Research Overview

Rice CRC research is organised into five interrelated Programs, each with a new emphasis on those issues that impact on the future of the rice industry. All areas are important but Program 1 with its emphasis on natural resource use, and Program 5 with a renewed commitment to education at all levels, are central to the long-term success of this CRC and the industry.

- Dr Laurie Lewin, Rice CRC Director

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Published Reports

Research Literature - Published Reports
Program	Subject	Author
Program 1	Rice Water Use Efficiency Workshop Report	E (Liz) Humphreys - Editor
	Salinity Research Workshop Report	Compiled by A. van der Lely, H.G. Beecher
	Research Solutions to Watertable and Salinity Problems in the Rice Growing Areas of Southern Australia	E. Humphreys, H.G. Beecher, E. Christen, R. Williams, E. Xevi, J. Thompson, J. Blackwell, L. Lewin
	Assessing and Improving Positional Accuracy and its Effects on Areal Estimation at Coleambally Irrigation Area	T. Van Niel, T. McVicar
	A Farm Scale Hydrologic Economic Optimisation Model to Manage Waterlogging and Salinity in Irrigation Areas	S. Khan, E. Xevi, N. O'Connell, J.C. Madden, F. Zhou
	Simulation of Yield and Environmental Impacts of Wheat after Rice in Bangladesh and Australia	S. Khan, E. Xevi, N. O'Connell, J.C. Madden, F. Zhou
	Rice CRC Water Quality Workshop Report	E. Humphreys
	Measurement of Losses from On-Farm Channels and Drains - Final Report	S. Akbar
	Optomising Agronomic Options at the Farm Scale	S. Khan
	Ricegrowers Association South American Study Tour and 3rd International Temperate Rice Conference 2003 - Water Quality Study Tour	W. Quayle
	Visit Report to Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	S. Khan
	Improving the Water Use Efficiency of Rice - Final Report	J. Thompson
	Study Tour Report - "Water Wise Rice Production"	J. Thompson
	Analysing the benefits of growing crops after rice in the rice growing areas in Australia - Final Report	R. Singh, K. Faour, L. Humphreys, D. Smith, J. Mullen
	Assessing the Impact of Rainfall Variability on Watertables in Irrigation Areas - Technical Report	S. Khan, L. Short
	A GIS Approach to Quantify Impact of Flooding on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District - Final Report * Appendix A (maps 1-48) * Appendix A (maps 49-80) * Appendix A (maps 81-111)	B. Wang, S. Khan, N. O'Connell
	Quantifying Impact of Rainfall on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District * Appendix A * Appendix B * Appendix C * Appendix D * Appendix E * Appendix F	B. Wang, S. Khan, N. O'Connell
	Surface-Groundwater Iteraction Model of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (Development of the Hydrogeological Databases)Issue 1 - accurate spatial data:	S. Khan, L. Best, B. Wang
	Quantifying and maximising the benefits of crops after rice	E. (Liz) Humphreys
	Strategies for improving the water use efficiency of rice	JA Thompson
	Remote sensing of irrigated crop types and its application to regional water balance estimation - (electronic file not available)	Tim McVicar
	Hydro-climatic and Economic Evaluation of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Risk Based Irrigation Management	Shahbaz Khan
	Modelling the fate of molinate in rice paddies of south Eastern Australia using RICEWG	Evan Christen, Wendy Quayle,Sang-Ok Chung & Ki Jung Park
	The persistence of pesticides in floodwaters and how this is influenced by water management and layout	Wendy Quayle
	Quantifying climate and management impacts on watertables and soil salinity (Summary)	Shahbaz Khan
