell, Department of Agriculture 10. WALAB2000 - First Anthracnose resistant albus lupins, Kedar Adhikari, Bevan Buirchell, MarkSweetingham and Geoff Thomas, Department of Agriculture 11. Improving lupin grain quality and yield through genetic manipulation of key physiological traits, Jon Clements1 and Bevan Buirchell2,1CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 2Department of Agriculture 12. Lupin alkaloids in four Australian species, Shao Fang Wang, Chemistry Centre (WA), CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 13. Improving lupin tolerance to herbicides of metribuzin, isoxaflutole and carfentrazone-ethyl, Ping Si1, Mark Sweetingham12, Bevan Buirchell12, David Bowran2 and Huaan Yang12 , 1CLIMA, The University of Western Australia, 2Department of Agriculture 14. Combined cultural and shielded sprayer herbicide application for weed management, Martin Harries and Mike Baker Department of Agriculture 15. Field testing of lupin seed of various sources with and without post maturity, pre harvest rain for field establishment, Martin Harries, Wayne Parker, Mike Baker, Department of Agriculture 16. Lupin seed rate by wide row spacing, Martin Harries, Bob French, Damien Owen D’arcy, Department of Agriculture 17. How environment influences row spacing response in lupins, Bob French, Department of Agriculture 18. The effect of wider row spacing on lupin architecture, growth and nutrient uptake dynamics, Bill Bowden and Craig Scanlan, Department of Agriculture 19. Fertiliser placement and application rate in wide rows, Martin Harries, Damien Owen D’arcy, Department of Agriculture 20. The pros and cons of cowing lupins in ‘wide’ rows, Wayne Parker, Bob French and Martin Harries, Department of Agriculture 21. Investigation into the influence of row orientation in lupin crops, Jeff Russell1 and Angie Roe2, 1Department of Agriculture, 2Farm Focus Consultants 22. Making the most of Mandelup, Greg Shea and Chris Matthews, Department of Agriculture 23. The effect of wild radish density and lupin cultivars on their competition at Merredin, Shahab Pathan, Abul Hashem and Bob French, Department of Agriculture 24. The potential of pearl lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) for southern Australia, Jon Clements1, Mark Sweetingham2, Bevan Buirchell2, Sofia Sipsas2, Geoff Thomas2, John Quealy1, Roger Jones2, Clive Francis1, Colin Smith2 and Gordon Francis1, 1CLIMA, University of Western Australia 2Department of Agriculture 25. Field pea, Mark Seymour, Department of Agriculture 26. Breeding highlights, Tanveer. Khan and Bob French, Department of Agriculture 27. Variety evaluation, Tanveer Khan, Kerry Regan, Jenny Garlinge and Rod Hunter, Department of Agriculture 28. Large scale field pea variety trials, Martin Harries, Department of Agriculture 29. Kaspa demonstrations, Rodger Beermier, Mark Seymour, Ian Pritchard, Graham Mussell, Department of Agriculture 30. Field pea harvesting demonstration at Merredin, Glen Riethmuller, Greg Shea and Bob French, Department of Agriculture 31. Does Kaspa respond differently to disease, fungicides, time of sowing or seed rate, Mark Seymour, Department of Agriculture 32. Field pea response to foliar Manganese in mallee district, Mark Seymour, Department of Agriculture 33. Kaspa harvesting observations 2004, Mark Seymour, Ian Pritchard, Glen Riethmuller, Department of Agriculture 34. ‘Blackspot Manager’ for understanding blackspot of peas and ascochyta blight management, Moin Salam and Jean Galloway, Department of Agriculture 35. 250,000 ha of field pea in WA – Is it sustainable? Larn McMurray1 and Mark Seymour2, 1South Australian Research and Development Institute, 2Department of Agriculture 36. Desi chickpea, Wayne Parker, Department of Agriculture 37. Breeding highlights, Tanveer Khan1,2 and Kadambot Siddique2,1Department of Agriculture, 2CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 38. Variety evaluation, Tanveer Khan, Kerry Regan, Jenny Garlinge and Rod Hunter, Department of Agriculture 39. Large scale variety testing of desi chickpeas, Martin Harries, Greg Shea, Mike Baker, Dirranie Kirby, Department of Agriculture 40. Desi variety chickpea trial, Martin Harries and Murray Blyth, Department of Agriculture 41. Seeding rates and row spacing of chickpea desi, Martin Harries, MurrayBlyth, Damien Owen D’arcy, Department of Agriculture 42. Molecular characterisation of chickpea wild relatives, Fucheng Shan, Heather Clarke and Kadambot Siddique, CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 43. Plant phosphorus status has a limited influence on the concentration of phosphorus-mobilising carboxylates in the rhizosphere of chickpea, Madeleine Wouterlood, Hans Lambers and Erik Veneklaas, The University of Western Australia 44. Kabuli chickpea, Kerry Regan, Department of Agriculture, and CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 45. ‘Kimberly Large’ A high quality and high yielding new variety for the Ord River Irrigation Area, Kerry Regan1,2, Kadambot Siddique2, Peter White1,2, Peter Smith1 and Gae Plunkett1,1Department of Agriculture, 2CLIMA, University of Western Australia 46. Development of ascochyta resistant and high quality varieties for Australia, Kadambot Siddique1, Kerry Regan1,2, Tim Pope1 and Mike Baker2, 1CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 2Department of Agriculture 47. Towards double haploids in chickpeas and field pea, Janine Croser, Julia Wilson and Kadambot Siddique, CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 48. Crossing chickpea with wild Cicer relatives to introduce resistance to disease and tolerance to environmental stress, Heather Clarke and Kadambot Siddique, CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 49. Faba bean, Peter White, Department of Agriculture 50. Germplasm evaluation, Peter White1,2, Kerry Regan1,2, Tim Pope2, Martin Harries1, Mark Seymour1, Rodger Beermier1 and Leanne Young1, 1Department of Agriculture, 2CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 51. Lentil, Kerry Regan, Department of Agriculture, and CLIMA, The University of Western Australia 52. Variety and germplasm evaluation, Kerry Regan1,2, Tim Pope2, Leanne Young1, Martin Harries1, Murray Blyth1 and Michael Materne3, 1Department of Agriculture, 2CLIMA, University of Western Australia, 3Department of Primary Industries, Victoria 53. Lathyrus species, Kadambot Siddique1, Kerry Regan2, and Colin Hanbury2, 1CLIMA, the University of Western Australia, 2Department of Agricultur

