Plant Business Project

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Southern Cross Plant Science

CRC for Remote Economic ParticipationPlant Business Project

Plant Business Project

(i) Develop horticultural varieties and methods for creating

opportunities

for commercialisation of traditionally-used native plants in remote

Australia

(ii) Use Bush Tomato (Solanum centrale) to develop a model for

other plants

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Southern Cross Plant Science

CRC for Remote Economic ParticipationPlant Business Project

Plant Business Project

(iii) Develop strategies and recommendations regarding

legal instruments and market-oriented approaches for protection of

Aboriginal Intellectual Property arising from utilisation of Traditional

Knowledge

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Southern Cross Plant Science

CRC for Remote Economic ParticipationPlant Business Project

Plant Business Project ActivitiesPlant Business entails:

• Aboriginal Community engagement

• Aboriginal custodian approval

• Sourcing plant material from traditional lands

• Gathering plant-related environmental & cultural information

• Genetic analysis

• Phytochemical analysis

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Plant Business Project Activities

Plant Business entails:

• Developing toxicity diagnostic

• Varietal selection trials & phenotyping

• Plant breeding pilot study

• IP protection strategy

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Plant Business Project Project Map

Community Engagement

Plant Science

TK & IP Protection

Field Trials

Outcomes

improved plant

varietiesmodels for industry

development robust supply chain & marketing

Aboriginal IP protection

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Plant Business Project Project Map

Aboriginal communitie

s

CleanGROW

Robins Foods

Community Engagement

Aboriginal communitie

s

RemoteBiz

Aboriginal custodian approval

community engagemen

t

sourcing plant

material

plant info, environment, & stories

Community Engagement

Plant Science

TK & IP Protection

Field Trials

Outcomes

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Plant Business Project Project Map

Plant Science

Southern Cross Univ.

genetic analysis

developing toxicity

diagnostic

phytochemical analysis

Community Engagement

Plant Science

TK & IP Protection

Field Trials

Outcomes

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Plant Business Project Genetic Analysis

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• Identifying specific varieties (genotyping)

◦genomic microsatellite DNA markers

• Inform variety selection

• Associate specific plants with traditional lands

• Support IP protection

• Distinguishing Solanum species (phylogeny)

◦chloroplast DNA markers

Plant Business Project Phytochemistry

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•Phytochemical diversity of fruits

◦investigate plant diversity

◦distinguish varieties

•Alkaloid analysis for QA ◦assist variety

selection ◦develop toxicity test

Solanidine Glycosides

Sugars Moities Mol. Wt

γ-Chaconine Glucose 559.7

β1-Chaconine and β2-Chaconine

Glucose, Rhamnose 705.9

α-Chaconine Glucose, Rhamnose, Rhamnose 852.0

γ-Solanine Galactose 559.7

β-Solanine Galactose, Glucose 721.9

α-Solanine Galactose, Glucose, Rhamnose 868.0

N

O

H

H

H

Sugar(s)

N

HO

H

H

H+ Sugar(s)

Solanidine(Mol. Wt. = 397.6)

Solanidine glycoside

Plant Business Project Phytochemistry

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LCMS Profile of Bush Tomato MeOH Extract

UV210

UV280

UV360

MS-APCI(TIC, positive mode)

Plant Business Project Phytochemistry

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LCMS Profile of Bush Tomato MeOH Extract

UV210

UV280

UV360

MS-APCI(TIC, positive mode)

MS-APCIEI = 398

Glycoalkaloids

Plant Business Project PhytochemistryTotal Ion Chromatograms: MeOH Extracts of Bush Tomato

at Different Stages of Maturity

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Ripe Fruit

Dried Fruit

Green and

Immature Fruit

MS-APCI (TIC, positive mode)

MS-APCI (TIC, positive mode)

MS-APCI (TIC, positive mode)

EI = 398

EI = 398

EI = 398

Plant Business Project Project Map

AZRI

Southern Cross Univ.

Field Trials

plant breeding

DUS field trial

varietal selection & field trial

Community Engagement

Plant Science

TK & IP Protection

Field Trials

Outcomes

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• establish ideotype

• selection of superior varieties

• pilot breeding

Plant Business Project Project Map

Community Engagement

Plant Science

TK & IP Protection

Field Trials

Outcomes

Southern Cross Univ.

Univ. New

England

TK & IP Protection

new plant variety

protection

ethical strategies

legal strategiesPhD student project

PhD student project

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Plant Business Project

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• protection strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IP

• expansion of remote enterprises using horticultural varieties of Bush Tomato

• model for development of other bush plant enterprises

• employment opportunities and financial independence in remote Australia

• economic and cultural value of Traditional Knowledge recognised

Outcomes

Plant Business Project

Plant Business Partners

Desert Garden ProduceAboriginal Corporation

Research providers

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