woody crops progam update
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CRC for Future Farm Industries…New woody crops
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Woody Crop Research
Paul TurnbullWoody Crops Program Leader
The Future Farm Industries CRCPaul.Turnbull@dpi.vic.gov.au
Ph 0409 402 179
Presented atSA Symposia Bridging Productivity and SustainabilitySA Symposia Bridging Productivity and Sustainability
22 June 2010
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Woody Crop Research – part of a network seeking a future mallee biomass industry
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CRC’s Woody Crop Program
Breeding – Richard Mazanec
Water and Nutrient Sustainability Gen 2 –D i l M dhDaniel Mendham
Harvesting Systems – Peter Zurzolo
Biomass Sustainability Studies – Amir Abadi
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Breeding Trial Site
Breeding Short Cycle Woody CropsBreeding Short Cycle Woody Crops – Richard Mazanec
Seed orchard in flower
5Glass house cuttingsDrummartin Trial Oct 2009
2009 Planting Season
18 864 trees planted + bufferstotal > 12 haEstimated 25-30% gain in leaf cineole gconcentration (against trial average)3-8% gain in Biomass3 8% gain in Biomass
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E. polybractea coppice
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Cuttings in mist house
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E. Polybractea cutting age 6 weeks
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Root development at 6 weeks
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2010 Cuttings Program
18/20 new clones captured in 2009/10 thus far.Overall 23% strike rate to dateU f 6% i 2009
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Up from 6% in 2009
1 yr Old Clones
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2009/2010 program
More E. polybractea clones to be t dcaptured
E. loxophleba lissophloia 3 trials - 125 familiesE. loxophleba gratiae 3 trials – 90 familiesp gMallee species trials Victoria (advisory role)role)A. saligna coppicing trialAt i l
13Atriplex papers
Future emphasis
Eucalyptus polybracteaAcacia salignaAcacia salignaEucalyptus loxophleba ssp lissophloia Eucalyptus loxophleba ssp gratiaeEucalyptus loxophleba ssp gratiaeE. viridis (green mallee)E. porosa (mallee box)E. porosa (mallee box)E. cneorifolia (Kangaroo Island narrow-leaved mallee)E. bakeri (Bakers mallee northern Nsw -southern Qld)
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FP18/Gen2 project: Daniel MendhamManagement of nutrients and waterManagement of nutrients and water for high mallee biomass supply
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Nutrients and water for mallee biomass supply
Support from 2nd Generation Biofuels fund – part of DRETSupport from 2 Generation Biofuels fund part of DRETOur project is Task 1 of a larger 6-task project being led by Curtin UniversityProject teamProject team
CSIRODaniel Mendham, Rick Bennett, Gary Ogden, Georg Wiehl
DECJohn Bartle, Adam Peck, Wally Edgecombe, Matt Forbes, , y g ,
UWAMark Tibbett, Alana Shedley, Keith Smettem
DAFWADAFWAKim Brooksbank, Rob Sudmeyer
Time frame
16Project started in 2009, ends in June 2012
Nutrients and water for mallee biomass supply
Project structure• Nutrient sustainability
• Changes in nutrient pools• Changes in nutrient dynamics
• Physiological sustainability• Coppicing frequency g y
• Responses to nutrients• Harvest season
• Water sustainability• Soil water depletion• Water harvesting
• Competitive sustainability• Water harvesting
• Integration and modelling
• Interactions with ag.
Knowledge and tools
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Knowledge and toolsto support sustainable
mallee production
Harvesting – supply chain to processing P t Z l
Woody crop production Harvest
– Peter ZurzoloWoody crop production Harvest
ChipChip
ProcessingTransport
Products:
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Products:1. Biofuel or Bioenergy2. Biochar3. Cineole
184. Co-products and biomaterials5. Sequestered carbon
Biomass Feasibility StudiesAmir AbadiAmir Abadi
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Woody Crops Farming System
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