Rice research collection

A collection of rice research including conference papers and posters, journal articles and extension material. The list will be added to as more items become available.

Conference publications

Balindong J, Ward RM, Liu L, Pallas L and Waters DLE (14–16 September 2016) ‘Medium grain rice protein composition influences physicochemical properties’ From the soil to the supermarket: 66th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Tamworth.

Balindong J, Ward R, Liu L, Raymond C, Pallas L, Snell P and Waters DLE (3 August 2016) ‘Reduced rice protein content predisposes medium grains to break during milling’ Southern Cross Plant Science (SCPS) Open Day, Southern Cross University (SCU) Research Week, SCU Lismore, NSW Australia.

Balindong J, Waters DLE, Liu L, Ward R and Rose T (16–18 September 2015) ‘Identification of standard extraction methods and HPLC gradients for rice grain protein’ Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Balindong JL, Waters DLE, Ward R, Liu L, Raymond C and Pallas L (14–16 September 2016) ‘Rice endosperm proteins affects the grain breakage during milling’ From the soil to the supermarket: 66th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Tamworth.

Bechaz S, Emebiri L, Philpot K, Ovenden B, Snell P and Ward RM (26–29 August 2012) ‘Marker implementation in the Australian rice industry’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Gold Coast, Qld.

Brooks TLL, Ryan ME, Vanniasinkam T, Obied HK, Pallas LA and Blanchard CL (16–18 September 2015) ‘Antimicrobial activity of rice extracts’. Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Callcott ET, Blanchard C, Snell P and Santhakumar AB (27–29 August 2019) ‘The acute anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of coloured rice derived polyphenols in obese populations’ Grains: A global food resource: 69th Australasian Grain Science Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Callcott ET, Santhakumar AB, Oli P and Blanchard CL (10–14 September 2018) ‘Rice-derived polyphenols reduce inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers in human umbilical vein endothelial cells’ Grain Science Transforming our future: 68th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Callcott ET, Santhakumar AB, Oli P and Blanchard CL (21–23 October 2018) ‘Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of rice-derived polyphenols in endothelial dysfunction and obesity’ Abstract accepted for American Association of Cereal Chemists International Conference, London.

Callcott ET, Strappe P, Wallace R, Pallas LA, Durand A and Blanchard CL (16–18 September 2015) ‘Optimised in-vitro obesity assay for high-throughput screening of bioactive compounds derived from Australian-grown rice’. Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Collard B, Oli P and Snell P (1 August 2019) ‘Rice breeding – view of the future’ Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) 2019 Annual Conference, Corowa, NSW.

Daygon VD, Ovenden B, Reidel A, Prakash S, Mitchell J, Snell P, Garson M and Fitzgerald M (16–18 September 2015) ‘The diversity of aromatic rice varieties in the metabolomics, genetic and sensory perspective’ Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Dunn B and Ward R (19-22 September 2010) ‘Predicting rice grain quality by NIR’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Melbourne, Vic.

Fukai S, Snell P and Mitchel J (5–6 September 2018) ‘Development of cold tolerant varieties towards establishment of aerobic rice production systems in southern Australia’. In Proceedings of the 246th meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan, Hokkaido, Japan.

Khatun A, Waters DE, Pallas L and Liu L (3–7 October 2016) ‘Lysophospholipid content of Australian grown rice’ ComBio 2016 Conference, Brisbane.

Lee JJ, Tang J, Liu L, Ward R, Butardo VM, Blantchard C, Waters D, Gaborieau M and Castingnolles P (24–27 October 2017) ‘Monitoring in vitro digestion of rice starch using capillary electrophoresis online’ 4th International Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference, Sydney.

Luo J, Jobling SA and Li Z (20–22 September 2017) ‘Allelic effects on starch structure and properties of six starch bio-synthetic genes in a rice recombinant inbred line population’ 67th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Majzoobi M, Farahnaky A, Pallas L and Blanchard C (23–26 October 2016) ‘A review of in vitro methods for measuring glycemic response of foods’ 2016 American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Martin M, Coombes N, Snell P and Ward RM (25–28 August 2013) ‘Spectrum of rice grain quality at the farm gate’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Freemantle, WA.

