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A breakthrough in breeding hybrids of one of Papua New Guinea’s most culturally significant crops could solve growing problems caused by climate change in the Pacific nation.

The University of Queensland has opened a purpose-built facility to speed up food product development and strengthen industry collaboration.
Professor Nidhi Bansal from Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator said the FaBA MakerSpace will provide rapid prototyping, unique research collaboration opportunities and access to advanced equipment.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered a previously undetected causal variant of the polled or hornless gene in Australian cattle.

A plant signalling gene has been identified as a promising target for breeding cereal crops to produce a steeper, narrower root system architecture, but with associated yield penalties in barley.

Converting sugarcane waste to biofuel could become more environmentally friendly and cost effective, thanks to a joint project at The University of Queensland and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

University of Queensland researchers are calling on Australian cattle producers to provide ticks for testing to better understand the growing resistance of cattle ticks to chemical control.