December 2024 edition

• A hard nut to crack: Future-proofing Australia's macadamia industry

• A chemical-free way to control flystrike in sheep

• Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops

• Bringing new life to an ancient nut

• Sugarcane genetics more complex than human

• High-tech spray prevents and cures rusty plant threat

• Ticking the boxes to defeat a deadly parasite  

• A fruitful partnership to boost bushfood

• Next-generation plant and animal breeding boosted by $13M training fund

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November 2024 edition

• Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses

• Starting change young is the key to sustainable eating

• Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock 

• Next-generation plant and animal breeding boosted by $13M training fund

• Recent advances in technologies and applications of genomics in plants

• Analysis of opportunities and challenges regarding genetic improvement in emerging Australian agricultural Industries  

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October 2024 edition

• Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops

• A fruitful partnership to boost bushfood

• Alliance offers fertile ground for bio-based agricultural chemicals

• Nutting out new threats to macadamia crop 

• Holy guacamole: tissue culture technology to hit Latin America 

• A life in science: from Rht genes in wheat to PIN genes in sorghum

• Three weeks to nourish the chicken embryo   

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September 2024 edition

• Science proves traditional knowledge on the health benefits of Kakadu plum 

• Shedding light on the potential of vertical farming

• Legumes a key to reducing nitrogen losses from agriculture  

• Growing talent to feed the world: a new ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding  

• Borderless innovation: the changing face of horticulture  

• The application of particle engineering in food products 

• CIMMYT Director General visit to UQ: Strengthening global partnership for food and nutrition security and sustainability

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August 2024 edition

• Brewing a home-grown coffee variety

• The sky is the limit for QAAFI's "Flying Scientists"  

• $41 million to spur development of new fruit and nut varieties

• Collaboration on carbon sequestration in soil   

• Fertiliser nitrogen in a net zero world - perspectives from broadacre cropping industries 

• The application of particle engineering in food products 

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July 2024 edition

• A tough nut to crack: Future-proofing Australia's macadamia industry

• A chemical-free way to control flystrike in sheep  

• The road to food security through better plant disease management 

• The heat is on: fast-tracking high temperature tolerant chickpea varieties

• Optimising and industrialising black soldier fly larvae production

• ABC Landline: new opportunities for Australian cotton

• How uniquely Australian foods could help us diversify our diet

• UQ and ILRI join forces to deliver sustainable, climate resilient livestock systems 

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June 2024 edition

• Ticking the boxes to defeat a deadly parasite

• Boosting grain size in sorghum by increasing the grain filling duration

• Native Grow: First Nations entrepreneur program

• New initiative to tackle urgent need to transform Australia’s food systems

• Science seminar: A tough nut to crack: Insights from the National Macadamia Breeding Program

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May 2024 edition

• Calf Alive: better diet boosting health outcomes in northern beef cattle herds

• Australia leads the charge with an ultrasonic cold brew coffee in mere minutes

• Genes, germs, greenhouse gases and gastronomy

• Fighting back against Fall armyworm: ABC Landline

• Roots for drought: overcoming the root phenotyping bottleneck in cereals

• Invitation to the launch of Food System Horizons

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April 2024 edition

• Bringing new life to an ancient nut

• Kakadu plum meat preservation

• Best of both worlds: translating research to industry

• Industry fellowships for QAAFI researchers

• From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

• Harnessing dsRNA for myrtle rust control and biological insight  

• Only 30 tickets remain for the UQ seminar at Beef2024 

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March 2024 edition

• Can mRNA vaccines help boost livestock production?

• A holistic approach is key to improving drought adaptation in crops

• Sugarcane genetics are more complex than human

• Genetic ancestor could solve the problems affecting the world's bananas 

• Lumpy skin disease is a threat that could decimate our cattle industry  

• Leading a new chapter in international cooperation on wild rice

• The continuing evolution of agriculture and food science: Seminar 

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December 2023 edition

• Net zero emissions from Australian agriculture: a challenge and an opportunity.

• Deep freeze: preserving native plants at risk of extinction

• Giving farmers certainty to tackle a crop-eating pest 

• Indigenous communities taking the lead in bushfood industry

• Turning big data into better breeds and varieties: Can AI help feed the planet?

