1. ACRCP strategy

2. Australian grain growers managing their farms to maximise profit and reduce risk by adopting cost-effective control measures to reduce losses from weeds, pests and diseases. 1
Cost effective management of weeds
2 Effective management of vertebrate and invertebrate pests
3 Cost effective management of cereal rusts
4 Cost effective management of cereal (non-rust), pulse and oilseed fungal pathogens 5
Cost effective management of nematodes 6
Cost effective management of viruses and bacteria 7
Biosecurity and stewardship

3. >70% growers aware integrated methods
>50% use some form integrated methods

4. >50% growers undertake on farm biosecurity practices

5. Key external and internal crop protection drivers
Australian Agvet Bill & Increasing global regulation
Fungicide supply

6. Effective sustainable and efficient management of Cereal Rusts

7. GRDC outcome 3.1 – Cost effective management of cereal rusts.
Achieved through grain growers using a combination of new genetic, cultural and fungicide management tools to reduce losses and minimise control costs of cereal rusts.
Practice changes include:
► More grain growers and their advisers monitoring crops. Demonstrated by:
Increase in the number of samples sent to plant pathologists.
Increase in samples sent to the cereal rust survey
► Breeders and pre-breeders using available genetic diversity. Demonstrated by:
Identification of cost effective traits.
Incorporation of traits
Commercialisation of traits for resistance.
► Grain growers and their advisers cost effectively manage cereal rust disease. Demonstrated by:
Increased proportion of grain growers adopting a management plan.
Increase in production area of well adapted varieties with rust resistance.
Reduction in rust survival over summer on the “green bridge”.

8. Intermediate outcomes
Protecting Your Crop – 3.3 Effective, sustainable and efficient management of cereal rusts
SBI-II update: Evaluation (theme 1 hierarchy)
GRDC GOAL
THEME VISION
10 YRS
PROFITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIAN GRAINS INDUSTRY VALUED BY THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Australian grain growers managing their farms to maximise profit and reduce risk by adopting cost-effective control measures to reduce losses from weeds, pests and diseases
Theme Goals
5 YRS
Growers use a combination of new genetic, cultural and fungicide management tools to reduce crop losses and minimise control costs of cereal rusts.
Intermediate outcomes
Practice change
3-5 Years
More grain growers and their advisers monitoring crops
Breeders and pre-breeders using available genetic diversity
Grain growers and their advisers cost effectively manage cereal rust disease
Management plan
CIM00013, DAN00143, DAN00147, DAS00099, DAV00111, DAW00174
DAW00210, FAR00002, PBC00002, PBC00003, PYC44, DAQ00154
Budget $722 K
Total Budget $7,099 K
Trait discovery
CIM00017, CSP00099
CSP00161, CSP00164
UA00101, UA00141
US00067, VR139-1
Budget $1,814 K
Total Budget $14,384 K
Trait incorporation
DAS00102, PBC00001
PYC48, US00063, US00039
Budget $818 K
Total Budget $5,143 K
Immediate outputs/
practice
1-2 years
ACRCP survey
DAN00161, US00064
Budget $162 K
Total Budget $777 K
Varieties
KAL00002, PYC28, PYC51
Budget $0 K
Total Budget $1744 K
Increase in the number of samples sent to plant pathologists.
Identification of cost effective traits.
Increased proportion of grain growers adopting a management plan
Trait commercialisation
PYC4
Budget $88 K
Total Budget $385 K
Green bridge
DAW00207
Budget $87 K
Total Budget $87 K
Increase in samples sent to the cereal rust survey
Incorporation of traits
Increase in production area of well adapted varieties with rust resistance.
Is this still right?
What are the critical activities for your project? Will these activities enable you to satisfy the program goal for this theme?
How are you tracking according to this plan?
Specific q. How does Ros’ project fit here?
Commercialisation of traits for resistance.
Reduction in rust survival over summer on the “green bridge”.
Foundational Activities/
Outcomes
Year 1
ACRCP survey database, Pathology project database
S Jones variety database. Reviews of best practice in breeding programs under Theme 2.
ACRCP Coordination. Current and potential costs of cereal diseases IDM training course survey data