Martin H, Ellwood M, Maher W, Snell P, Philpot K, Krikowa F and Duncan E (5–10 August 2018) ‘The uptake and metabolism of arsenic species in rice’ 12th Congress on International Plant Molecular Biology Montpellier, France.

Martin H, Ellwood M, Maher W, Snell P, Philpot K, Krikowa F and Duncan E (18–23 August 2019) ‘Variability of arsenic species throughout rice plants’ Goldschimidt 2019, Barcelona.

Martin M, Oliver J and Ward R (19-22 September 2010) ‘Influence of free fatty acids on viscosity traces of rice flour slurries’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Melbourne, Vic.

Martin M and Pallas LA (14–16 September 2016) ‘Past to present rice grain quality measurements’. From the soil to the supermarket: 66th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Tamworth.

Martin M, Park WD and Fitzgerald MA (11–14 September 2001) ‘Water, the essence of the RVA’, poster presented in Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Cereal Chemistry Division Conference, Coogee Beach, NSW.

Martin R, Martin M and Fitzgerald MA (21–24 September 2004) ‘High throughput evaluation of the physical quality of rice for the breeding programs’, poster presented in Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Cereal Chemistry Division Conference, Canberra, ACT.

Martin M, Reinke RF, Fitzgerald MA (22–23 March 2006) ‘Balance between protein and starch composition in rice grains’, poster presented in Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Cereal Chemistry Division Conference Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Martin M, Reinke RF, Fitzgerald MA (5–10 August 2007) ‘Does sample preparation affect gelatinisation temperature?’, poster presented in Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Cereal Chemistry Division Conference, Melbourne, Vic.

Martin M, Snell P, Ford R and Ward RM (4–8 September 2011) ‘Genotype × environment influence on rice quality’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Coolangatta, Qld.

Martin M and Ward R (31 August – 4 September 2008) ‘Changes in cooking properties of milled Australian rice during storage a three different storage temperatures’, poster presented at American Association of Cereal Chemists International Conference, Surfers Paradise, Qld.

Martin M and Ward R (27–30 September 2009) ‘Determination of gelatinisation temperature for the rice breeding program’, poster presented at American Association of Cereal Chemists International Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Mitchell J, Zulkafli S, Campbell B, Snell P, Godwin I and Fukai S (20–24 September 2015) ‘Closing the gap: linking phenotype to genotype in rice lines contrasting for cold adaptation’. Building productive, diverse and sustainable landscapes: 17th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Australia, www.agronomy2015.com.au.

Myint O, Mitchell JH, Snell PJ and Fukai S (15–17 October 2018) ‘Grain yield and head rice yield of rice varieties in response to aerobic condition and water deficit at flowering and during grain filling’ 5th International Rice Congress, Singapore.

Myint O, Mitchel J, Snell P and Fukai S (25–29 August 2019) ‘Head rice yield in response to deficit during reproductive stage and aerobic conditions’ In Proceedings of the 19th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW , http://www.agronomyaustraliaproceedings.org/.

Oli P and Pallas LA (20–22 September 2016) ‘Non destructive method of mineral analysis in rice kernels’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Tamworth, NSW.

Oli P, Snell P and Ford R (27–29 August 2019) ‘The effect of nitrogen fertiliser use on the quality of stored rice’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Melbourne, Vic.

Oli P and Talbot M (10–14 September 2018) ‘Rice quality from breeding and industry perspectives’ 68th Australasian Grains Science Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Ovenden B, Milgate A, Rebetzke G, Wade L and Holland J (20–25 September 2015) ‘Selection for increased water-soluble carbohydrate concentration in wheat’ Poster presented at the 9th International Wheat Conference, Sydney.

Pallas LA and Martin M (16–18 September 2015) ‘Exploring the cooking properties of blended Australian grown rice varieties’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Coogee Beach, NSW.

Pallas LA, Snell P and Elliott K (24–27 August 2014) ‘Genetic and agronomic determinants of quality in coloured rice variants’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Brisbane, Qld.

