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AusCanola 2018 Presentations

Day 1:  Wednesday 5th September 2018

8.00 – 8.30amRegistration and coffee
8.30 – 8.55am
Welcome and housekeeping
Wallace Cowling, Chairman, AusCanola 2018 Steering Committee

Opening
Mark Sweetingham, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
8.55 – 9.15am
Where is canola genomics heading in the future?
Jacqui Batley, University of Western Australia
Chairman AusCanola 2018 Program Committee

Session 1:  New Germplasm

Chair:  Martin Barbetti

9.15 – 9.30am
An overview of the Australia India China Project
Dr Phil Salisbury, University of Melbourne
9.30 – 10.00am
Mobilising alternative sources of genetic diversity for germplasm enhancement in Brassica oilseeds
Surinder Banga, Punjab Agricultural University
10.00 – 10.15am
Evaluation of heat and drought tolerance at anthesis in novel canola germplasm from India and China
Sheng Chen, University of Western Australia
10.15 – 10.30am
Harsh Raman, NSW Department of Primary Industries
10.30 – 10.45am
Anthony van Herwaarden, University of Queensland
10.45 – 10.50am
Poster 3 min
New traits for Australian canola via TILLING and gene editing
Chris Helliwell, CSIRO
10.50 – 10.55am
Poster 3 min
Estimation of linkage disequilibrium and population structure among Brassica Napus genotypes for association mapping
Huma Qamar, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute, Faislabad
11.00 – 11.30amMorning Tea

Session 2:  Impact of Climate Change

Chair:  Trent Potter

11.30 – 12.00pm
Crop modelling: Physiological context for improved canola agronomy
Julianne Lilley, CSIRO
12.00 – 12.15pm
A model for pre-breeding canola for heat and drought tolerance during global climate change
Wallace Cowling, University of Western Australia
12.15 – 12.30pm
Effect of water stress on transpiration efficiency in canola
Rajneet Uppal, NSW Department of Primary Industries
12.30 – 12.45pm
Jeremy Whish, CSIRO
12.45 – 12.50pm
Poster 3 min
Phi thickenings in Brassica roots - an adaptation to water stress?
David Collings, University of Newcastle
12.50 – 2.00pmLunch

Session 3:  Pests and Diseases

Chair:  Lars Kamphuis

2.00 – 2.30pm
Dwayne Hegedus, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2.30 – 2.40pm
Effective management of Sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in canola (Brassica Napus) through exploring host resistance
Muhammad Azam, University of Western Australia
2.40 – 2.50pm
Mark Derbyshire, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University
2.50 – 3.00pm
Reasessing aphid thresholds in canola
Svetlana Micic, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
3.00 – 3.05pm
Poster 3 mins
Art Diggle, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
3.05 – 3.10pm
Poster 3 mins
Andrea Hills, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
3.10 – 3.15pm
Poster 3 mins
Environmental drivers of white leaf spot disease (Pseudocercosporella capsellae) on canola
Tamsal Murtza, University of Western Australia
3.15 – 3.20pm
Poster 3 mins
Alternaria spp. Leaf Spot Incidence associated with canola in Australia
Hebba Al-Lami, University of Western Australia
3.20 – 3.25pm
Poster 3 mins
Pathotypes of Hyaloperonospora brassicae on canola and other Brassicaceae
Akeel Mohammed, University of Western Australia
3.30 – 4.00pmAfternoon Tea

Session 4:  Breeding

Chair:  Wallace Cowling

4.00 – 4.15pm
GRDC investment in pre-breeding and the future for gene editing and GM varieties
Francis Ogbonnaya, Grains Research and Development Corporation
4.15 – 4.30pm
Lauren Borg, University of Wollongong
4.30 – 4.45pm
Alison Wardrop, Office of Gene Technology Regulator
4.45 – 5.00pm
Heping Zhang, CSIRO
5.00 – 5.15pm
Towards functional characterisation of pod shatter resistant genes in Brassica Napus
Qiong Hu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
5.15 – 5.30pm
Establishing a diverse multi-year genomic selection reference population for key traits to underpin canola pre-breeding
Hans Daetwyler, Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
6.30 – 9.30pmConference Dinner

Thursday 6th September 2018

8.00 – 8.30amRegistration and coffee

Session 5:  Growing canola in low rainfall environments (the WA experience)

Chair:  Michael Lamond

8.30 – 9.30am
Michael Lamond to provide an overview then a panel of 3 growers will talk about their experiences growing canola in WA, where it fits in the rotation and issues they have growing canola
9.30 – 9.40am
Mark Seymour, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
9.40 – 9.55am
Martin Harries, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
9.55 – 10.05am
Imma Farre, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
10.05 – 10.15am
Canola: Pathways to profitability
Elizabeth Meier, CSIRO
10.15 – 10.30am
Over twenty years of commercial canola crops show the place of canola in the southern Mallee of South Australia
Trent Potter, Yeruga Research Station
10.30 – 11.00amMorning Tea

Session 6:  Agronomy

Chair:  Peter Bostock

11.00 – 11.30am
Canola’s rise to #1 on the Canadian Prairies – Innovation and “Out-o-vation”
Murray Hartman, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
11.30 – 11.45pm
John Kirkegaard, CSIRO
11.45 – 12.00pm
Rohan Brill, NSW Department of Primary Industries
12.00 – 12.10pm
Rick Graham, NSW Department of Primary Industries
12.10 – 12.20pm
Canola establishment across central NSW – how to get it up
Colin McMaster, NSW Department of Primary Industries
12.20 – 1.30pmLunch

Session 7:  Pests and Diseases

Chair:  Jacqui Batley

1.30 – 1.50pm
Christopher Preston, University of Adelaide
1.50 – 2.10pm
Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba
2.10 – 2.20pm
Infection of Brassica Napus after stem elongation by Leptosphaeria maculans (blackleg): disease development and yield loss
Susan Sprague, CSIRO
2.20 – 2.30pm
Angela Van de Wouw, University of Melbourne
2.30 – 2.35pm
Poster 3 mins
Lauren Borg, University of Wollongong
2.35 – 2.40pm
Poster 3 mins
Inert materials are critical long-term carriers and disseminators of viable blackleg ascospores
Papori Barua, University of Western Australia
2.40 – 2.45pm
Poster 3 mins
Imputation to whole-genome sequence increases the power of genome wide association studies for blackleg resistance in canola
Denise Barbulescu, Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
2.45 – 2.50pm
Poster 3 mins
Nawar Shamaya, NSW Department of Primary Industries
3.00 – 3.30pmAfternoon Tea

Session 8:  Product Quality, Marketing and Processing

Chair:  Nick Goddard

3.30 – 3.50pm
Sandra Eady
3.50 – 4.10pm
Development of an omega-3 long-chain fatty acid oil crop: Innovation in canola
Surinder Singh, CSIRO
4.10 – 4.25pm
Key canola quality attributes in the new millennium – what are the trends over the past 18 years?
Donna Seberry, NSW Department of Primary Industries
4.25 – 4.30pm
Poster 3 min
Computational and biological characterisation of 2S albumin proteins from Brassica rapa
Mahmudur Rahman, Southern Cross University
4.30 – 4.45pm
The use of canola oil for deep frying in the food industry
Luke Peet, Chef, and AUSTRALIA Manager of Oil2u
4.45 – 5.00pm
Closing Remarks
Nick Goddard, CEO, Australian Oilseeds Federation
Wallace Cowling, Chairman Steering Committee
5.00pmConference concludes