Closed
Program 4: In-field high throughput phenotyping of Net Blotch in barley
Tender ID: 516901
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
PROC-9176789
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
24 January 2023
Closing Date:
27 February 2023
Tender Description
The most damaging pathogen to barley production in Australia is Net Blotch, accounting for 42% (~$125M) of total annual foliar disease losses. Efforts to improve genetic resistance or develop fungicide controls for Net Blotch are critical to a productive future for Australian barley growers. However, successful pre-breeding and breeding programs designed to improve Net Blotch resistance are limited by a method to accurately phenotype the disease in field trials as visual scoring is time-consuming, costly, technically challenging and can be subjective. The rapid recent improvement in quality, availability, and user-friendliness of both sensor technologies (e.g. RGB cameras) and sensor platforms (e.g. drones) means these now present realistic options for development of high-throughput field phenotyping tools and methods.
This investment will deliver a new method for field phenotyping of Net Blotch in barley that is high-throughput, accurate, low-cost and amenable to use by someone who has minimal pathology training.
This investment is one of a suite of five R&D programs expected to work as a collaborative consortium which will build on existing expertise and resources from past GRDC investments to generate new expertise and knowledge to tackle Net Blotch in Barley. Coordination between the programs will be assured through contractual obligations and the use of milestones to drive timing of required collaborative activities. Annual or bi-annual meetings will serve as key engagement events between programs and relevant industry stakeholders (e.g. breeders, agronomists, growers etc).
Other Instructions:
Please note the following:
- Collaboration between research organisations and industry is encouraged. All collaborations should designate a lead organisation as per the Tender Terms and Conditions.
- Coordinated approaches which leverage other activities/investments investment or creates efficiencies for phenotyping method development are encouraged (for example, but not limited to, PROC-9176795: Developing tools to enable high-throughput phenotyping of Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB) in wheat).
- Applications including international research organisations are welcome. Applications should have clear demonstration of impact on Net Blotch under Australian conditions and a clear path to market of outputs for Australian grain growers.
- Co-investment from research partners is highly valued. Please see the budget template for definitions of cash and in-kind contributions.
Conditions for Participation:
The following are mandatory conditions with which a Tenderer must comply to participate in this procurement process:
1 The Tenderer must be a single legal entity or recognised firm of partners except where the Tender is submitted by a consortium and the Tender specifies that each member of the proposed consortium will be party to the contract.
2 The Tenderer and any proposed subcontractor must be compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and any other applicable labour laws and standards in the jurisdiction in which they operate.
3 The Tenderer and any subcontractor must not have a judicial decision against it (not including decisions under appeal) relating to employee entitlements and who have not paid the claim.
4 The Tenderer and any subcontractor must not be named on the Consolidated List, being the list of persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions or travel bans under Australian sanction laws, as maintained by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Location
Western Australia
:
Gascoyne
:
Goldfields/Esperance
:
Great Southern
:
Kimberley
:
Mid West
:
Peel
:
Perth Metropolitan
:
Pilbara
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South West
:
Wheatbelt
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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