grdc WA scientists help crack barley genetic code April 27th, 2017 The development of new and improved barley varieties is set to be accelerated, after the complete barley genome was recently mapped by an international consortium, which included Murdoch University scientists. + Find out more Murdoch fighting Russian invasion June 29th, 2016 Researchers at Murdoch University could hold the key to stopping the exotic pest which is threatening Australia’s $8billion cereal crop industry. Russian wheat aphid (RWA) has been detected in South Australia and Victoria – the first time it has been reported in Australia. The Federal Government has issued an alert to farmers of the threat […] + Find out more Research to improve resistance to costly wheat fungal disease November 27th, 2015 Research is underway that will pave the way for new, improved wheat varieties that are more resistant to a significant fungal disease that costs Western Australian growers $108 million each year. + Find out more Improving the profitability of Australian wheat September 30th, 2015 Murdoch University researchers have received more than $4 million in funding over five years from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to improve the quality and profitability of Australian Wheat. + Find out more Wheat researcher wins prestigious fellowship December 8th, 2014 Murdoch University wheat expert Dr Hollie Webster has won a prestigious international fellowship to carry out research in Germany and Mexico for six months. + Find out more Murdoch’s key role in groundbreaking wheat research July 23rd, 2014 Murdoch University wheat researcher Professor Rudi Appels has played a key role in an international research project which has published the draft sequence of the bread wheat genome in the prestigious journal Science. + Find out more