Proud CD, Campbell B, Z. Susanti Z, Fukai S, Godwin ID, Ovenden B, Snell P, Mitchell J (9–12 February 2020) ‘Identifying loci and developing reliable markers for low temperature tolerance at the young microspore stage’ Proceedings of the 7th International Temperate Rice Conference, Brazil.

Proud C, Mitchell J, Campbell B, Suzanti Z, Godwin I, Ovenden B, Snell P and Fukai S (25–29 August 2019) ‘Improving low-temperature  tolerance in rice’ In: Proceedings of the 19th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW http://www.agronomyaustraliaproceedings.org/.

Rao S, Blanchard C, Chinkwo K, Vanniasinkam T and Pallas L (14–16 September 2016) ‘The effect of environment on grain composition and functionality’ From the soil to the supermarket: 66th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Tamworth.

Rao S, Chinkwo K, Oli P and Blanchard CL (21–23 October 2018) ‘Mapping antioxidant activity of oat polyphenols using UHPL-online ABTS and LC Q-TOF”. Abstract accepted for American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International Conference, London.

Rao S, Chinkwo K, Vanniasinkam T, Luo J and Blanchard C (20–22 September 2017) ‘The chemopreventive potential of Australian grown rice’ 67th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ryan ME, Obied HK, Pallas LA, Sangster JM and Blanchard CL (16–18 September 2015) ‘Genetic variation in the antioxidant content of rice and the impact of home cooking methods on antioxidant retention’ Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Snell P (6–9 March 2017) ‘The challenge of the Australian climate’ International Temperate Rice Conference, Griffith, NSW, Australia.

Snell P, Oli P and Talbot M (9–12 February 2020) ’Delivering premium japonica product from Australian rice production - not all it’s cracked up to be’ Proceedings of the 7th International Temperate Rice Conference, Brazil.

Susanti Z, Snell P, Fukai S and Mitchell J (6–9 March 2017) ‘Floral trait variation for cold tolerance in a rice population at booting and flowering stages’ International Temperate Rice Conference, Griffith, NSW, Australia.

Talbot M, Oli P, Luo J and Snell P (20–22 September 2017) ‘The effects of nitrogen treatment and aging on crack formation in soaked rice’ Grain Technology for Consumer Nutrition: 67th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Talbot M, Snell P, Oli P and Pallas L (23–26 October 2016) ‘The effects of nitrogen treatment on crack formation during wetting in rice’ 2016 American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Toutounji MR, Farahnaky A, Butardo VM, Luo J and Blanchard C (24–27 October 2017) ‘Physicalchemical properties and digestibility of retort rice’ 4th International Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference, Sydney.

Toutounji MR, Farahnaky A, Butardo V, Oli P and Blanchard CL (10–14 September 2018) ‘The impact of processing on starch digestibility’ 68th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Toutounji MR, Farahnaky A, Butardo V, Oli P and Blanchard CL (21–23 October 2018) ‘Digestibility and physicochemical properties of processed Australian rice’. Abstract accepted for American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International Conference, London.

Toutounji MR, Farahnaky A, Butardo Jr VM, Oli P and Blanchard CL (27–29 August 2019) ‘Rice digestibility as influenced by fertiliser application and postharvest storage temperature’ 69th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Wang XD, Pallas LA, Skylas D, Quali K, Mawson AJ, Pak SC, Durand A and Blanchard CL (16–18 September 2015) ‘The antioxidant and functional properties of Australian rice bran’. Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Waters DLE, Liu L, Deacon S, Snell PJ, Pallas LA and Ward RM (16–18 September 2015) ‘Gamma-aminobutyric acid in milled rice grain’ Poster presented at the 65th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Sydney.

Wood RM, Balindong JL, Mawson AJ, Waters DLE, Blanchard CL, Dunn BW and Oli P (10–14 September 2018) ‘Effect of nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on grain quality parameters and protein composition of rice grown in south-eastern Australia’ 68th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Wood RM, Balindong J, Waters D, Mawson J, Blanchard CL, Dunn BW and Oli P (21–23 October 2018) ‘Effect of nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on grain quality parameters and protein composition of rice grown in south-eastern Australia’ Abstract accepted for American Association of Cereal Chemists International Conference, London.

