Amanda Box
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences
Amanda is a plant breeder with a specific interest in malting and food quality in barley. She is currently employed as the Barley Quality and Industry Manager within the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine.
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Barley Quality Evaluation Laboratory
Overview
The Barley Quality Evaluation Laboratory was established in 1991, with support from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). The primary functions of the laboratory are:
- To assess the malting quality of lines on a fee for service basis for clients from breeding companies through to members of the both the malting and brewing industries.
- To continue, in line with industry requirements, to develop and improve the methods used to assess the suitability of barley varieties for malting and brewing.
- To provide supervision of and support to researchers and students, not limited to those within the University of Adelaide.
Market awareness/intelligence
Understanding the needs of the clients if the most important role of a service laboratory. In the case of the Barley Quality Evaluation Laboratory, this means a strong relationship with growers, agronomists, breeders, maltsters, brewers, marketing authorities and researchers must be developed and maintained. The staff of this laboratory achieve this through:
- Extensive malt quality reports generated for clients
- Participation in twice annual meetings of the regional barley committees across Australia
- Participation at grower meetings
- Attendance at national and international conferences, including Australian Barley Technical Symposia, International Barley Genetics Symposia, Cereal Chemistry Conferences
- Close interactions with various marketing authorities and Barley Australia (peak body for barley in Australia)
- Regular interaction with Australian maltsters and brewers through discussions, participation in local section of the Institute of Brewing and industry visits
- Interaction/collaboration with international malting and brewing groups
- Supervision of research students
Quality Testing
Equipment
A summary of equipment includes:
- Two Phoenix Biosystems Micromalters
- One Joe White Malting Micromalter
- One Seegers Micromalter set up in a Biosecurity Approved Arrangement premises
- Two Anton Paar densitometer/viscosity systems (measures HWE and viscosity)
- Skalar flow injection analyser (Diastatic Power)
- NIR Systems 6500 Near Infrared Spectrometer (wholegrain NIR prediction for grain protein and other malt quality traits)
- FOSS Rapid Contents Analyzer XDS Near Infrared Spectrometer (wholegrain and wholemalt NIR prediction for malt quality traits)
- Unity SpectraStar (grain and malt proteins/moisture on flour)
- Elementar Rapid N Cube (grain, malt and soluble proteins)
Malt Quality Analysis
One of the strengths of the Barley Quality Evaluation Laboratory has been the progress in the development of quality assessment methodologies. This has led to the availability of a much larger range of tools for assessing malting quality than ever before. This has led to enormous improvements in the flexibility of the laboratory to deal with the changing requirements for both breeders and industry. In particular, the use of wholegrain Near Infrared Spectroscopy has allowed rapid and non-destructive prediction of malting potential in large numbers of early generation lines, or where sample size limits the level wet chemistry analysis.
A summary of the quality parameters measured is listed in the table below.
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Contact
Amanda Box
+61 8 8313 0628
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2016 - ongoing Barley Quality and Industry Manager University of Adelaide 2008 - 2016 Barley Breeder University of Adelaide 1990 - 2008 Hulless Barley Breeder University of Adelaide 1989 - 1990 Cereal Chemist Victorian Department of Agriculture -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title — University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Agricultural Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
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Plant Breeder's Rights
Year Citation 2015 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Compass
Authors: Box A, Coventry S, Degner S, Eglinton J
Author affiliation: A1065909-A1066966-A1000915-A1066103
Publication date: 2015
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Compass
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 2015
PBR app number: 2013/126
Filed date: 31 May 2013
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 27 February 20172015 PBR name: Charger
Authors: Box A
Author affiliation: A1065909
Publication date: 2015
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Charger
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 19 August 2015
PBR app number: 2013/156
Filed date: 2013
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 29 June 20172015 PBR name: SouthernStar
Authors: Box A
Author affiliation: A1065909
Publication date: 2015
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) SouthernStar
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 30 July 2015
PBR app number: 2012/110
Associated authors: Box A
Filed date: 2012
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 29 June 20172014 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Fathom
Authors: Eglinton J, Coventry S, Box A
Author affiliation: A1066103-A1066966-A1065909
Publication date: 2014
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Fathom
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 2014
PBR app number: 2011/141
Associated authors: Coventry S
Filed date: 23 June 2011
Patent status: Granted
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 27 February 20172014 PBR name: VT Admiral
Authors: eglinton J, Barr A, Coventry S, Box A
Author affiliation: A1066103-A1066116-A1066966-A1065909
Publication date: 2014
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) VT Admiral
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 2014
PBR app number: 2011/139
Associated authors: Coventry S
Filed date: 29 June 2011
Patent status: Granted
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 27 February 20172014 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Navigator
Authors: Coventry S, Eglinton J, Barr A, Box A
Author affiliation: A1066966-A1066103-A1066116-A1065909
Publication date: 2014
PBR family name: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Navigator
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 2014
PBR app number: 2011/140
Filed date: 29 June 2011
Patent status: Granted
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 27 February 20172012 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Skipper Australia
Authors: Coventry SJ
Author affiliation: (1066966) Coventry, Stewart
(1065909) Box, Amanda
Publication date: 23 October 2012
PBR family name: Skipper Australia
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 23 September 2011
PBR app number: 2011/142
Associated authors: Coventry SJ, Eglinton JK, Box AJ
Filed date: 29 June 2011
Record created at source: 27 February 20172011 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Finniss
Authors: Box A, Barr, Andrew, Sparrow D
Author affiliation: A1065909-A1066116-A1090158
Publication date: 20 March 2011
PBR family name: Finniss WI3930
Country registered: Australia
PBR app number: 2009/058
Filed date: 2011
Notes: Patent Owner: ARI + GRDC
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 13 February 20152011 Publication status: Published
PBR name: Macumba
Authors: Box A, Barr A
Author affiliation: A1065909-A1066116
Publication date: 2011
PBR family name: Macumba WI3693
Country registered: Australia
Granted date: 24 April 2011
PBR app number: 2009/057
Filed date: 2011
Notes: Patent Owner: ARI + GRDC
Verification-status: Verified
Record created at source: 13 February 2015
We currently have funding from the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the Office for 'Increasing Malt Extract and the Export Competitiveness of Australian Barley'.
Assisting with teaching the Masters in Plant Biotechnology course in 2012 and 2013.
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Evaluation of antioxidant capacity and vitamin E content in barley grains and the impact of processing and storage Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Thi Thu Dung Do
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2016 - 2017 Member SE Australia Barley Advisory Committee — — 2015 - 2017 Member South Australian Barley Advisory Committe — — 2015 - 2017 Advisory Board Member ACRCP — — 2014 - 2017 Member Northern Region Barley Advisory Committee — — 2013 - 2015 Secretary Australian Barley Technical Symposium Organising Committee — Australia
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