• Artificial intelligence in aquaculture - a test case in barramundi breeding  

• Passion project revitalising flagging fruit industry

• Research to improve yield stability of "money beans"

• Cattle selection for nitrogen use efficiency

• High steaks - creating a point of difference for Australian beef 

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November 2023 edition

• A new approach to understanding Aboriginal foodways   

• Beefing up cattle supplements 

• Sleeves up as science tackles citrus virus

• Ensuring best practice in the buffalo supply chain 

• Kakadu plum bioactivity against spoilage microorganisms in refrigerated raw beef patties 

• Remote sensing applications for Australian cropping systems

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October 2023 edition

• Indigenous communities taking the lead in bushfood industry

• Diversifying the diet with wild Australian millet

• Deep freeze: preserving native plants at risk of extinction

• The role of Phytase emzyme in Monogastric nutrition

• Identifying promising biomarkers of experiential state in sheep

• Generating a large-scale mutant library providing new sources of genetic variation in sorghum

• “What a great internship, a stepping stone in my career”

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September 2023 edition

• Genomic selection offers sweet success for cane farmers

• Harnessing RNA mobility for effective plant protection

• Second day added to Gatton Smart Farm AgTech Showcase

• No boundary: From Brisbane to Perth to Broome and Darwin

• Glycogenin in dispensible in mice liver glycogen synthesis

• ‘Omics analysis in the world’s oldest beverage

• Calf Alive research update

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August 2023 edition

• Turning big data into better breeds and varieties: Can AI help feed the planet?

• High steaks - creating a point of difference for Australian beef

• Realising a vision for a sustainable agri-food system

• Going with the grain: growing partnerships with Indonesia

• Food and beverage accelerator offers $20 million to boost innovation

• Retracing 'food' steps: exploring native legumes for novel food applications

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July 2023 edition

• Passion project revitalising flagging fruit industry

• Artificial intelligence in aquaculture - a test case in barramundi breeding 

• UQ to strengthen industry-ready workforce with ARC funding 

• Promising trial results show potential of asparagopsis  

• UQ and Japan partner to grow global food security and fuel sustainability

• Recognition for four outstanding QAAFI researchers  

• A student quinella at the Global Sorghum Conference in France 

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June 2023 edition

• Cooking up a future for Australian yams

• Understanding the genetics of mungbean canopy dynamics using longitudinal UAV data

• Weeds and agriculture threaten wild rice cultivation

• Empowering Indigenous communities to improve their health through nutrition

• RNAi for crop protection again viruses and insects 

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May 2023 edition

• First Nations PhD leads the way on native fungi 

• Blazing the trail for food and beverage manufacturing in Australia 

• Australian fruit holds the key to citrus disease resistance  

• Chicken meat research consortium to level up Australia's favourite meat

• Research to improve yield stability of "money beans" 

• What's the latest on GMOs and gene-edited foods?

• Early career researchers awarded $3.4 million  

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April 2023 edition

• Cattle selection for nitrogen use efficiency

• In the pink: lighting the way for the future of STEM 

• Giving farmers certainty to tackle a crop eating pest

• Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you  

• Pachyderm perfume: How African elephants use odour to communicate  

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March 2023 edition

• Problem weed evolves to grow in Queensland's summer  

• Towards a sustainable future: QAAFI researcher wins scholarship 

• Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocado orchards 

• Taking the first steps to produce a smart sugar from sugarcane by stingless bees  

• QAAFI researcher awarded Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship

• Murri school visits Ekhorn for a taste of bushfoods and science 

• UQ-IITD PhD candidate presents renewable energy research to the Australian Prime Minister  

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November 2021 edition

Most viewed stories of 2021

• Orange Capsicums on the menu for long-term eye health

• hotter, drier, CRISPR: editing for climate change

• 'Digital twin' concept boosts food production

• Value-added foods – leveraging Australian attributes

• Queensland science makes the avocado production bottleneck toast

• A trip into the therapeutic potential of Australia's native magic mushrooms

Animal Science highlights

• Healthy sugar origin in stingless bee honey revealed

• Tackling cattle ticks through DNA

Crop Science highlights

• hotter, drier, CRISPR: editing for climate change

• Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel

Horticultural Science highlights

• Orange capsicums on the menu for long-term eye health

• Digital twins for mango and macadamia orchards

Food and Nutrition Science highlights

• DNA Fingerprinting the 'foods of gods'

• National food waste research centre appoints global leader

November 2020 edition

Most viewed stories of 2020

• Post-pandemic brave new world of agriculture

• Plum pickings: ancient fruit ripe for modern plates

• Rewiring plant reproduction for higher seed yields

• Putting a future avocado apocalypse on ice

• Wagyu beef passes the taste test of science

• Costly pig lung disease puzzle solved

Animal Science highlights

• Blueprint to more productive cattle herds

• Buffalo fly faces Dengue nemesis

Crop Science highlights

• Science helps farms adapt to drought

• Queensland research makes breakthrough in boosting sorghum protein content

Horticultural Science highlights

• Macadamia tree shaking replaces fungicides in eliminating spread of costly nut disease

• Avocado research trial targets high yields

Food and Nutrition Science highlights

• Creating a science-based provenance for Australian food

• New research finds Australian pork flavour signature

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November 2019 edition

• International Tropical Agriculture Conference

• Shaping Australia’s food identity

• A sensory experience of Australian flavour

• Prof Neena Mitter honoured with fellowship with Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)

• Shannon Landmark visits New Zealand as part of Zander McDonald program

• $35 million for a new research centre to grow Australian agriculture 

• What would we eat without irrigation?