Wood RM, Blanchard CL, Mawson J, Waters D, Dunn BW and Oli P (21–23 October 2018) ‘The impact of delayed permanent water on grain quality parameters of rice grown in south-eastern Australia’. Abstract accepted for American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International Conference, London.

Wood RM, Dunn BW, Waters DLE, Blanchard CL and Oli P (9–12 February 2020) ‘The effect of water saving practices on rice grain quality in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the 7th International Temperate Rice Conference, Brazil.

Wood RM, Dunn BW, Waters DLE, Mawson AJ, Blanchard CL and Oli P (27–29 August 2019) ‘Effect of plant density on grain quality parameters of short and medium grain rice varieties’ 69th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Wood RM, Dunn BW, Waters DLE, Mawson AJ, Blanchard CL and Oli P (27–29 August 2019) ‘Vegetative water stress improves milling quality and alters the pasting parameters of rice’ 69th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Wood RM, Mawson AJ, Waters DLE, Blanchard CL, Dunn BW and Luo J (20–22 September 2017) ‘Impact of farmer practice on rice grain quality’ 67th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wood RM, Mawson AJ, Waters DLE, Blanchard CL, Dunn BW and Oli P (10–14 September 2018) ‘Vegetative water stress alters grain-filling behaviour improving grain quality in rice’ 68th Australasian Grains Science Association Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Scientific publications

Balindong JL, Ward RM, Liu L, Rose TJ, Pallas LA, Ovenden BW, Snell PJ and Waters DLE (2018) ‘Rice grain protein composition influences instrumental measures of rice cooking and eating quality’, Journal of Cereal Science, 29:35–42, doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2017.09.008.

Balindong J, Ward R, Rose T, Liu L, Raymond C, Snell P, Ovenden B and Waters D (2018) ‘Rice grain protein composition influences head rice yield’, Cereal Chemistry, 95(2):253–63, https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.10031.

Callcott ET, Blanchard CL, Oli P and Santhakumar AB (2018) ‘Pigmented rice-derived phenolic compounds reduce biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Molecular Nutrition Food Research, 62(24), https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201800840.

Callcott ET, Thompson K, Oli P, Blanchard CL and Santhakumar AB (2018) ‘Coloured rice-derived polyphenols reduce lipid peroxidation and pro-inflammatory cytokines ex vivo’ Food and Function, 9(10):5169–5175, https://doi.org/10.1039/c8fo01531g

Castro JV, Dumas C, Chiou H, Fitzgerald MA and Gilbert RG (2005) ‘Mechanistic information from analysis of molecular weight distributions of starch’, Biomacromolecules, 6(4)2248–2259, doi: 10.1021/bm0500401,

Castro JV, Ward RM, Gilbert RG and Fitzgerald MA (2005) ‘Measurement of the molecular weight distribution of debranched starch’, Biomacromolecules, 6(4):2260–2270, doi: 10.1021/bm050041t.

Chiou H, Fellows CM, Gilbert RG and Fitzgerald MA (2005) ‘Study of rice-starch structure by dynamic light scattering in aqueous solution’, Carbohydrate Polymers, 61(1):61–71, doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.02.011.

Daygon VD, Calingacion M, Forster LC, Voss JJD, Schwartz BD, Ovenden B and Fitzgerald MA (2017) ‘Metabolomics and genomics combine to unravel the pathway for the presence of fragrance in rice’ Scientific Reports, 7(1):8767, http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07693-9.

Fang X, Barbetti M, Lanoislet V and Snell P (2017) ‘Races of Magnaporthe oryzae in Australia and genes with resistance to these races revealed through host resistance screening in monogenic lines of rice (Oryza sativa)’ European Journal of Plant Pathology, 148: 647–656, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-016-1122-4.

Fang X, Snell P, Barbetti M J, and Lanoiselet V (2017) ‘Rice varieties with resistance to multiple races of Magnaporthe oryzae offer opportunities to manage rice blast in Australia’ Annals of Applied Biology, 170(2):160–169, https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12324.

