Media release no.
12 April 2001 Agriculture Minister Kim Chance said today the development of superior cereal varieties for growers would be accelerated with the opening of new biotechnology laboratories at Agriculture Western Australia. This accelerated the release of new varieties to growers by three years. Mr Chance stressed that double haploid plants were not genetically modified. While it will be some time before we see the results of this new doubled haploid work we can be assured of positive results for the State's wheat and barley growers in the years ahead. The new laboratories replace facilities that were situated at the University of Western Australia's Field Station at Shenton Park.