	Integration of 1401 graduate studies (Groundwater management for sustainable farming systems)	Shahbaz Khan
	Better prediction of groundwater recharge from rice growing	H.G. Beecher
Program 2	Report on Study Tour to Japan, Italy, Canada and USA Report	G. Batten
	Risk Assessment of Exotic Plant Diseases to the Australian Rice Industry, with Emphasis on Rice Blast	V. Lanoiselet, E.J. Cother, G.J. Ash
	Travel Report presented to NSW Agriculture and the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production	T. Farrell
	Travel Report presented to NSW Agriculture and the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production - Study Tour of Rice production in South Korea and China	T. Farrell
	Report on a Study Tour to examine symptoms of rice diseases in Southern USA and California	E. Cother
	Sub Program 2.3 Review Report	G. Batten  L. Campbell
	Final Report - Project 2303- Investigating links between minerals in rice grain and Straighthead	P. Williams, G. Batten
	The estimation of soil sodicity and pH using NIR Spectroscopy - Final Report	B. Dunn, H.G. Beecher
	Economic Analysis of improving Cold Tolerance in rice in Australia - Final Report	R. Singh, J. Brennan, T. Farrell, R. Williams, R. Reinke, L. Lewin & J. Mullen
	Valuing a test for Nitrogen status in rice - Final Report	R. Singh, R. Williams, J. Mullen & K. Faour
	Participation in the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae, St Paul, Minnesota and Study Tour to Washington State University	M. Stevens
	Minerals for sustainable grain yield and grain quality	Graeme Batten, Lindsay Campbell
	Screening Reproductive-Stage Cold Tolerance for the NSW rice improvement program	Russell Reinke
	Cold physiology at the plant level	Ranjith Subasinghe | Kathryn Bechaz (nee Fox)
	Organic Rice Production - Improving System Sustainability	Robyn Neeson
	The efficacy of rice as a leaching crop	John Thompson, Don Griffin
	A strategic soil nitrogen test for flooded rice	John Angus
Program 3	Molecular basis of cold-induced pollen sterility in rice	R. Dolferus
	Construction of user-friendly plant expression vectors using rice promoters - Final Report	A. Eamens, N. Upadhyaya,  C. Blanchard
	Allelopathy and Weed Competition	Alexa N. Seal
	Improved protocols for isolated microspore culture of rice. Application of molecular approaches to rice improvement.	Norman Darvey
	Molecular basis of cold-induced pollen sterility in rice	Rudy Dolferus
	Bloodworm resistant rice	Peter Hughes
	Understanding amylose structure, what it controls and what controls it (Part A)	M Fitzgerald & C Blanchard
	Understanding amylose structure, what it controls and what controls it (Part B)	M Fitzgerald & C Blanchard
	Understanding amylose structure, what it controls and what controls it (Part C)	M Fitzgerald & C Blanchard
Program 4	Development of in-line process control	O. Hennicke
	Sustainable fumigation practises	Bronwyn Sigmund
	Grain quality in the pre-milling Phase	Bronwyn Sigmund
	Texture analysis of rice cakes	Rodney Martin (& Phillip Williams)
	New applications for rice flour	P Williams, Y Pan & V Poulsen
Program 5	Scoping out a Socio-economic Research Agenda for the Co-operative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production	B. Chambers, J. Spriggs, A. Dunn
	Study Tour Report - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Joint Research Unit – Innovation, Montpellier, France	A. Brown
	Preparing the Ground: Social Research for the Facilitation of Sustainable Agriculture	A. Brown
	Targeting NIR tissue test sampling using aerial imagery and identifying the factors causing variable rice growth and crop yields.	J. Lacy, P Evans, F Steel & NSW DPI District Agronomists