• Biological reality and parsimony in crop models

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October 2020 edition

TropAg Conference - special edition 

• TropAg Media and News

• Keynote Speakers

• View Program 

• View the TROPAG showcase!

• Full and day registrations 

• TropAg partners and sponsors

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September 2019 edition

• Reverse vaccinology to protect cattle against ticks 

• Australian native foods and provenance of Australian-grown foods under the research spotlight

• QAAFI researchers shine in UQ’s annual Research Week Awards

• Keeping the crunch in low-fat potato chips

• Managing annual ryegrass in chickpea crops

• Biological fix for nitrogen fertiliser run-off trialled in Far North Queensland

• Money Tree: Feeding Australia's avocado obsession

• TropAg 2019 is less than 50 days away. 

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August 2019 edition

• High-tech sustainable protection for key Australian crops

• Beefing up against cattle disease

• Scientists serve up a nutrition revolution

• QAAFI's Dr Rob Dixon wins NABRC medal

• Australia's number one summer grain needs a champion

• Researchers dish up digital avocado

• Maize Research Highlights Yield Increase Potential

• Qld genetics researchers aim to help ease selection decisions

• Early bird registration for TropAg 2019 close on Friday 30 August

• TropAg speakers discuss the UN Report on climate change and food security

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July 2019 edition

• Gut friendly bush tucker takes off in Darwin

• Thirty years of achievement for QAAFI’s sorghum superstar

• Developing new tick management tools

• Early sorghum widens window of opportunity

• National wheat yield prospects poor says researchers

• Could Tissue Culture Meet Avocado Plant Demand?

• Understanding household diversity in rural eastern and southern Africa

• View QAAFI's Annual Report for 2018

• TropAg 2019 - International Tropical Agriculture Conference

• Growing Queensland’s agribusiness: Survey

• View the latest Queensland AgTrends 

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June 2019 edition

• Speeding breeding and other ways of feeding 10 billion people

• Cattle sires of the tropical north reveal their genetic secrets

• Moving policy forward for nanotechnology

• Wheat myth comes a cropper

• Native Foods: Gulkula is a growing success

• Research quantifies effects of increased temperatures on Australian wheat yields

• Shorthorn breed on show for world congress

• ‘Speed breeder’ sprints to an award

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May 2019 edition

• Big genomics data milked to feed the future

• Climate change risk to beer production 

• Gympie identified as birthplace of global macadamia industry

• On-farm impacts of sorghum RD&E spanning 20 years surface from economic analysis

• Australians come together to improve animal welfare

• Climate and agricultural innovation on the menu at TropAg 2019

• Northern genomics project coordinator wins Zanda Award

• Gene editing for fun and profit: It's a knockout!

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April 2019 edition

• Genomics expert to lead animal science research at QAAFI

• Would you like maggots with that?

• Eggcellent news for egg farmers - Protecting against fowl cholera

• Just how much does enhancing photosynthesis improve crop yield?

• New breeding technology draws on genomics, paddock realities and computer power

• Bloody Bananas: Banana blood disease targeted by Australian and Indonesian researchers

• Exploring agriculture in Africa - An Ethiopian Road Trip: Camels, Coffee, Monkeys and Sorghum

• Registration is open for TropAg 2019

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March 2019 edition

• Minister Kate Jones visits QAAFI

• Faster avocados!

• Celebrating International Women's Day 2019

• Gene-edited sugarcane

• Honour for QAAFI adjunct, Dr John Dixon

• Faster food to mitigate climate change

• World’s premier tropical agriculture conference

• GM debate: throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

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February 2019 edition

• Digital agriculture

• Scientists urged to fight GMO fake news

• Genomics for optimising livestock farming

• Northern Australia to investigate feasibility of growing wild rice

• Keeping smut off Australia’s sporting fields

• Genes found for increased flour yield

• Re-inventing plants for future agriculture

• QAAFI's Dr Lee Hickey on why the world needs faster food 

• Join us at TropAg2019

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January 2019 edition

• Climate threat to coffee production

• ​UQ’s Sorghum research heats up!

• Funding boost for pig welfare

• Crawford funds tan spot in wheat research at CIMMYT in Mexico

• Wheat genes discovered that may enable more flour from grain

• The bitter truth: Role of bitter-sensing cells in the mouth and gut

• Dr Joe Eyre and Trevor Philp talk tactical sorghum agronomy

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