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Contents<br />
Introduction John R. Hillman ................................................................................................................................................6<br />
<strong>Report</strong> of the Director: John R. Hillman .................................................................................................................................11<br />
Viruses – evolving organisms? D.J. Robinson............................................................................................................................71<br />
Barley <strong>Crop</strong> Development: R.P. Ellis........................................................................................................................................76<br />
Some personal remarks on the Farm Scale Evaluations of GMHT crops: G squire....................................................................83<br />
Mechanisms & Processes .......................................................................................................................................................90<br />
Overview: G.C. Machray, J.W.S. Brown, K. Oparka & L. Torrance.........................................................................................90<br />
Proteomic analysis of the Arabidopsis nucleolus: J.W.S. Brown, G.P. Clark and D. Lewandowska ...........................................93<br />
Involvement of nucleolus in plant virus infection: M. Taliansky, S.H. Kim, E.V Ryabov, B. Reavy and D. J. Robinson............94<br />
High-throughput gene expression analysis at SCRI: P. Hedley and J. Morris .............................................................................95<br />
Developing ‘silencing-based’ GM resistance to viruses: H. Barker & K.D. McGeachy..........................................................................96<br />
Studying plasmodesmal targeting of TMV-MP using FRAP: K.M. Wright, N.T. Wood, K.MacKenzie & K.J. Oparka ............97<br />
Viral Induced Gene Silencing in <strong>Crop</strong> Species: K. Hrubikova, E. Gilroy, O. Faivre-Rampant, G. Loake, P. Birch,<br />
M. Taylor & C. Lacomme .........................................................................................................................................................98<br />
Knockout of PCN genes using RNAi: Q. Chen & J.T. Jones...................................................................................................100<br />
New discoveries with Erwinia genomics: I.K. Toth, L. Pritchard, M.H. Holeva, L.J. Hyman, K.S. Bell, S.C. Whisson,<br />
A.O. Avrova and P.R.J. Birch...................................................................................................................................................101<br />
Targeting late blight with gene discovery: S.C. Whisson, A.O. Avrova, M.R. Armstrong, J.T. Jones, E. Venter & P.R.J. Birch .102<br />
The role of Potato mop-top virus proteins in intracellular movement : L.Torrance, G.H. Cowan, S. Haupt and A. Ziegler .......104<br />
Genes to Products................................................................................................................................................................106<br />
Overview: H.V. Davies, R. Viola & R. Waugh .......................................................................................................................106<br />
Carotenogenesis in potato tubers: W.L. Morris, L. Ducreux, S. Millam, D. Stewart, D.W. Griffiths, C. Lacomme,<br />
H.V. Davies & M.A. Taylor.....................................................................................................................................................109<br />
Biosynthesis of vitamin C in plant phloem: R.D. Hancock, D. McRae, S. Haupt & R. Viola..................................................110<br />
Transgenical approaches to reducing glycoalkaloids in potato tubers: L.V.T. Shepherd, K.F. McCue, W.R. Belknap<br />
& H.V. Davies.........................................................................................................................................................................112<br />
Retrotransposons and genetic diversity in crop plants: A.J. Flavell, R. Jing, N. Syed, J. Lee & M. Lyons..................................113<br />
Linkage disequilibrium in barley: L. Ramsay, K. Caldwell, J. Russell, M. Macaulay, W.T.B. Thomas, W. Powell & R. Waugh...114<br />
Diversity of wild barley in ‘Evolution Canyon’: J.R. Russell, R.C. Meyer, C.A. Hackett, P. Lawrence, G.R. Young, B.P. Forster<br />
& W. Powell ............................................................................................................................................................................115<br />
Utilising Molecular Diversity in the Commonwealth Potato Collection: G. Ramsay & G. Bryan............................................116<br />
Management of genes and organisms in the environment ...................................................................................................117<br />
Overview: G.R. Squire, B.M McKenzie, D.F Marshall & A.C. Newton..................................................................................117<br />
Functional diversity in a model plant community: P.P.M. Ianetta, C. Hawes, G. Begg, G R Squire ...........................................119<br />
Field to field geneflow in oilseed rape: D.W. Cullen, J.N. Anderson, J. McNicol, G. Ramsay, G.R. Squire .............................120<br />
Plant root biomechanics and slope stabilisation: P.D Hallett, A.G. Bengough, O. Hamza, M.F. Bransby, M.C.R. Davies<br />
& C. Halpin.............................................................................................................................................................................121<br />
Microbial and microfaunal variation in soils: B.S. Griffiths, R.E. Wheatley & T.J. Daniell......................................................123<br />
The role and importance of canopy heterogeneity: A.C. Newton, G. Bengough, G. Begg, J.S. Swanston & C. Hawes ............125<br />
EUCABLIGHT and ECOPAPA: A.K. Lees & J.M. Duncan...................................................................................................128<br />
IOBC GMO Guidelines Project: A.N.E. Birch & R.E. Wheatley ............................................................................................129<br />
EST Bioinformatics: D. Marshall, L. Cardle & P. Shaw...........................................................................................................130<br />
Mathematical modelling: B. Marshall ......................................................................................................................................131