GENERAL | NSW DPI scientists vie for Eureka Prizes
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Director-General, Richard Sheldrake, today announced that three NSW DPI scientists are finalists in the prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/eureka-prizes

BIOSECURITY | EMAI gets major biosecurity boost
Investing further in the State’s capacity to respond to exotic disease incursions, the recent NSW budget allocated more than $43 million to upgrade biosecurity facilities at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI), Camden.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/emai-boost

VERTEBRATE PESTS | Mapping invasive animals
The first consistent national assessment of 10 of Australia’s significant invasive animal species has been produced under a cooperative project coordinated by NSW DPI.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/mapping-invasive-animals

FISHERIES SCIENCE | Fish lift at Tallowa Dam in spotlight
The success of a new fish lift at Tallowa Dam will be the focus of a four-year NSW DPI study.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/fish-lift

CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION | Wheat variety trials reveal exciting future
NSW DPI researchers are predicting an exciting future and new levels of profitability for irrigated wheat following the results of a wheat variety trials.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/wheat-variety-trials

ENTOMOLOGY | Helpful insects abound
A NSW DPI scoping study of beneficial insects for the Riverina Plains Farming Systems Group found 91 different beneficial species in the sampled 10 paddocks of wheat, triticale, canola and lucerne pasture.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/helpful-insects-abound

FISHERIES SCIENCE | Research into recreational fish stocks
Valuable information on the recreational fishery in two major impoundments - Burrinjuck and Blowering Dams - is being gathered by NSW DPI researchers.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/recreational-fish-stocks

ENERGY | Researching non-food crop biofuel sources
Foresight about the impact on food prices and security, and the social implications for third world countries of sourcing biofuels from food crops guided NSW DPI to research second generation feedstocks.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/non-food-crop-biofuel

ANIMAL DISEASE | Bee industry supports research into new parasite disease
NSW DPI researchers have received funding to investigate a new microsporidian parasite (Nosema ceranae) in honeybees.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/new-bee-parasite-disease

CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION | Rice goes upland to North Coast
New rice growing trials will be conducted on the NSW North Coast - 1500 kilometres from the State’s traditional Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) rice growing region.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/rice-goes-upland

ANIMAL PRODUCTION | Mum's the word on sheep pedigree: Macdonald
With Mother’s Day just around the corner Orange-based researchers are developing cost effective ways to match lambs and their mothers in a bid to boost genetic gain and sheep producer’s returns through greater knowledge and use of animal pedigree, Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald, said today.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/sheep-pedigree

ANIMAL PRODUCTION | "Taste enhancing" lamb research efforts
Lamb chops have been getting more delicious and it’s partially due to the research results from a local scientist, Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald said today.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/taste-enhancing

CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION | Wagga Wagga scientist receives prestigious international award
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Director-General Dr Richard Sheldrake today congratulated DPI scientist Dr Rod Mailer for winning the prestigious Timothy Mounts Award for his research into the science and technology of edible oils.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/wagga-scientist-receives-award

HORTICULTURE | National award for NSW researcher
The Australian vegetable industry has acknowledged the work of Yanco-based NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientist, Sandra McDougall, at its annual awards ceremony.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/national-award

PEST CONTROL | New environmentally-friendly solution to major cotton pests
Those little suckers who feed on cotton plants and cause economic damage to crops could soon be managed with a new environmentally-friendly pest control.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/cotton-pests-solution

CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION | Progress with chickpea root disease
Screening chickpea germplasm for resistance to Phytophthora root rot (PRR) has been given a boost by results from a NSW DPI field trial conducted in 2007. 
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/chickpea-root-disease

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | NRM database adopted by other agencies
LandMAPT Database - developed by NSW DPI - has been taken up by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change and Victorian Department of Primary Industries for monitoring and evaluation of natural resource management (NRM) indicators.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2008/nrm-database