Fitzgerald M, Daygon V, Prakash S, Ovenden B, Mitchell J, Calingacion Fe and Snell P (2016) ‘Understanding the Jasmine phenotype of rice through metabolite profiling and sensory evaluation’ Metabolomics, 12(4):63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-016-0989-6.

Fitzgerald MA, Martin M, Ward RM, Park WD and Shead HJ (2003) ‘Viscosity of rice flour: a rheological and biological study’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51(8):2295–2299, doi: 10.1021/jf020574i.

Kam K, Arcot J and Ward R (2012) ‘Fortification of rice with folic acid using the parboiling technique: Effect of parboiling conditions on nutrient uptake and physical characteristics of milled rice’,Journal of Cereal Science, 56(3):587–594, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2012.08.010.

Kam K, Murray JM, Arcot J and Ward R. (2012) ‘Fortification of parboiled rice with folic acid: Consumer acceptance and sensory evaluation’, Food Research International, 49(1):354–363, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2012.07.064.

Kharabian-Masouleh A,Waters DLE, Reinke RF, Ward R and Henry RJ (2012) ‘SNP in starch biosynthesis genes associated with nutritional and functional properties of rice’, Scientific Reports, 2(557), DOI:10.1038/srep00557.

Maher W, Duncan E, Martin H, Snell P, Krikowa F, Jagtap R, Foster S, Ezaz T and Ellwood M (2018) ‘Arsenic concentrations and speciation in Australian and imported rice and commercial rice products’ Environmental Chemistry, 15:387–402, https://doi.org/10.1071/EN18073.

Martin M and Fitzgerald M A (2002) ‘Proteins in rice grains influence cooking properties’, Journal of Cereal Science, 36(3):285–294, doi: 10.1006/jcrs.2001.0465.

Mitchell JH, Zulkafli SL, Bosse J, Campbell B, Snell P, Mace ES, Godwin ID and Fukai S (2016) ‘Rice cold tolerance across reproductive stages’ Crop and Pasture Science, 67(8):823–833, https://doi.org/10.1071/CP15331.

Oli P, Ward RM, Adhikari B and Torley P (2014) ‘The diffusion of moisture in paddy during hydration and dehydration process’, Drying Technology, 32(12):1423–1434.

Oli P, Ward RM, Adhikari B and Torley P (2014) ‘Parboiled rice: Understanding from a materials science approach’, Journal of Food Engineering, 124:173–183.

Oli P, Ward R, Adhikari B, Mawson AJ, Adhikari R, Wess T, Pallas L, Spiers K, Paterson D and Torley P (2016) ‘Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy study of the diffusion of iron, manganese, potassium and zinc in parboiled rice kernels’ LWT - Food Science and Technology, 71:138–148, https://doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2016.03.034.

Oli P, Ward R, Adhikari B and Torley P (2016) ‘Colour change in rice during hydration: Effect of hull and bran layers’ Journal of Food Engineering, 173:49–58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2015.10.036.

Oli P, Adhikari B, Pallas L, Ward R and Torley P (2019) ‘Parboiling of Rice, in Advances in Science & Engineering of Rice,  Pan Z and Khir R, Eds, pp. 365–390.

Oli P, Ward R, Talbot M and Snell P (2021) ‘Understanding pre- and post-milling crack formation in rice grain’ American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 64(6). https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.1469.

Pallas L (2016) ‘Rice processing: Beyond the farm gate’, in: Wrigley C, Corke H, Seetharaman K and Faubion J, (eds), Encyclopedia of Food Grains, 2nd edn,pp. 446–452, Oxford:Academic Press.

Perry PA, Fitzgerald MA and Gilbert RG (2006) ‘Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching as a probe of diffusion in starch systems', Biomacromolecules, 7(2):521–530, doi: 10.1021/bm0507711.

Philpot K, Martin M, Butardo V Jr., Willoughby D and Fitzgerald M (2006) ‘Environmental factors that affect the ability of amylose to contribute to retrogradation in gels made from rice flour’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54(14):5182–5190, doi: 10.1021/jf060666y.

