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
Fireweed is one of eastern Australia鈥檚 worst invasive species, and scientists are asking landholders for on-the-ground information about where it is growing and how they deal with it.
17 January 2020
The Australian Government is offering 40 students up to $60,000 each in financial assistance for eligible programs at 宅男导航鈥檚 Gatton campus.
20 December 2019
Agricultural Science Valedictorian Peta Stockwell is confident the skills she鈥檚 learned at 宅男导航 will serve her well in a challenging time for the agricultural sector.
5 December 2019
Research to unlock the potential of peptides and proteins found in Australian flora and fauna for applications such as the next generation medicines and bio-friendly pesticides will be the focus of a new research centre to be based at The University...
25 October 2019
A quick, cost-effective, cloud-based platform, which could solve one of fish farming鈥檚 biggest challenges, has received a US$100,000 grant for concept development and testing.
22 October 2019
University of Queensland chemical engineers have developed a new method to analyse the physical characteristics of potato chips in a bid to develop a tastier low-fat snack.
20 September 2019
Human activities have destroyed more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat, revealing critical failures with Australia鈥檚 federal environmental protection laws.
9 September 2019
Humans had caused significant landcover change on Earth up to 4000 years earlier than previously thought, 宅男导航 researchers have found.
30 August 2019
The application of a revolutionary alternative to chemical fungicides to protect Australia鈥檚 $5 trillion global food and agribusiness sector is being spearheaded by researchers at 宅男导航.
21 August 2019
It鈥檚 an ancient fruit, but the avocado has been brought into the new millennium with the publication of its draft genome, which may be the key to improvements in future crops.
15 August 2019
A group of scientists has called for nutrition to be declared a national science and research priority and for the establishment of a 鈥榯rusted voice鈥� to provide credible evidence-based nutritional information.
7 August 2019
A superfood bread roll made with Australian native bush foods and developed by University of Queensland researchers is now on the menu at Qantas Club in Darwin.
8 July 2019
The myth that modern wheat varieties are more heavily reliant on pesticides and fertilisers than older varieties has been debunked by new research.
18 June 2019
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Queensland researchers are assisting smallholder milk producers in India with AI-based breeding technology.
31 May 2019
The global macadamia industry may have originated from a single tree taken from Queensland to Hawaii in the 19th century, according to new research.
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