1. CRC for Future Farm Industries…New woody crops
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2. Woody Crop Research
Paul Turnbull
Woody Crops Program Leader
The Future Farm Industries CRC
Paul.Turnbull@dpi.vic.gov.au
Ph 0409 402 179
Presented at
SA Symposia Bridging Productivity and Sustainability
22 June 2010
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3. Woody Crop Research – part of a network
seeking a future mallee biomass industry
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4. CRC’s Woody Crop Program
Breeding – Richard Mazanec
Water and Nutrient Sustainability Gen 2 –
Daniel Mendham
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Harvesting Systems – Peter Zurzolo
Biomass Sustainability Studies – Amir
Abadi
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5. Breeding Trial Site
Breeding Short Cycle Woody Crops
– Richard Mazanec
Seed orchard in flower
Drummartin Trial Oct 2009 5
Glass house cuttings

6. 2009 Planting Season
18 864 trees planted + buffers
total > 12 ha
Estimated 25-30% gain in leaf cineole
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concentration (against trial average)
3 8%
3-8% gain in Biomass
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7. E. polybractea coppice
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8. Cuttings in mist house
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9. E. Polybractea cutting age 6 weeks
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10. Root development at 6 weeks
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11. 2010 Cuttings Program
18/20 new clones captured in
2009/10 thus far.
Overall 23% strike rate to date
Up from 6% i 2009
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12. 1 yr Old Clones
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13. 2009/2010 program
More E. polybractea clones to be
captured
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E. loxophleba lissophloia 3 trials - 125
families
E. loxophleba g
p gratiae 3 trials – 90 families
Mallee species trials Victoria (advisory
role)
A. saligna coppicing trial
Atriplex
At i l papers
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14. Future emphasis
Eucalyptus polybractea
Acacia saligna
Eucalyptus loxophleba ssp lissophloia
Eucalyptus loxophleba ssp gratiae
E. viridis (green mallee)
E. porosa (mallee box)
E. cneorifolia (Kangaroo Island narrow-leaved
mallee)
E. bakeri (Bakers mallee northern Nsw -
southern Qld)
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15. FP18/Gen2 project: Daniel Mendham
Management of nutrients and water
for high mallee biomass supply
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16. Nutrients and water for mallee biomass supply
Support from 2nd Generation Biofuels fund – part of DRET
Our project is Task 1 of a larger 6-task project being led by
Curtin University
Project team
CSIRO
Daniel Mendham, Rick Bennett, Gary Ogden, Georg
Wiehl
DEC
John Bartle, Adam Peck, Wally Edgecombe, Matt Forbes
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UWA
Mark Tibbett, Alana Shedley, Keith Smettem
DAFWA
Kim Brooksbank, Rob Sudmeyer
Time frame
Project started in 2009, ends in June 2012
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17. Nutrients and water for mallee biomass supply
Project structure
• Nutrient sustainability
• Physiological sustainability • Changes in nutrient pools
• Coppicing frequency • Changes in nutrient dynamics
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• Harvest season • Responses to nutrients
• Water sustainability
• Soil water depletion
• Competitive sustainability
• Water harvesting
• Interactions with ag.
• Integration and modelling
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Knowledge and tools
to support sustainable
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mallee production

18. Harvesting – supply chain to processing
– P t Zurzolo
Peter Z l
Woody crop production Harvest
Chip
Transport
Processing
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Products:
1. Biofuel or Bioenergy
2. Biochar
3. Cineole
4. Co-products and biomaterials
5. Sequestered carbon 18

19. Biomass Feasibility Studies
Amir Abadi
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20. Woody Crops Farming System
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