1. Barley Research and Development - 21st Century Opportunities
Professor J.V. Lovett

2. Research Opportunities, Grower Perspectives
David Smith

3. Research opportunities - molecular breeding perspectives
Bryan Whan

Drivers of Barley Research

4. Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee - Future Directions
Peter Healy, Chairman of MBIBTC

5. Defining novel targets in microalgae to improve starch yield and structure in cereals
Steven G. Ball

6. Marker assisted selection - where to now?
Andrew Barr, Jason Eglinton, Peter Langridge, Pat Warner and Ken Chalmers,

7. Opportunities for crop modelling in barley
H.W. Cox¹, G. L. Hammer¹, and M. J. Robertson².

Enduser Perspective

8. Japan's Growing Barley Shochu Market
Dr. Toshiro Omori

9. Quality Feed Grains - Research highlights and opportunities
John L Black

10. Selection of quality Australian barley for the Japanese staple food market.
Jennifer Washington¹, Helen Collins¹, Yoshiaki Maeda², Amanda Box¹ and Andrew Barr¹

Genomics/GMO's

11. Genomics and its relevance to barley
Elizabeth S. Dennis

12. Transformation breeding of Barley: towards malting quality improvement
Peter Matthews and Jake Jacobsen

13. Exploring gene expression profiles in germinating Barley.
Loraine Watson, Timothy A. Holton and Robert J. Henry

14. A single copy of a virus-derived transgene encoding hairpin RNA gives immunity to barley yellow dwarf virus.
David Abbott, Ming-Bo Wang and Peter Waterhouse

15. Tools for use in the Genetic Engineering of Barley.
Agnelo Furtado¹, Robert Henry¹ and K. J. Scott².

Climate, Disease & Abiotic Stress

16. Towards understanding the genetic basis of adaptation to low rainfall environments
Jason K. Eglinton¹, Michael Baum², Stefania Grando², Salvatore Ceccarelli², Andrew R. Barr¹.

17. Journey of Net Blotch: from Pathotype Diversity to useful Resistance in Barley
Sanjiv Gupta¹, Robert Loughman², G. Platz³, Reg Lance² and Mike Jones¹

18. Verification of conventional pathotype screening for Australian isolates of Cochliobolus sativus using molecular fingerprinting.
Merrill Fordyce¹ and Stuart Meldrum ^1,2

19. Improving the growth and yield of barley on sandy soils of low fertility
Nigel Long¹, Stephen Jefferies¹, Bob Holloway² and Andrew Barr¹

20. Deep soil nitrogen testing - a tool for malting barley management
Denise McLellan¹, Aimee Johnson² and Rob Christie³

21. The onset and effectiveness of Adult Plant Resistance (APR) in Tallon barley
Greg Platz

Grain Quality, Weathering, Plumpness & Storage

22. Evaluation of new European Malting Barley Varieties.
Jørgen Larsen

23. Storage induced colour changes of barley grain
Rainer Reuss

24. Field screening using a controlled environment for black point resistance in barley
Maria Sulman¹, Glen Fox¹, Kerry Bell², Kevin Young³, Andy Inkerman¹

25. Morphological traits associated with grain plumpness of barley grown in Western Australia
Blakely Paynter¹ and Kevin Young²

26. Fungal associations with weather stained barley in Western Australia
Kevin Young¹, and Robert Loughman²

Molecular Markers

27. Characterisation of mapping parents and identification of genes involved in the yield and grain weight of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grown under Mediterranean environments
Stewart Coventry^1,2, Andrew Barr¹, Jason Eglinton¹, Glenn McDonald¹

28. Genetic and molecular basis of grain protein variation in malting barleys
Livinus Emebiri¹, David Moody¹ and Ken Chalmers²

29. Mapping genes for resistiance to net form of net blotch and stripe rust in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Mehmet Cakir¹, Nick Galwey¹, David Poulsen², Greg Platz², Paul Johnston², Garry Ablett³, Colin Wellings⁴ and Hugo Vivar⁵

30. A Genomic Region Associated with Aluminium Tolerance in Barley
Harsh Raman¹, S. Moroni¹, R. Raman¹, A. Karakousis², B. Read¹ K. Sato³ and B.J. Scott¹

