Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0211951
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Invesitgation of environmental staining and storage discolouration in Faba Bean. Faba beans are an important pulse crop in Australia. They are exported to the Middle East and Europe for human consumption where buff coloured beans are desired. A third of beans become discoloured in storage. These are downgraded to stock feed with a loss of $50 per ton to the grower. Currently little is known about the causes. Environmental factors and selected genotypes will be assessed to determine the potential causes of discoluration. Analytical techniques will ascertain the discolouration process and the compounds produced. The aim is to provide growers with information on management strategies and breeders of strain resistant genotypes.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2002
End Date: 06-2006
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $67,635.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Post Harvest Technologies (Transportation And Storage) | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Crop and Pasture Production
