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
Eating organically grown food might make you feel good inside, but a University of Queensland researcher says organic agriculture is not necessarily sustainable and鈥� contrary to popular belief 鈥� often relies on chemical sprays.
25 August 2015
University of Queensland researchers and Dreamworld staff are celebrating the birth of one of Australia鈥檚 rarest species of tree kangaroo.
17 August 2015
The next time you visit the supermarket, spare a thought for how food scientists are able to safely get omega-3 into milk, or probiotics into juice to bring health benefits to consumers.
13 August 2015
She chose plant science because she wanted to 鈥渇eed the world鈥�, and now University of Queensland student Louisa Parkinson is the face of the University鈥檚 new advertising campaign.
5 August 2015
University of Queensland scientists are leading a ground-breaking international animal welfare project.
21 July 2015
Grain growers across Australia face a high risk of reduced wheat harvests this winter due to a strengthening El Ni帽o event, a University of Queensland plant science expert warns.
7 July 2015
The challenge of feeding a world population set to hit nine billion by 2050 is driving University of Queensland research that could revolutionise cereal production.
16 June 2015
The hard work and creativity of a keen group of University of Queensland students have seen an idea bloom into the successful creation of the 宅男导航 Gatton Community Garden.
25 May 2015
More than 250 high school students battled it out to take home the title of Queensland鈥檚 top sunflower grower at 宅男导航鈥檚 annual Sunflower Competition Weigh-In Day on Tuesday (19 May).
20 May 2015
University of Queensland agricultural science student Michael Godfrey has developed a drone that spreads beneficial insects onto crops, potentially saving farmers time and money.
20 April 2015
A University of Queensland scientist has developed a method to help grain growers become more resilient to expected changes in climate.
9 April 2015
A root-rot fungus that costs the avocado industry more than $10 million a year is facing a dubious future thanks to a genome sequencing project at 宅男导航.
5 March 2015
Food scientists at 宅男导航 have discovered a new, low-cost way of accurately predicting the antimicrobial properties of honey.
25 February 2015
Three thousand students from more than 80 schools are hoping to prove they have what it takes to grow the heaviest sunflower for 2015.
24 February 2015
Three University of Queensland graduates have been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships to United States universities.
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