Chinese jujube industry takes root in Western Australia

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) trees have grown successfully in Australia for 20 years and the industry is developing steadily. The tree is well adapted to Australia\u27s climate and soil types, growing in a range of areas. Western Australia is currently Australia\u27s leading jujube producing state with an estimated 12500 trees planted on approximately 20 ha. The jujube\u27s drought and salinity tolerance, easy management and multiple uses indicates considerable potential for many areas of the state. In Western Australia, there are approximately 40 jujube growers in the Perth Hills, the Northern Rangelands and the South West region. Plantings of jujube trees have increased in Western Australia in the last three years as awareness of the crop increases. Chinese jujubes have also been successfully grown in the eastern states of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Demand for the fruits continues to outweigh supply on the local market. Western Australia\u27s proximity to South-East Asia and its counter season production to the northern hemisphere provides a future opportunity to market Australian grown fresh Chinese jujube for the increasing off-season demand in these countries. The jujube industry in Australia has the potential to be a new profitable agricultural business to meet the requirements of domestic and overseas markets. The development of a jujube industry will be beneficial in fighting salinity and water shortages which are challenges facing sustainable agriculture in Australia

Chinese jujube industry takes root in Western Australia

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) trees have grown successfully in Australia for 20 years and the industry is developing steadily. The tree is well adapted to Australia\u27s climate and soil types, growing in a range of areas. Western Australia is currently Australia\u27s leading jujube producing state with an estimated 12500 trees planted on approximately 20 ha. The jujube\u27s drought and salinity tolerance, easy management and multiple uses indicates considerable potential for many areas of the state. In Western Australia, there are approximately 40 jujube growers in the Perth Hills, the Northern Rangelands and the South West region. Plantings of jujube trees have increased in Western Australia in the last three years as awareness of the crop increases. Chinese jujubes have also been successfully grown in the eastern states of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Demand for the fruits continues to outweigh supply on the local market. Western Australia\u27s proximity to South-East Asia and its counter season production to the northern hemisphere provides a future opportunity to market Australian grown fresh Chinese jujube for the increasing off-season demand in these countries. The jujube industry in Australia has the potential to be a new profitable agricultural business to meet the requirements of domestic and overseas markets. The development of a jujube industry will be beneficial in fighting salinity and water shortages which are challenges facing sustainable agriculture in Australia

Chapter 15. Chinese jujube - a developing industry in Australia

Department of Agriculture and Food, WA staff member authored Chinese jubjube - a developing industry in Australia in the publication Chinese Dates: A Traditional Functional Food’, edited by Dongheng Liu, Xingqian Ye, Yueming Jiang, published by CRC Press, 2006 Chapter summary: Chinese jujube is regarded as an is an ideal crop for arid and semiarid areas of temerature zones where popular fruit trees do not grow well. China has 90% of the worlds production, hwowever, this crop has been intrioduced to more than 30 countires, including australia and is expending gradually.https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/books/1015/thumbnail.jp

