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The Program is Provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds.
The main program below is listed in AEST.
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TUESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2021
| 09:30 | PLATFORM OPEN & HUB REGISTRATION |
OPENING SESSION – Sponsored by CSIRO  |
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| 10:00 | Conference Welcome – Dr Julianne Lilley |
| 10:05 | Welcome to Country |
| 10:20 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION “Canola: Should we breed for fuel or food? What the market is telling us.”Nick Goddard CEO of the Australian Oilseeds Federation/Pulse Australia Nick Goddard is joint CEO of the Australian Oilseeds Federation (AOF), and Pulse Australia. Both organisations are ‘whole of value chain’ bodies, representing the respective industries both locally and internationally. Nick has had a long and successful career in the food industry, working for the end-user portion of the agricultural value chain, with companies such as Goodman Fielder and Unilever. Nick draws on his end-user and consumer knowledge in bringing a ‘market driven’ approach to the oilseed value chain. Nick’s links with canola date back to 1985 when he introduced the canola name to the Australian consumer market with the launch of the first canola-based cooking oil. Nick holds an MBA, a B.Comm (Marketing), and a Grad.Dip in Rural Science, and is based in Sydney, Australia. |
| 10:50 | QUICK BREAK – CHANGEOVER |
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SESSION 1 – PESTS & DISEASES Session Chair: A/Prof. Sarita Bennett |
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| 10:55 – 11:05 | Fungicide sensitivity and resistance in the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, across canola growing regions in Australia Dr Angela Van De Wouw |
| 11:05 – 11:15 | Steps towards a cultivar resistance rating system for upper canopy blackleg infection Dr Steve Marcroft |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Quantitative blackleg resistance in the host differentially interacts with L. maculans isolates Dr Susie Sprague |
| 11:25 – 11:40 | Group Q&A |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | MORNING BREAK |
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SESSION 2 – PESTS & DISEASES Session Chair: Dr Susie Sprague |
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| 12:00 – 12:10 | Emergence of Cladosporium macrocarpum in canola in Western Australia A/Prof. Alexander Idnurm |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Was fungicide application worthwhile on canola in southern and central NSW in 2020? Maurie Street & Rohan Brill |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Challenges and opportunities for managing Sclerotinia stem rot in canola in WA A/Prof. Sarita Bennett & Dr Pippa Michael |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Group Q&A |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
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SESSION 3 – NOVEL GERMPLASM & TRAITS Session Chair: Dr Chris Helliwell |
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| 13:30 – 13:40 | Female reproductive organs of Brassica napus are more sensitive than male to transient heat stress Dr Sheng Chen |
| 13:40 – 13:50 | Identification of Seedling Resistance to Blackleg in the Brassica oleracea C-Genome Ms Denise Barbulescu |
| 13:50 – 14:00 | An automated canola phenology detection system based on drone imaging and deep learning Jing Wang |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Group Q&A |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | AFTERNOON BREAK |
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SESSION 4 – BREEDING & GENETICS Session Chair: Professor Wallace Cowling |
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| 14:35 – 14:45 | A genome wide association study (GWAS) in canola identifies multiple loci for the natural variation in Al3+ resistance Dr Peter R Ryan |
| 14:45 – 14:55 | Genome wide association study (GWAS) of early vigour and flowering time in canola (Brassica napus) Mr Kianoush Nikoumanesh |
| 14:55 – 15:05 | Characterization of Histone H3 Lysine 4 and 36 Tri-methylation in Brassica rapa L. Mr Hasan Mehraj |
| 15:05 – 15:15 | Multiple genes control physiological and agronomic water use efficiency in canola Dr Harsh Raman |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Group Q&A |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | BREAK |
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SESSION 5 – BREEDING & GENETICS Session Chair: Dr David Tabah |
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| 15:40 – 15:50 | Optimising Canola Phenology for Australian Growing Environments Dr Chris Helliwell & Dr Shannon Dillon |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | The genetic architecture of canola flowering time Dr Harsh Raman |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Genetic improvement of canola field establishment Dr Matthew Nelson |
| 16:10 – 16:25 | Group Q&A |
| 16:25 – 16:40 | POSTER SESSION Watch our poster presenters 3-minute videos |
VISIT THE RESOURCE GALLERY – Sponsored by Seed Force |
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| 16:40 | NETWORKING SESSION Join in the online networking session or do some mingling at your hub. |
WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2021
| 09:30 | PLATFORM OPEN & HUB REGISTRATION |
OPENING SESSION DAY TWO – Sponsored by NPZ Australia |
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| 10:00 | Welcome to day 2 – Dr Julianne Lilley |
| 10:05 | KEYNOTE | Interview – The story behind Australia’s world record (dual-purpose) canola crop. John Kirkegaard with guests Peter Brooks and James Cheetham |
| 10:35 – 10:40 | QUICK BREAK – CHANGEOVER |
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SESSION 6 – AGRONOMY Session Chair: Dr Andrew Fletcher |
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| 10:40 – 10:50 | A simple potential yield calculator for canola in the high rainfall zone Dr John Kirkegaard |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Hyperyielding Canola Year 1 – Management for 5 t/ha canola Rohan Brill |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Manipulating canola canopies through agronomy & genetics in the high rainfall zone Dr Jens Berger |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Management packages to increase canola yield and profit in low-rainfall southern cropping environments Dr Therese McBeath |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Group Q&A |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | MORNING BREAK |
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SESSION 7 – AGRONOMY Session Chair: Dr Lucy Watt |
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| 12:00 – 12:10 | APSIM NextGen Canola model – new flexibility and functionality Dr Julianne Lilley |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Prediction of canola phenology through integration of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with a crop model Dr Bangyou Zheng |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Capturing phenological diversity in canola using fewer key environments Dr Jeremy Whish |
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Assessing canola heat tolerance using portable heat chambers in field Dr Rajneet Uppal |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Group Q&A |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | LUNCH BREAK |
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SESSION 8 – AGRONOMY – Sponsored by PGG Wrightson Seeds Session Chair: Dr John Kirkegaard |
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| 13:45 – 13:55 | Increasing seeding opportunities by sowing canola from March Ms Jackie Bucat |
| 13:55 – 14:05 | Thermal time and vernal time response of commercial and pre-release Canola cultivars Mrs Danielle Malcolm |
| 14:05 – 14:15 | Slow early versus fast late – which works best and where? Rohan Brill |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Group Q&A |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | AFTERNOON BREAK |
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SESSION 9 – OTHER BRASSICA CROPS – Sponsored by AusWest & Stephen Pasture Seeds Session Chair: Lindsay Bell |
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| 14:50 – 15:00 | Forage brassicas have a role in filling feed gaps in mixed farming systems Dr Lucy Watt |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Understanding anti-nutritional compounds in forage brassicas to improve livestock production Dr Rebecca Stutz |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Breeding improvements in forage brassica that maximise utilisation and animal production Mr Hamish Best |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Phi thickenings in Brassica oleracea roots are induced by osmotic stress and mechanical effects, both involving jasmonic acid Mrs Maketalena Aleamotu’a |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Performance and Feasibility of Carinata in Australia Dr Anthony Van Herwaarden |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Group Q&A |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | BREAK |
| CLOSING SESSION – Sponsored by CSIRO |
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| 16:10 – 16:20 |
Conference Close Dr Julianne Lilley & Dr John Kirkegaard |
| 16:20 – 16:35 | POSTER SESSION Watch our poster presenters 3-minute videos |
| VISIT THE RESOURCE GALLERY – Sponsored by Seed Force |
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| 16:35 | NETWORKING SESSION Join in the online networking session or do some mingling at your hub. |