31. Single nucleotide primer extensions to type SNPs in barley
Maxime Paris¹, Reg Lance² and Michael G.K. Jones¹

32. Recurrent introgression as a population enrichment (RIPE) method in barley
Duane E. Falk

Brewing Quality

33. The influence of protein composition on beer haze and foam stability
Evan Evans,¹ Marian Sheehan,² Louise Robinson,¹ Amanda Hill,³ Rachel Tolhurst,³ Kevin Gale³ and Andrew Barr¹

34. The Influence of Protein and Protein Blending on Modification and Malt Specifications
P. M. Tansing, S. J. Logue, S. Roumeliotis, R. Kaczmarek, and A. R. Barr

35. Lautering: malt factors and their use in barley breeding
Chris Ford¹, Doug Stewart², Peter Healy³ and Evan Evans¹

36. Matching Barley to Brewhouse Equipment
Mark Goldsmith and Jim Shears

Quality Evaluation

37. Evaluating malting quality in Canadian barley
B. L. Harvey¹, R. Leach², Y. Li² and M. Edney³

38. Validation of markers for malt extract, DP, alpha amylase and beta amylase
Helen Collins¹, Susan Logue¹, Stephen Jefferies¹ and Andrew Barr¹

39. Marketing techniques can increase the value of barley research
Roslyn Jettner¹, Denise McLellan² and Kym McIntyre³

40. A Tremendous Innings: Paul Johnston's Legacy to the Barley Industry
D.M.E. Poulsen

Asian Brewing

41. Australian Malting Barley in China Market
Chen Min

42. Factors affecting malt and barley selection in the Chinese beer market
Bernard Major

43. Servicing the Asian Brewing Market - an Export Maltsters Perspective
Lesley MacLeod¹

44. Developing Collaborative Studies with China
Meixue Zhou¹ and Neville Mendham²

Posters

P1. Utilising Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Predicting Malting Quality in Whole Grain Barley and Whole Grain Malt
Cassandra Black and Joseph Panozzo

P2. WI 3107 - A New Hulless Barley developed for southern Australia
Amanda Box and Andrew Barr

P3. New Cereal Doubled Haploid Facilities in Western Australia and the status of the Barley Doubled Haploid Program
Sue Broughton and Reg Lance

P4. Construction of a genetic map and identification of markers for quantitative traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Mehmet Cakir¹, Nick Galwey¹, David Poulsen², Reg Lance³, Garry Ablett⁴, Joe Panozzo⁵, Barbara Read⁶, David Moody⁵, Andy Barr⁷ Paul Johnston² Rodger Boyd¹and Peter Langridge⁷

P5. Characterisation and deployment of scald (Rhynchosporium secalis) resistance in barley
Philip A Davies, Lindy Scott, Kevin J Williams and Hugh Wallwork

P6. Cell wall biosynthesis in barley suspension cultures and coleoptiles
Fenny Dwivany¹, Rachel Burton², David Gibeaut², Anne Medhurst¹, Elinor Kamachu¹, Geoffrey B. Fincher², Ed Newbigin¹, Tony Bacic¹

P7. Studies of Barley Cell Wall Synthesis in Coleoptiles and Protoplasts using a Proteomics Approach.
B. Evans¹, K. Ferguson¹, D. Chen¹, E. Kamachu¹, G. Currie¹, E. Newbigin¹, J. Lahnstein², D. Gibeaut², G. Fincher², A. Bacic¹

P8. Functional genomics in the growth and end-use quality of cereals.
Geoffrey B. Fincher¹, Peter Langridge¹, Antony Bacic² and Ed Newbigin²

P9. Further development of the SWIFT filterability test
Chris Ford¹, Martin Barski¹, Sue Logue¹, Doug Stewart² and Evan Evans¹

P10. Fermentable sugar profile as an alternative to Apparent Attenuation Limit for selection in Barley Breeding
R.L.Fox, S.J.Logue and J.K.Eglinton

P11. The Friabilimeter as a tool in assessing malt quality in a breeding program
Glen Fox, Karyn Onley, Ros Ferguson, Andrew Skerman and Andy Inkerman

P12. Barley Grain Colour - Objective Measurement and Biochemical Studies
Glen Fox¹, Maria Sulman¹, Kevin Young² and Andy Inkerman¹

P13. Grain and Malt Quality Evaluation from a Structured Environmental Trial
Glen Fox¹, Karyn Onley-Watson¹, Ros. Ferguson¹, Andrew Skerman¹, David Poulsen², Andy¹ Inkerman¹ and Paul Johnston²