Santhakumar A, Rao S, Blanchard C, Oli P and Snell P (2020) ‘Rice phenolic compounds response to variability in growing conditions’ Cereal Chemistry, 7(5):1045–1055, https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.10327.

Toutounji MR, Farahnaky A, Santhakumar AB, Oli P, Butardo VM and Blanchard CL (2019) ‘Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting rice starch digestibility’. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 88:10–22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2019.02.012.

Van Leeuwen M, Toutounji MR, Mata J, Ward R, Gilbert EP, Castignolles P and Gaborieau M (2021) ‘Assessment of starch branching and lamellar structure in rice flours’, Food Structure 29(100201):1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2021.100201.

Vinarao R, Proud C, Snell P, Fukai S and Mitchell J. (2021) ‘QTL validation and development of SNP-based high throughput molecular markers targeting a genomic region conferring narrow root cone angle in aerobic rice production systems’ Plants, 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102099.

Ward RM, (2016) ‘Quality parameters and testing methods in rice cultivation’, in Achieving sustainable rice cultivation (Ed: Prof. Takuji Sasaki, Nodai Research Institute) http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2016.0003.34

Ward RM (2021) ‘Rice: A healthy option’, Food Australia, July–September.

Ward RM, Coombes N, Draper T and Torley P (26–29 August 2012) ‘Rice texture revisited’, poster presented at Australasian Grains Science Conference, Gold Coast, Qld.

Ward RM, Gao QY, de Bruyn H, Gilbert RG and Fitzgerald MA (2006) ‘Improved methods for the structural analysis of the amylose-rich fraction from rice flour’, Biomacromolecules, 7(3):866–876, doi: 10.1021/bm050617e.

Ward R, Spohr L and Snell P (2019) ‘Rice grain quality: an Australian multi-environment study’ Crop and Pasture Science, 70(11):946–957, https://doi.org/10.1071/CP19194.

Waters Daniel LE, Henry Robert J, Reinke Russel F and Fitzgerald Melissa A (2006) ‘Gelatinization temperature of rice explained by polymorphisms in starch synthase’, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 4(1):115–122, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00162.x.

Extension publications

Troldahl D, Snell P, Dunn B, Ovenden B and Pallas L (2015) ‘Rice variety guide-2015–16’, Primefact 1112, 5th edn, NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Collard B and Snell P (2019) ‘Rice breeding in Australia – challenges and opportunities’, Farmers’ Newsletter, No. 201 — Autumn 2019, pp. 29–31, Irrigation Research and Extension Committee. Available at https://irec.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Articles-and-Quick-takes-of-No.-201-Farmers-Newsletter-Autumn-2019-1.pdf (accessed 7 October 2021).

Daygon D, Ovenden B, Prakash S, Mitchell J, Snell P and Fitzgerald M (2016) ‘Analysing rice aroma using flavour metabolomics’ Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D, Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Troldahl D (ed.) (2018) Rice growing guide 2018. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Fang X, Barbetti M, Lanoislet V and Snell P (2016) ‘Managing rice blast in Australia for the future’, Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D. Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Mitchell J, Snell P and Fukai S (2016) ‘Enhancing breeding efficiency for cold tolerant rice’, IREC Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D. Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Mitchell J, Snell P and Fukai S (2018) ‘Understanding the mechanism of cold tolerance for future rice varieties’, Improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian rice industry: 2018 Rice R&D Update, Publication No. 18/026, pp. 40–44. AgriFutures Australia.

Oli P, Snell P and Ford R (2019) ‘Nitrogen fertiliser affects the quality of stored rice!’, Presented at the Rice Field Day, Jerilderie, Australia, 7 March.

Oli P, Ward R, Pallas L, Adhikari B and Torley P (2018) ‘Rice parboiling’, Zhongli Pan and Ragab Khir (eds). Advances in Science and Engineering of Rice. DEStech Publications, Inc.

