people Dreccer, Fernanda, Principal Research Scientist, Team Leader Gardiner, Donald, Research Scientist
administers grant Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP) - CSIRO: Delivering genetic tools and knowledge required to breed wheat and barley with resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust and stem rust. CFF00009 - Molecular markers for root hair traits and enhanced phosphorus use efficiency (PUE) in wheat°. CFF00011 - Improving farming system efficiency in southern NSW CSE00059 - New knowledge to improve the timing of pest management decisions in grain crops° CSIRO - UNDERSTANDING CONSTRAINTS TO CROP PROFITS ON HIGHLY CALCAREOUS SOIL CSP00168 - Photosynthesis Traits for Raising Wheat Yield Potential°. CSP00175 - Maintaining wheat grain number under reproductive-stage drought conditions. CSP00182 - Genetically improving wheat's ability to outcompete weeds. CSP00193 - 2015.01.09B - Novel approaches against LMA - Knockout CSP00199 - Validation trials for dwarfing genes, vigour x management interactions, and preliminary assessment of rate of grain-filling. CSP00202 - Identification of wheat frost tolerance loci using a combination of genetics, biochemistry and molecular approaches. CSP00205 - A genetic diversity toolkit to maximise harvest index by controlling the duration of developmental phase: IWYP CSIRO. Frost SENSE: An integrated modelling framework to rapidly map the extent of stem and reproductive frost damage in wheat and barley. Grains Sector GHG Baseline and Mitigation Project Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply for soils in the Western region Post-doctoral Fellowship: Alternative phenotyping for reproductive stage frost tolerance using metabolite markers and identification of frost tolerance QTL in wheat - aligned to CSP00202.