Presentations, Posters and Papers

Research Literature - CRC Conferences - Presentations, Posters and Papers
Rice CRC Environmental Sustainability Projects Meeting - 27th - 28th November 2003
Rice CRC International Cold Tolerance Workshop, Canberra - 22 & 23 July 2004
Research Literature - Other Presentations, Posters and Papers
Program	Subject	Author
Program 1	Assessing Positional and Areal Accuracy for Environmental Compliance Monitoring at Coleambally Irrigation Area	T. van Niel
	Wheat After Rice	E. Humphreys
	The Fate of Pesticides in Rice Cropping	K. Spark
	Progress in Understanding the Regional Groundwater Dynamics of Rice Growing Areas	S. Khan
	Better Prediction of Groundwater Recharge from Ricegrowing	H.G. Beecher/N. Jinadasa
	Using EM Surveys to Identify Seepage Sites in On-Farm Channels and Drains	S. Akbar
	Assessing the Effect of Compaction and Clay Lining on Seepage from On-Farm Channels and Drains
	Measurement and Losses from On-Farm Channels and Drains
	Enzymatic Bioremediation of Pesticide Residues (no electronic copy available)	J. Oakeshott
	Increasing water productivity in irrigated rice systems in Australia: institutions and policies	E Humphreys
Program 2	Impact of Australian Rice Farming Systems on Soil Changes	H. Gill
	The Estimation of Soil Sodicity and pH Using NIR Spectroscopy	B. Dunn
	Field Screening For Cold Tolerance	T. Farrell
	Can Rice Blast Occur in Australia?	E. Cother, V. Lanoiselet, G. Ash
	Influence of Organic and Conventional Farming Practices on Invertebrate Biodiversity in Establishing Rice Crops (no electonic copy available)	A. Wilson
	A Preliminary Nutrient Audit for the Rice Industry	G. Batten
	A Soil Nitrogen Test for Aerially Sown Rice	C. Russell
	Using Airborne Multispectral Imagery for Rice Management	S. Spackman
	Iron and Zinc Transport in Rice	R. Duncan
	Cold Tolerance in Rice	R. Williams
	Seasonal Review/Vegetative Temperatures Boost Yield Potential	W. Clampett/T. Farrell
Program 3	Pathways of Assimilate Transport in Rice Anthers	L. Cantrill
	Enhancer and Gene Trapping Systems in Rice to Isolate Suitable Control Sequences For Manipulating Grain Quality Characteristics (no electonic copy available)	A. Eamens
	Amylose … What It Controls and What Controls It	H. Shead
	Investigation of Variation in the Rice Soluble Starch Synthase I Gene From Different Varieties (no electonic copy available)	S. Oliver
	Imaging Sectioned Rice Grains Using Atomic Force Microscopy	J. Dang
	Identification of Rice Genes Involved in Cold-Induced Pollen Sterility	R. Dolferus
	Transgenic Rice Expressing Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis for Controlling Bloodworm (no electonic copy available)	P. Hughes
	Cold Changes the Normal Expression of Proteins in the Developing Rice Microspore (no electonic copy available)	T. Kerim/N. Imin
	Cellular Biology of Rice Anther: Development and Alteration in Low Temperature (no electonic copy available)	M.E.A. Mamun
	Rice Microspore Culture and Genetics of Cold Tolerance (no electonic copy available)	X. Zhao
Program 4	Determination of the Effects of Rapid Drying on Grain Quality Using a Satake RMDR 12SD Batch Dryer (no electonic copy available)	D. Hill
	Rice Milling Process Control - White Rice Milling Optimisation (no electonic copy available)	S. Brindley
	Impact of Storage at -20 degrees C on Rice Properties	M. Wootton/S. Kapila Parkash
	Distribution of Phenolic Acids in Rice Grains (no electonic copy available)	Z. Zhou
	Properties of Rice Flour	Y. Pan
	Enrichment of Rice with Folic Acid	P. Williams
	The Estimation of Green Grain Content in Harvested Rice Using NIRT Spectroscopy	N. Cutter
Program 5	Professional Development for Sustainable Rice Production	S. Sivapalan
	Rice CRC Education Officer	R. Troldahl
	Socio-Economic Research
	A Representative Whole Farm Model of Rice-Based Farming Systems in the MIA	K. Faour/ R. Pal Singh

Products

Research Literature - Products
Program	Subject	Author
Program 1	Remote Sensing of Rice-based Irrigation Agricultural Systems	Activity leader: T. McVicar, Key staff: T. Van Niel

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