Ovenden B, Snell P, Pallas L and Ford R (2016) ‘Overview of new short season breeding lines’, Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D. Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Philpot K, Talbot M and Snell P (2016) ‘Beyond the pollen grain’, Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D. Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Troldahl D (ed). Rice variety guide 2019–20, NSW Department of Primary Industries. Available at https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/broadacre-crops/summer-crops/rice-development-guides/rice-variety-guide (accessed 7 October 2021).

Snell P, Oli P and Collard B (2019) ‘Australian Rice Partnership 2’. Presentation at the AgriFutures Annual R&D update meetings, 21 August.

Talbot M, Oli P and Snell P (2018) ‘Research into grain cracking and breaking of rice’ Improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian rice industry: 2018 Rice R&D Update, Publication No. 18/026, pp. 45–47. AgriFutures Australia.

Talbot M, Pallas L and Snell P (2016) ‘Crack formation in rice grains’, Farmers’ Newsletter, Large Area No. 195: Rice R&D. Irrigation Research and Extension Committee.

Troldahl D, Snell P and Dunn B (2018) ‘Rice variety guide-2018–19’,. Primefact 1112, 8th edn, NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Troldahl D, Snell P, Dunn B, Ovenden B and Pallas L (2016) ‘Rice variety guide 2016–17’, Primefact 1112, 6th edn, NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Ward R (2017) ‘Quality parameters and testing methods in rice cultivation’, T. Sasaki (ed), Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice (Vol. 1): Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

Wood R, Dunn B and Oli P (2018) ‘Impact of farm practices on rice grain quality’, Improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian rice industry: 2018 Rice R&D Update, Publication No. 18/026, pp. 8–9. AgriFutures Australia.

Technical reports

Blackburn H (2019) ‘In vitro starch digestion assay: transferring skills from the FGC’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 73. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Blackburn H (2019) ‘PaddyCheck – a new instrument to measure physical parameters of rice grains – new developments’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 79. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Blackburn H (2019) ‘Implementing KDDart for Yanco ice Breeding: Standardising nomenclature’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 88. NSW Department of Primary Industries