Chinese jujube : a developing industry in Australia

The Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is highly adaptable, tolerating a range of climatic and soil conditions. Under natural conditions the tree forms a deep and substantial taproot making it drought tolerant. Chinese jujube has a low water requirement and higher salt tolerance than most fruit crops. The Chinese jujube grows best in climates with a long, hot, dry summer after adequate rain early in the season and cool temperature during its dormancy. The tree is adapted to subtropical and warm temperate areas. Trees have grown successfully in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria for over 15 years. The tree appears to fruit well with little fertiliser and has no serious disease, insect or nematode pests. In Western Australia, Chinese jujubes are currently grown in the Perth hills, the northern goldfields and the south-west region and sold at local markets and some Asian supermarkets in Perth. Western Australia’s proximity to South-East Asia and its counter season production to the northern hemisphere provide an opportunity to market product for the increasing demand. A jujube industry has the potential to be a new profitable agricultural industry for Australia to develop to meet the requirements of domestic and overseas markets. The development of a jujube industry will be beneficial in fighting salinity which is a challenge facing sustainable agriculture in WA

Chapter 15. Chinese jujube - a developing industry in Australia

Department of Agriculture and Food, WA staff member authored Chinese jubjube - a developing industry in Australia in the publication Chinese Dates: A Traditional Functional Food’, edited by Dongheng Liu, Xingqian Ye, Yueming Jiang, published by CRC Press, 2006 Chapter summary: Chinese jujube is regarded as an is an ideal crop for arid and semiarid areas of temerature zones where popular fruit trees do not grow well. China has 90% of the worlds production, hwowever, this crop has been intrioduced to more than 30 countires, including australia and is expending gradually.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/books/1015/thumbnail.jp

Chinese jujube : a developing industry in Australia

The Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is highly adaptable, tolerating a range of climatic and soil conditions. Under natural conditions the tree forms a deep and substantial taproot making it drought tolerant. Chinese jujube has a low water requirement and higher salt tolerance than most fruit crops. The Chinese jujube grows best in climates with a long, hot, dry summer after adequate rain early in the season and cool temperature during its dormancy. The tree is adapted to subtropical and warm temperate areas. Trees have grown successfully in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria for over 15 years. The tree appears to fruit well with little fertiliser and has no serious disease, insect or nematode pests. In Western Australia, Chinese jujubes are currently grown in the Perth hills, the northern goldfields and the south-west region and sold at local markets and some Asian supermarkets in Perth. Western Australia’s proximity to South-East Asia and its counter season production to the northern hemisphere provide an opportunity to market product for the increasing demand. A jujube industry has the potential to be a new profitable agricultural industry for Australia to develop to meet the requirements of domestic and overseas markets. The development of a jujube industry will be beneficial in fighting salinity which is a challenge facing sustainable agriculture in WA

Characteristics of Sodium Alginate/Antarctic Krill Protein Composite Fiber Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals Modification: Rheology, Hydrogen Bond, Crystallization, Strength, and Water-Resistance

The purpose of adding cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) into sodium alginate (SA) and Antarctic krill protein (AKP) system is to use the ionic cross-linking of SA and AKP and the dynamic hydrogen-bonding between them and CNCs to construct multiple cross-linking structures, to improve the water-resistance and strength of SA/AKP/CNCs composite fiber. Based on the structural viscosity index in rheological theory, the ratio of spinning solution and temperature were optimized by studying the structural viscosity index of the solution under different CNCs content and temperature, then the composite fiber was prepared by wet spinning. We found that when the content of CNCs is 0.8% and 1.2%, the temperature is 45 °C and 55 °C, the structural viscosity is relatively low. Under the optimal conditions, the intermolecular hydrogen bonds decrease with the increase of temperature. Some of the reduced hydrogen bonds convert into intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Some of them exist as free hydroxyl; increasing CNCs content increases intermolecular hydrogen bonds. With the increase of temperature, the crystallinity of composite fiber increases. The maximum crystallinity reaches 27%; the CNCs content increases from 0.8% to 1.2%, the breaking strength of composite fiber increases by 31%. The water resistance of composite fiber improves obviously, while the swelling rate is only 14%

Enhancing genetic diversity in chickpea: Characterisation of wild annual \u3cem\u3eCicer\u3c/em\u3e Germplasm using AFLP analysis

Improved chickpea varieties with resistance to pests and diseases and tolerance to environmental stresses are increasingly required for the chickpea industry, but it is difficult to make rapid improvement within chickpea due to its narrow genetic diversity. In contrast, its wild relatives, within the genus Cicer, possess a wide range of valuable traits which potentially could be introgressed through hybridisation into chickpea cultivars

Unlocking the treasure chest for chickpea improvement: Utilisation of annual wild \u3cem\u3eCicer\u3c/em\u3e in wide crosses

Wild relatives among the genus Cicer have many valuable agronomic traits crucial for improvement of the cultivar. So far though, the treasure chest of natural diversity among wild Civer remains locked. Few Alleles have been successfully introgressed into chickpea (C. arietinum), and indeed few breeders even consider exploitation of Cicer species in their programs. One reason is that chickpea has no wild relatives within its own species, C. arietnum, and only two annual wild species are readily hybridised with chickpea using conventional crossing techniques. Therefore, a new approach is needed to utilise the more distantly related species in the secondary and tertiary genepools