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Dr Daryl Mares

Telephone +61 8 8303 7262
Position Senior Research Fellow
Email daryl.mares@adelaide.edu.au
Fax +61 8 8303 7109
Building Waite Main Building
Floor/Room N1 10
Campus Waite
Org Unit Plant and Food Science

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Qualifications

PhD Plant Biochemistry University of Melbourne

Research Interests

Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology of traits or factors that cause deterioration of quality prior to harvest or that influence marketability and nutritional value of Australian wheat.

Grain defects: Preharvest sprouting (dormancy) late maturity a-amylase, black point

Colour and colour stability of Asian noodles

Durum adaptation and quality

High lutein wheat

(please refer to School of Agric., Food & Wine webpage for more detail – sciences/Agriculture, Food and Wine/cereal biochemistry/wheat grain biochemistry and genetics)

 

 

 

Honors projects - see attached file

Research Funding

Grains Research and Development Corporation

South Australian Grains Industry Trust

Publications

Asenstorfer, RE; Appelbee, MJ; Mares, DJ (2009) Physical-chemical analysis of non-polyphenol oxidase (non-PPO) darkening in yellow alkaline noodles. J Agric Food Chem 57 (12): 5556-5562

Mrva, K., Cheong, J., Yu, B., Law, H.Y., and Mares, D.J.(2009) Late maturity a-amylase in synthetic hexaploid wheat. Euphytica, 168:403-411

 

Mares, D.J., Rathjen, J., Mrva, K., and Cheong, J. (2009) Genetic and environmental control of dormancy in white-grained wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Euphytica, 168:311-318

 

Rathjen, J.R., Mares, D.J. and Strounina, E.V. (2009). Pathway for Water Movement into Dormant and Non-Dormant Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Grains. Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 1619-1631

 

Mares, D.J. and Mrva, K. (2008) Genetic variation for quality traits in synthetic wheat germplasm. Aust J Agricultural Research 59: (5) 406-412

 

Mares, D.J. and Mrva, K. (2008) Late-maturity a-amylase: low falling number in wheat in the absence of preharvest sprouting. J Cereal Science 47: 6-17

 

Mrva,K., Wallwork,M. and Mares,D.J. (2006) a-Amylase and programmed cell death in aleurone of ripening wheat grains. J Exp Botany 57: 877-885.

 

Asenstorfer,R.E., Wang,Y. and Mares,D.J. (2006) Chemical structure of flavonoid compounds in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) flour that contribute to the yellow colour of Asian alkaline noodles. J Cereal Sci 43:108-119

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Mares,D.J., Mrva,K., Cheong,J., Williams,K., Watson,B., Storlie,E., Sutherland,M. and Zou,Y. (2005) A QTL located on chromosome 4A associated with dormancy in white- and red-grained wheats of diverse origin. Theor Appl Genetics 7: 1357-1364.

 

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Entry last updated: Friday, 11 Sep 2009

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