Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 7654 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 195 ­ – Rice R&D 2016 Jaquie Mitchell and Shu Fukai The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Brisbane Peter Snell NSW Department of Primary Industries, Yanco Agricultural Institute A T The University of Queensland (UQ), a process for screening (phenotyping) genotypes of rice for cold tolerance in a controlled-temperature glasshouse has been developed. The process is repeatable and therefore can be used in the pre-breeding stages of variety development. Further, having determined cold-tolerant genotypes, these genotypes can be studied to identify the physiological and genetic characteristics of cold-tolerant rice varieties. The multidisciplinary research team (i.e. agronomists, physiologists and geneticists), which is focused on improving cold tolerance in rice, is led by Professors Shu Fukai and Ian Godwin and Drs Jaquie Mitchell and Brad Campbell. The research is carried out in close collaboration with rice breeders Drs Peter Snell and Ben Ovenden from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. The screening process has been developed as part of the project Cold tolerant An important step in the development of new rice varieties is a pre-breeding program to identify suitable genotypes to include in a breeding program. QUICK TAKE l Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a screening (phenotyping) process to identify genotypes of rice that are cold tolerant at the booting and flowering stages. l A successful screening process will improve the efficiency of the rice breeding program in developing new varieties with imported cold tolerance. l The screening process will also enhance the ability of plant breeders to identify the regions of the rice genome that are important for cold tolerance. l UQ Masters students updating Ben Ovenden, NSW DPI rice breeder (back row and right) on their rice research in the controlled-temperature glasshouse at Gatton campus of UQ. NEW PROCESS ASSISTS BREEDING OF COLD TOLERANT RICE