P14. Standardisation of a method to measure barley grain colour
Glen P Fox Maria Sulman and Andy Inkerman

P15. Progress in marking scald resistance genes derived from wild barley
Ruth K. Genger, Anthony H.D. Brown and Jeremy J. Burdon

P16. Modification of an IEC Mash Bath to Optimize the Recovery of Brewers Extract
Tamara Hadaway,¹ Evan Evans,¹ Bernard Hodson,² Chris Ford¹ and Sue Logue¹

P17. Routine Analysis of the Varietal Identity and Purity of Barley Using DNA based Approaches
Robert J Henry¹, Effie Ablett¹, Timothy A Holton¹, Gary Ablett¹, Michelle Ford¹ and Peter Portmann²

P18. Early embryo and endosperm genes of barley
Sergiy Lopato¹, Andrew Milligan¹, Geoff Fincher¹, Peter Langridge¹, Bruce Stone², Tony Bacic³, Ed Newbigin³ and Ingrid Boenig³

P19. PCR Markers for Selection of the Bmy1 Locus that encodes Beta-amylase in Barley Grain
Cheng-Dao Li^1,2, Xiao-Qi Zhang¹, Peter E. Eckstein¹, Donna Hay¹, Brian G. Rossnagel¹, Eric B. Lefol¹, Bryan.L. Harvey¹, Reg C.M. Lance² and Graham J. Scoles¹

P20. Influence of BVP on grain size and yield in southern Australia.
David Moody¹, Ray Flood¹ and Neil Fettell²

P21. Improving Barley Transformation Efficiency
Fiona Murray, Danial Bishop, Peter Mathews and Jake Jacobsen

P22. Cloning and characterisation of cytochrome P450 genes from barley (Hordeum vulgare)
Linh Nguyen^1,2, Angela Delves², Peter Bundock^1,2, Timothy A. Holton^1,2

P23. What causes low barley protein modification and low wort free amino nitrogen - proteins or proteinases?
Abdalla Osman ¹, S.M. Coverdale¹, R. Ferguson¹, K. Watson¹, G. Fox¹, S. E. Hamilton² and J. de Jersey²

P24. Effect of Post-Emergent Applied Nitrogen on Grain Yield and its Components and Malting Quality of Malting Barley.
Rod Kingston ¹, Miroslav Prazak², Tony Dale ³, Julie Miller².

P25. Development, Validation and Allele Diversity of Microsatellite Markers closely linked with the Alp Locus associated with Aluminium Tolerance in Barley
H. Raman¹, A. Karakousis², S. Moroni¹, R. Raman¹, B. Read¹

P26. High Throughput DNA Isolation Method for Routine Marker Assisted Selection in Barley
Ata-ur-Rehman, Rosy Raman, Barbara Read and Harsh Raman

P27. A Simple and Effective Method for Handling Polyacrylamide (PAGE) Gels after Electrophoresis
Ata-ur-Rehman and Greg Croft

P28. WB236 and WB238, New malting varieties with potential.
Barbara Read, Fay Helidoniotis, Alison Smith, Helen Taylor and Cathy Grentell.

P29. Genetic variation for spring radiation frost tolerance in barley
Jason Reinheimer, Andrew Barr, Sue Logue, Glenn McDonald, Colin Warner and Jason Eglinton

P30. The influence of malt quality on the colloidal stability of beer
Louise Robinson¹, Marian Sheehan², Mont Stuart³, Andrew Barr¹, Chris Ford¹ and Evan Evans¹

P31. Pre-release characterisation of the malting profile of WI-3102
S. Roumeliotis¹, S.J.Logue¹, C. Hunt² and A.R.Barr¹

P32. Analysis of Transcripts from Barley Coleoptiles for Cell Wall Metabolism
Neil Shirley¹, Andrew Harvey¹, David Gibeaut¹, Geoff Fincher¹,Peter Langridge¹, Tony Bacic² and Ed Newbigin²

P33. Relationship between total peroxidase activity and susceptibility to black point in mature grain of some barley cultivars
Maria Sulman¹, Glen Fox¹, Abdulla Osman¹, Andy Inkerman¹, Peter Williamson², and Miriam Michalowitz²

P34. An investigation of a rapid DNA extraction method for routine MAS in the S.A. Barley Improvement Program
Patricia Warner¹, Angelo Karakousis¹, Andrea Schiemann², Jason Eglinton¹, Peter Langridge¹ and Andrew Barr¹