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Breeding new crops
Rob Fletcher
Breeding:
1. Selection
2. Hybridisation/
genome manipulation?
3. Changing traits
4. Crop performance
A new crop is a crop new to an area
New crops cause anticipointment
Problems:
New Crops since 1950
(Australia)
Gross Value
($million, 1992)
Factors since 1950:
Current new crop "breeding":
*Agroforestry *Australian native food
*Bamboo *Beverages
*Cereals *Culinary spices & herbs
*Essential oils *Fibres
*Floriculture crops *Forages
*Fruits *Industrial crops
Current new crop "breeding":
*Landscape species *Legumes
*Medicinal herbs *Nuts
*Oilseeds *Pesticide crops
*Root crops *Soil stabilising crops
*Starch crops *Sweetener crops
*Vegetables *Windbreak crops
Current new crop "breeding":
Propagation Selection
Plant breeders can play a role in facilitating new crop commercialisation
Plant breeders' role in new crops:
Plant breeders' role in new crops:
Plant breeders' role in new crops:
Two examples:
Cashew:
Tea tree:
The 13 steps for
new crop commercialisation
13 steps:
1. New crop chosen
2. High risk
3. IP rights
4. Marketability of
product
DOOR Marketing
(Do Our Own Marketing Research for New Rural Industries)
Can you sell the product?
Can you get it to market?
Who will get in your way?
Can you improve your info?
13 steps:
5. (Production?)
6. Form group
7. Resources
8-10. Monitoring,
benchmarks, review
13 steps:
11. Trial marketing
12. Trial processing
13. Field trials
Facilitation:
PPT Slide
Plant breeders' role:
Initially it must be easier to find a good genetic combination than to create it.
Thank
You |
Author: Dr Rob Fletcher
Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Home Page: http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au
Other information:
This presentation was made at the 11th Australian Plant Breeders' Conference, Adelaide, South Australia in April 1999
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