9. Protecting Your Crop - Theme investment commitments 2012/13

10. Protecting Your Crop - Theme investment commitments 2012/13 to 2017/18

11. ACRCP strategy
Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP) for the period
Based on the recommendations of an independent specialist review conducted by the GRDC in December 2010-January 2011
Input of the members of a Strategic Planning Group selected by GRDC, representing the state primary industry agencies,
Participants in the existing ACRCP research charter
GRDC executive management and the commercial cereal breeders.
Strategy sets clear goals and objectives for ACRCP research, surveillance and service activities, identifies the target crop species and lays out principles for allocating resources to these.
The focus for the next five years is firmly on the research program outputs; knowledge, germplasm and tools to assist breeders to rapidly incorporate rust resistances in their varieties and manage the cereal rust risk for the nation.

12. ACRCP strategy
The ACRCP has three strategic goals, which will be achieved through;
1. Providing cereal breeders with;
Diverse sources of genetic resistance
Mechanisms to stack the resistances, and the breeding tools required for them to readily deploy these genes in new varieties, and
Commercial screening services to allow reliable selection for resistance to the major cereal rusts.
2. Providing the Australian grains industry and biosecurity agencies with;
Coordinated national rust monitoring service, endemic and exotic threat surveillance and forecasting capacity, inc timely advice on potential epidemics
Timely consensus ratings, rust resistance genotypes of current commercial varieties, and response changes to rust pathotypes and the implications
3. Ensuring continuity of cereal rust knowledge and the scientific skill-base;
Targeted dissemination of information and education to industry/ public
Mentoring and training of the next generation of cereal pathologists, geneticists, and agronomists.

13. ACRCP strategy
A number of risks, structural, scientific and operational issues identified in analysis of the 2011 Review. These are addressed in the strategic plan for the next phase.
The most important are:
Continuing issues with the funding model and management of the FFS operation
Clarity about the mandate for the ACRCP-CC in some important areas of ACRCP,
Need for review and revision of the Charter of Participation, particularly to clarify roles and accountabilities of the PISC agencies, the ACRCP-CC and CIMMYT,
Gaps in the relationship with national plant disease policy and science architecture,
Issues with the ACRCP management structure and its capacity to provide strategic overview and governance for the science and services (FFS) streams
A gap in the fundamental and applied R&D program investigating fungicide use and their interaction with the APR genes, and design of agronomic packages.

14. ACRCP strategy 2012-2017 Key strategy recommendations
Collaboration with the CGIAR network will continue to be a priority
Need for timely delivery of results and materials has been addressed.
Broader collaboration with the state primary industry agencies is envisaged.
Expected that state agencies will contribute additional resources to the ACRCP
Training and extension activities directed to state agency staff, agronomy advisors and growers will remain an important part of the ACRCP.
ACRCP‘s critical role in disease surveillance on a national scale will continue, including conduct of pathogen surveys and reporting to the cereals industry on epidemics, variety responses and new pathotypes.
The ACRCP will engage more actively with relevant national plant biosecurity programs and exotic disease risk management, providing scientific advice to ensure maximum program effectiveness.
A limited investment in the development of agronomic management packages and in some preparations for the possibility of fungicide insensitivity is flagged.

15. ACRCP strategy 2012-2017 Key strategy recommendations
GRDC-subsidised services currently provided to breeders at the University of Sydney will transition to a cost-recovery (not-for-profit) model by 2017.
Inc changes to the business model delivering data and germplasm to breeder clients on schedule and in formats adapted to the client needs and controlling costs.
Clients will not be charged for the IP incorporated in data and germplasm provided by ACRCP, representing a significant non-cash value of the services.
Current science management committee, currently comprising representatives from the 5 charter participants, will be reconstituted as a Science Leadership Group (SLG), chaired by the Director.
The ACRCP Consultative Committee will be formally represented on the SLG, contributing to strategic oversight of the research program and helping with delivery of the research outputs to ACRCP stakeholders.

18. Comments and questions
Strategy executive summary to go up on the ACRCP website
Strategy document will be sent to ACRCP CC on request from secretariat
Robert Park
Robert Loughman