Crop Improvement

TR61 Production technologies for low-chill temperate fruits [4]
Reports from the Second International Workshop on Production Technologies for Low-chill Temperate Fruits, Chiang Mai 2004.

TR48 Genetic Transformation, Regeneration and Analysis of Transgenic Peanut [5]
Conventional breeding has led to the improvement of some peanut traits such as seed yield and drought tolerance

TR46 Kava (Piper methysticum) in the South Pacific [6]
This report discusses kava myths and ceremonies, the relative importance of kava as a cash crop, the kava plant and its cultivation, and the diseases and pests commonly found in kava gardens

TR44 A Variety Collection of Edible Nut Tree Crops in Solomon Islands [7]
This technical report summarises results of a variety collection of indigenous edible nut tree crops

TR39 The Cut Flower Industry: Research and Development Issues [8]
This publication examines the issues involved in the effective application of biotechnology in ACIAR-funded programs

TR38 Principles of Grain Marketing: some lessons from the Australian experiences [9]
This technical report emphasises the importance of efficient methods for determining price in agricultural markets and the importance of transport in developing efficient domestic and international marketing systems

TR37 Mycotoxin Contamination in Grains [10]
High levels of mycotoxin are hazardous to human and animal health

TR29 Research and Development Prospects for Faba Bean [11]
This report is the result of a workshop held in Melbourne in March 1994, which aimed to define research and development priorities for faba beans at a regional, national and international level

TR16 Mineral Nutrition of Food Legumes in Thailand [12]
ACIAR has supported two complementary studies in Thailand that have confirmed deficiencies of the micronutrients boron and molybdenum and the macronutrients phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and nitrogen in a high proportion of food legume crops

TR13 Rainfed Rice Production in the Philippines: a combined agronomic/economic study of Antique Province [13]
This report contains details of two ACIAR projects: an agronomic project designed to study environmental constraints to increase productivity of rainfed rice-based farming systems in the lowlands and upland areas of Sri Lanka and the Philippines and; an economic project focusing on the factors responsible for the difference between potential productivity and actual farm performance

PR113 Agriculture: New directions for a new nation East Timor (Timor-Leste) [14]
An urgent task in the newly emerging nation of East Timor is to develop a sustainable agricultural sector

PR112 Breeding of drought-resistant peanuts [15]
These proceedings report papers presented at the final external review of ACIAR project CS97/114 held at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India on 25-27 February 2002

PR109 Inoculants and Nitrogen Fixation of Legumes in Vietnam [16]
This report covers research carried out in an ACIAR project to increase yields and nitrogen fixation of soybean, groundnut and mungbean in Vietnam through rhizobial inoculation

PR101 Increased Lowland Rice Production in the Mekong Region [17]
These proceedings report the outcome of an International Workshop held in Vientiane, Laos, 30 Oct to 2 Nov 2000 to coincide with the beginning of a new ACIAR project, Increased productivity of rice-based cropping systems in Lao PDR, Cambodia and Australia

PR077 Breeding Strategies for Rainfed Lowland Rice in Drought-prone Environments [18]
These proceedings present the results of five years collaborative research involving scientists from Australia, Thailand and Lao PDR

PR072 Sterility in Wheat in Subtropical Asia [19]
Wheat in subtropical Asia is a potential minor crop although consistently high yields have not yet been achieved

PR071 Grain Drying in Asia [20]
Grain drying has taken on an important role in Asia as countries strive to produce grains for world export

PR070 Management of Clay Soils for Rainfed Lowland Rice-based Cropping Systems [21]
In Asian countries rice is the most important staple food

PR069 South Pacific Indigenous Nuts [22]
This publication brings together most of the papers presented at a five day workshop held in Vanuatu in 1994

PR067 Sugarcane Germplasm Conservation and Exchange [23]
Estimates given in 1987-88 place sugar as the fourteenth most important crop in developing countries with a gross value of production of over US$7 billion

PR057 Leucaena - Opportunities and Limitations [24]
OUT OF PRINT (electronic files available)

PR053 Coconut Improvement in the South Pacific [25]
These proceedings arose from a workshop held in conjunction with the final review of the ACIAR coconut improvement project

PR041 Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya [26]
Much of sub-Saharan Africa is semi-arid and the burgeoning population depends heavily on small-scale dryland agriculture

PR036 Fungi and Mycotoxins in Stored Products [27]
Contamination of stored food and feedstuffs by fungi and the mycotoxins they produce poses a serious health risk for humans and livestock and causes economic losses worldwide

PR025 Fumigation and Controlled Atmosphere Storage of Grain [28]
These proceedings stem from aconference held in Singapore in February 1989

PR022 Bulk Handling and Storage of Grain in the Humid Tropics [29]
OUT-OF-PRINT High yields from new early-maturing varieties of rice and the development of systems enabling two crops per year have created problems for the existing grain handling system in the ASEAN region

PR021 Banana and Plantain Breeding Strategies [30]
Bananas and plantain (musa spp) are one of the few tropical crops that have not been bred successfully

PR019 Technological Change in Postharvest Handling and Transportation of Grains in the Humid Tropics [31]
Significant advances in grain harvesting, drying, handling, storage and milling have occurred in the ASEAN region in the last decade

PR018 Food Legume Improvement for Asian Farming Systems [32]
OUT-OF-PRINT Food legumes are grown throughout Asia for human and animal nutrition

MN111 High-yielding anthracnose-resistant Stylosanthes for agricultural systems [33]
This comprehensive book summarises new knowledge about Stylosanthes research and development