InterGrain Wheat Breeding Programs

 

InterGrain has structured its wheat breeding into five different breeding programs to provide a balanced approach to its national wheat breeding for the diverse Australian environments. Four of the programs are agro-climatically and quality focussed, the fifth program is a specialist program aimed at fast tracking genetic introgression of important genetic characters into the other breeding programs.

The five programs are:-

1.WA North and Central - Iain Barclay, Dan Mullan
2.WA South and South Australia - Chris Moore
3.Victoria and NSW - Robin Wilson
4.Udon noodles - Robyn McLean
5.Specialist initiatives - Robyn McLean

 

Program

Breeder

Target Region

Target Grades

Wheat North

Dr Iain Barclay

Dr Daniel Mullan

Central and Northern WA Agricultural Regions

AH, APW & Feed

Wheat South

Mr Chris Moore

Southern and Central WA Agricultural Regions and South Australia

AH, APW & Feed

Wheat East

Mr Robin Wilson

Victoria, Central and Southern New South Wales, Southern Eyre Peninsula, the Mallee of SA and Victoria and the South East of SA

AH, APW & Feed

Wheat Udon

Dr Robyn McLean

Agzones 1-5 of WA

Premium Udon noodle quality

Wheat Speciality

Dr Robyn McLean

Fast Tracking the introgression of genes into adapted germplasm for disease resistance and defect elimination