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Breedingbetterqualitywheatandbarley

SteveJefferiesCEO,AGT

1. BackgroundtoAustralianwheatquality– Who/whatcontrolsqualityofwheat?

2. Howdowebreedbetterqualitywheat?3. Expectedmajorwheatvarietychanges4. BarleyvarietyaccreditationinAustralia5. Expectedmajorbarleyvarietychanges

Overview

WheatproductioninAustralia

• 13.4millionha• 1.9t/ha• 25.2milliontn (last5yearaverageincludingdurum)

• PredominantlyspringwhitewheatplantedfromApriltoJune

• HarvestfromOctobertoJanuary

• Variationsinqualityareafunctionofvarietymixandenvironment

WheatproductioninAustralia

Highproteinproductionareas

Characteristic Primaryinfluence

Secondaryinfluence

Tertiaryinfluence

Protein Content Environment Grower Breeder

Moisture Grower Environment

Screenings Environment Grower Breeder

Testweight Environment Grower Breeder

Fallingnumber Environment Grower Breeder

Un-millable material GrowerOther contaminants Grower

What/whoisresponsibleforquality?

What/whoisresponsibleforquality?

Characteristic Primaryinfluence

Secondaryinfluence

Tertiaryinfluence

GrainHardness Breeder - Environment

Millingyield Breeder - Environment

Flourcolour Breeder - -

WaterAbsorption Breeder Environment Grower

Dough properties Breeder Environment Grower

Starch Quality Breeder - Environment

YANquality Breeder Environment Grower

Bakingquality Breeder Environment Grower

Class

Characteristic Primaryinfluence

Secondaryinfluence

Tertiaryinfluence

Protein Content Environment Grower Breeder

Moisture Grower Environment

Screenings Environment Grower Breeder

Testweight Environment Grower Breeder

Fallingnumber Environment Grower Breeder

Un-millable material Grower

Other contaminants Grower

What/whoisresponsibleforquality?

Grade

Hard-grainedclasses

APH AH

APW&ASW APWN

FromR.Williams, CBH

• WheatbreedersfocusonthequalitytargetsdefinedbyAustralianwheatqualityCLASSESnotgrades(receival standards)

DifferencebetweenClassandGrade

MaxClass

Mostimportantvarieties

APH Gregory Suntop Spitfire Sunvale Baxter Wedgetail

AH Mace Yitpi Livingston Kord Scout Derrimut

APW Corack Trojan Wyalkatchem Magenta Justica Westonia

Areaplantedtovarietiesofdifferentclasses

Class Qld NNSW SNSW Vic SA WA

APH 95% 90% 65% * * -

AH 5% 10% 25% 90% 90% 70%

APW/ASW <1% <1% 5% 10% 10% 15%

ANW - - - - - 15%

*Someareaplantedtovarieties eligibleforAPHinQld/NSWbutnotinVictoria,SA andWAeg Chara,Wallup,Wedgetail

ClassAPH

AH

APW

ASW

>13.0%Protein

>11.5%Protein

>10.0%Protein

Grade

AH1>13.0%Protein

AH2>11.5%Protein

APW1>10.5%Protein

APW2>10.0%Protein

HardGrade/ClassCascading

Grain, Milling and Dough QualityScreeningsTest weightHardnessMilling yieldBran contentFlour brightnessFlour yellownessWater absorptionDough Development timeDough Mixing stabilityDough StrengthDough ExtensibilityPeak Viscosity

Baking Quality- 3 different baking

methodsLoaf volumeCrumb colourAppearanceTexture

YAN/Ramen QualityNoodle sheet brightnessNoodle sheet yellownessChange of brightnessChange of yellownessYieldTexture, bite and mouth feel

QualityTraitsBreedersNeedtoManipulateinhardwheat

SelectionforQualityatAGT

• Twofullyequippedin-houselaboratories• JuniormillingandBuhlermilling• Doughrheology

– mixograph– farinograph– extensograph– SDS– RVA

• HMWandLMWglutenins• WholegrainNIR• DNAtechnology• Endproducttesting

2,000potentialnewvarietiesassessed eachyear

• Millingextraction• Flourcolour(Minoltab*)• Waterabsorption• Doughproperties- Strength&extensibility• Balanceddoughproperties• Baking

• Straightdough,spongeanddough,andrapiddough• YAN/Ramennoodle

• Primaryfocusoncolour(brightnessstability)

MostimportantbreedingtargetsforbreadandYAN/Ramennoodle

“The AGT Breeding Funnel”

200,000

20,000

2,000

200

20

2

Year 2-4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

1,000 parent combinationsYear 1

Grain Size and Confirmation

+ DNA, SDS, Glutenin, Jn Mill/Mixo

+ Buhler Mill, Dough Rheology

+ End Products

+ End Products

Final Classification and Variety Release

200,000

20,000

2,000

200

20

2

Year 2-4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

1000 parent combinationsYear 1

“The AGT Breeding Funnel”

WheatbreedingindustryinAustralia

Breeder Owners Estimated market share*

AGT GRDC,Limagrain,SARDI,UniversityofAdelaide

46%

Intergrain GRDC,DepartmentofAgric.andFoodWA,Monsanto

9%

Longreach PacificSeeds,Syngenta 9%

Dow Dow 1%

Bayer Bayer 0%

Other Various <1%

ExpectedmajorchangestowheatvarietiesinAustralia

SuntopLPBFlankerSuntime

ExpectedmajorchangestowheatvarietiesinAustralia

SuntopBeckomCondo

LPBFlanker

ExpectedmajorchangestowheatvarietiesinAustralia

ScepterLPBTrojanCutlass

ExpectedmajorchangestowheatvarietiesinAustralia

ScepterCutlass

Zen(Noodle)Supreme(Noodle)

LPBTrojan

• AustraliacanproduceNorthAmericanstylebakingwheatvarieties

Bakingwheats

AGTelitevarietiesDNS CWRS

BarleyproductioninAustralia

• 7.5milliontn• Mostlyinsoutherncroppingareaswherecoolertemperaturesandlightersoils– lowprotein

AustralianBarleyBreeding

Breeder Shareholders or partners

Major varieties Comments

AGT GRDC,Limagrain,SARDI,UniofAdelaide

Commenced barleybreeding2014

Intergrain GRDC,DAFWA,Monsanto

LaTrobe,Flinders,SpartacusCL,Baudin,

Gairdner,Bass

CollaborationwithSyngenta

UniversityofAdelaide

UniversityofAdelaide

Schooner,Sloop,Flagship,Fleet,

Commander, Fathom,Compass

CollaborationswithSecobra,Saparo,Heineken andCarlsberg

Seedforce RAGT RGTPlanet

Edstargenetics

Elders Granger,Henley FormerarrangementwithNickersons UK

Grainsearch Farmerownedcompany

Westminster Far

• ManagedbyMaltingBarleyIndustryBarleyTechnicalCommittee(MBIBTC)andtechnicalcommitteereportingtoBarleyAustralia

• Labdataprovidedbybreeders• Atleast2yearsofcommercialscalemalting• ThisyearRattler,Litmus,CompassandSpartacusCL

Barleyvarietyaccreditation

• Compass– NewyieldbenchmarkinAustralia– SimilarqualitytoCommander

• Flinders– ExcellentMaltextractandgoodmodification– HighDP– Veryhighfermentability– Lowwort viscosity

Newmaltbarleyvarieties

• LaTrobe– ExcellentMaltextract– HighDP– Veryhighfermentability– Lowwort betaglucan andviscosity

Newmaltbarleyvarieties