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University of Queensland researchers are calling on Australian cattle producers to help understand growing resistance to chemical control in cattle ticks.

Two locations have been identified as the most likely entry points into Australia for a disease that poses a huge risk to the beef and dairy industries.

A University of Queensland analysis of genetic data from northern Australian cattle has identified key regions of the genome that influence traits like fertility, growth and body condition, sometimes all at the same time.

The Australian Academy of Science has awarded its 2026 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award to Dr Cassandra Sedran-Price from the University of Sydney and Mr Jacob Birch from The University of Queensland.

University of Queensland research has revealed that double-stranded RNA-based biopesticides (dsRNA) sprayed on plant leaves can travel right down into root systems.

A treatment using natural compounds as a clean solution to fungicides in horticulture and a cheap oral swab test to predict methane emissions in livestock are the targets of two funding grants for University of Queensland researchers.