Elliot K (2018) ‘DNA extraction of milled grain’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 63. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliot K (2018) ‘Germinating rice seed before sowing’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 65. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliot K (2018) ‘Packing pure seed short row and long row trials’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 68. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliot K (2019) ‘KASP Lowplex marker system for rice molecular breeding’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 77. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K, Oli P and Collard B (2020) ‘Preliminary validation of KASP markers for grain quality traits’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 84. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2020) ‘KASP system for rapid DNA fingerprinting’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 86. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2020) ‘KASP markers for amylose vs CT repeat’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 87. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2020) ‘Preliminary evaluation of KASP markers for molecular breeding of disease resistance’,Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 89. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2021) ‘Expanding the arsenal of KASP markers and development of a “consensus map”’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 91. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2021) ‘Initial validation of KASP markers for abiotic stresses’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 93. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2021) ‘Development of KASP markers for sd1’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 94. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Elliott K and Collard B (2021) ‘Development of KASP markers for coloured pericarp’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 95. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Johnston L (2014) ‘Predicting rice variety blends’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 26. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Johnston L (2014) ‘RVA – Effect of repeated can use’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 25. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Johnston L (2014) ‘RVA new cans versus old cans’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 24. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Johnston L (2016) ‘Reduction of can movement during TVT testing’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 40. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Luo J (2017) ‘Cooked rice grain texture’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 53. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Luo J (2017) ‘PaddyCheck – a new instrument to measure physical parameters of rice grains – Ring Study update. Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 46. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Luo J (2017) ‘Reassessment of amylose standard samples’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 52. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Luo J (2017) ‘Wet chemistry result comparison between SR, DPI and UQ for the Fragrant Assessment Project’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 51. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin H, Philpot K and Snell P (2019) ‘The uptake and metabolism of arsenic species in rice’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 76. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin H, Philpot K and Snell P (2019) ‘Variability of arsenic species throughout rice plants’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 75. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2014) ‘Elongation II – cooking method for automated, single grain measurement’,Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 23. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2014) ‘Temperature during ripening has an effect on cooking properties’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 21. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2014) ‘Topaz in a fertiliser trial – is quality affected?’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 20. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2015) ‘Determine amylose content with differential scanning calorimetry’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 32. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2015) ‘Setting up the new texture tester (TVT)’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 28. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2016) ‘Cooking whole rice grains using the RVA’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 38. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Martin M (2017) ‘Attempt to accelerate amylose determination’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 41. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2017) ‘Comparing the performance of two rapid Visco analysers: RVA 4500 and RVA TechMaster’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 42. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2017) ‘Effects of storage on quality of some medium grain rice varieties: A study proposal’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 45. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2017) ‘What are these bumps in RVA curves?’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 43. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2018) ‘Progress report on Qsorter’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 67. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2018) ‘Quality evaluation in the rice breeding program’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 66. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2018) ‘Quality evaluation of C2017 trials’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 71. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2018) ‘Study on the colour stability of purple rice’. Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 62. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2018) ‘Validation of texture analyser TVT can holder’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 72. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2019) ‘Combining the sensory and laboratory results’ (confidential), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 80. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2019) ‘Effects of variety and particle size on RVA pasting profiles of rice flour’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 78. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2020) ‘Q-Sorter performance test’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 82. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Oli P (2020) ‘Quality evaluation of C2018 trials’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 83. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Ovenden B (2015) ‘Overseas travel report IRC2014 (TRIM INT15 48937)’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 34. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Pallas L (2014) ‘Topaz colour and quality compared to Kyeema and Langi’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 27. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Pallas L (2015) ‘CY15 harvester plot carry over assessment’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 33. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Pallas L (2016) ‘Cervitec replacement update – measuring chalk and dimensions’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No.37. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Philpot K (2017) ‘Evaluation of total arsenic and arsenic species concentration within the grain of a diverse set of japonica and tropical japonic rice varieties, with and without the addition of soil organic matter’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 50. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Philpot K (2018) ‘Evaluating the effects of organic amendments on a straighthead sensitive rice variety grown under organic farming practices’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 69. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Philpot K (2018) ‘Methodology report: High-throughput 30 tiller and quadrat cut processing for harvest index and sterility assessments of rice varieties from short row and plot trials’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 70. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Pianca J (2020) ‘Evaluation and comparison of SeedCount instruments for dimension measurements’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 81. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Sims Y (2016) ‘DSC – Early generation gel temperature using paddy and faster heat rate’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 36. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Snell P (2014) ‘Rice variety evaluation and breeding in northern Australia – an industry perspective’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 22. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Snell P (2015) ‘Characteristics of an arborio rice variety’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 35. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Crack detection in paddy rice’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 57. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Image analysis of cracking in rice grains during soaking (Hanasaki)’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 47. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Investigating new microscopy methods for analysing starch, protein, lipid and cell wall polysaccharide distribution in rice grains’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 48. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Investigating sectioning and staining methods for analysing rice quality’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 54. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Methods for single panicle sterility measurement’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 58. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Post-milling cracking in short and medium-grain rice’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 49. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘Post-milling cracking in short and medium-grain rice’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 55. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2017) ‘SunRice problematic Reiziq and YRK5’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 56. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2018) ‘Pre-milling and post-milling cracking in rice: summary of the literature review’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 60. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Talbot M (2018) ‘Report on post-milling cracking and breakage in Reiziq and Sherpa at the Deniliquin SunRice mill’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 61. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Van Meeuwen E (2018) ‘Rice variety evaluation deep water’ (draft), Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 59. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Ward R (2016) ‘Strategy to introduce capacity to select for low GI across quality types’, Australian Rice Partnership 2 Technical Report, No. 39. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Research papers

Talbot M, Oli P and Snell P (2018) ‘Cracking and breakage in rice grains: implications for the rice industry’ Slinger D, Moore T and Martin C (eds), Southern NSW research results 2018, pp. 156–157. NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Collard B, Elliot K and Oli P (2021) ‘Using KASP markers for molecular breeding of critical quality traits in rice’ Slinger D, Moore T and Martin C (eds), Southern NSW research results 2021. NSW Department of Primary Industries.