Substantial wheat and barley crop losses due to frost are known to occur in each of the major cropping regions of Australia through direct damage to plant tissues and late sowing to avoid main frost risk period.
This project was funded by GRDC from 2013 to 2015. The major outputs include quantitative data on the frequency of damaging frosts, yield and economic benefits to adapt wheat germplasm and management for current frost situation.

Bangyou Zheng
Data Scientist / Digital Agronomist
a research scientist of digital agriculture at the CSIRO.
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- Gene-based prediction of heading time to target real-time and future climate adaptation in wheat
- Predicting heading date and frost impact in wheat across Australia
- Landscape frost
- Using gene-based information to adapt wheat flowering time to avoid heat, frost and drought stresses in current and future climates
- Quantification of the effects of VRN1 and Ppd-D1 to predict spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) heading time across diverse environments
Publications
Economic assessment of wheat breeding options for potential improved levels of post head-emergence frost tolerance
Frost, during reproductive developmental stages, especially post head emergence frost (PHEF), can result in catastrophic yield loss for …
Shahbaz Mushtaq, Duc-Anh An-Vo, Mandy Christopher, Bangyou Zheng, Karine Chenue, Scott Chapman, Jack Christopher, Roger Stone, Troy Frederiks, Monirul Alam
Quantification of direct and indirect cost of frost for the Australian wheatbelt
A single post head-emergence frosts (PHEF) event has the potential to devastate individual wheat crops by damaging stems and killing …
Predicting heading date and frost impact in wheat across Australia
Spring radiant frosts occurring when wheat is in reproductive developmental stages can result in catastrophic yield lost for producers. …