| | GRDC - Media Release - Shopping for drought tolerance (West, 26 May 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Neil Turner of CSIRO has targeted drought tolerance in two of WA's most popular legume crops, lupin and chickpea, which annually fetch about 100 million export dollars for WA. |
 | | Dr Turner's colleagues, Dr Jairo Palta of CSIRO, and Drs Bob French and Bevan Buirchell of the Department of Agriculture, found that for lupins the magic formula was quick seed growth to help the plants mature before drought set in, while for chickpea it was superior osmotic adjustment. |
 | | According to Dr Turner, the quick seed filling corresponding with drought tolerance in lupins affects the pod length at the end of the linear seed filling phase of plant growth. |
| www.grdc.com.au /whats_on/mr/west/western_region04011.htm (432 words) |