Staff Profile

Dr Bill Griffin
Portfolio Manager
Breeding & Genomics

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Dr Bill Griffin

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), University of Canterbury, New Zealand
PhD, Applied Biology, University of Cambridge, UK

Research Interests & Activities

Management of public and commercial development of variable crop germplasm through conventional and molecular plant breeding technologies; identification of new and improved commercial plant cultivars; sustainable production traits for disease and pest resistances and plant development characteristics; processing quality and nutritional traits; crop germplasm conservation.

International Collaboration

CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
Plant Breeding Institute (University of Sydney), Australia
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
CIP

Honours & Awards

Canterbury Senior Scholar 1975
NRAC Scholarship 1979

Professional Memberships

Chair of Editorial Committee of NZ Journal for Crop & Horticultural Science
Potato Sector R&D Grants Committee, HortNZ
Chair Plant Importation Action Group
Backup PFR Board representative HRZ Pty Ltd (Wheat breeding company targeting the Australian high rainfall zone)
PFR Board Member Forage Innovations Ltd (joint venture forage brassica breeding company between PGGwrightson Seeds and PFR)
NZ Genetics Soc.
NZ Agronomy Soc.
NZ Institute Agricultural Science

Key Publications

WB Griffin and A Granger.  2009.  Managing New Zealand’s horticultural and crop breeding within constrained public and private agricultural sectors.  Proceedings 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference.
E Morgan, G Timmerman-Vaughan, T Conner and W Griffin.  2008.  Plant Hybridisation for transfer of traits between species: a review.  C&FR Confidential Report No 2244
WB Griffin and SC Shorter.  2006.  New Zealand wheat breeding – from public research to private commercial cultivar development.  13APBC, Christchurch, New Zealand
Derek Woodfield, Bill Griffin, Luis Gea and Alan Seal.  2006.  Breeding for success:  Diversity in action.  13APBC, Christchurch, New Zealand
Griffin, W.B.  2005  Research and Development for New Zealand’s vegetable sector.  Primary Industry Management 8(1):  28-30
Ahmad, M.; Griffin, W. B.; Butler, R.C.  2002.  Genetic improvements for milling properties.  Proceed. 52nd Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference.  127-131.  Christchurch, NZ.