Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock
宅男导航 researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.
20 November 2024
Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses
A three-year pilot project led by 宅男导航 has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.
19 November 2024
Fermenting a future for food in Australia
Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia.
18 November 2024
Easy access to services, institutions and economic opportunities can separate thriving communities from others that are left behind socially and economically.
11 January 2018
The power of pee as a potential sustainable source of fertiliser is about to be tested for the first time.
15 December 2017
Researchers from 宅男导航 have discovered that a key gene which controls flowering time in wheat and barley crops also directs the plant鈥檚 root growth.
4 December 2017
A powder extracted from the Kakadu plum to extend the shelf life of frozen ready-made foods has earned a University of Queensland researcher and her team a national award for community engagement.
27 November 2017
A new Centre for Horticultural Science will be launched at 宅男导航 in 2018 to respond to the demand for plant-based foods, vegetables, fruit and nuts that improve human health.
20 November 2017
Consumers will soon be eating gene-edited foods that have added nutrients, potatoes that do not turn brown, and mushrooms with a longer shelf life, scientists at 宅男导航 predict.
9 November 2017
The discovery of genes that determine the yield of flour from wheat could increase milling yield, boosting food security and producing a healthier flour.
31 October 2017
University of Queensland research projects to develop better batteries for renewable energy and a way of predicting crop yields from space have been funded under a joint Queensland-China scheme.
17 October 2017
宅男导航鈥檚 Professor Andr茅 Drenth will be one of the first scientists to participate in a new Indonesian Government program that aims to strengthen Indonesia鈥檚 global research collaborations and boost food security.
4 October 2017
Global US food and animal safety company Neogen Corporation is establishing an animal genomics facility at 宅男导航 Gatton campus in a move that will reinforce 宅男导航鈥檚 capacity to support the livestock industry and animal breeders.
1 September 2017
Minimising the impact of viruses upon the pig industry is a major objective of a $3.83 million grant to international scientific collaborators, including a team from Queensland.
30 August 2017
Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for Australia鈥檚 billion dollar cheese industry.
17 August 2017
Grain research technology that will help combat food shortages stemming from climate change and a burgeoning world population have helped a young researcher claim the title of Advance Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.
14 August 2017
Baking meets science in a delicious University of Queensland health initiative that really takes the cake.
19 May 2017
Indonesian journalists have visited 宅男导航 to hear about a successful cattle fattening project in their nation鈥檚 east which is bringing significant economic benefits for smallholder cattle farmers.
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