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Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified two desirable traits in macadamia trees to make orchards more productive and profitable.

More than half of the world’s current banana crop originates from a single seed that emerged from natural hybridisation hundreds or thousands year ago.

Researchers have developed a test to distinguish the gender of jojoba plants to help in crop planning, with the female of the species shown to significantly outlive the male.

Leafy greens that pack more nutritional punch and better flavour, and seedless blackberries available year-round could soon be on supermarket shelves thanks to gene-editing tools.

Australia’s increasingly diverse food culture is benefitting from the wider recognition of Indigenous bush foods, which University of Queensland Professor Henrietta Marrie AM said must be brought to the mainstream in ways that combine traditional knowledge systems with science.

Scientists at The University of Queensland are developing a protein-based vaccine to protect Australia’s beef industry from lumpy skin disease (LSD).

The growing global focus on sustainably produced food is a huge opportunity for Australia, according to the Australian Government’s Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Su McCluskey.

By 2050, experts predict that climate change could kill off the 2 main coffee varieties we drink daily while also jeopardising 60 percent of the planet’s 124 wild coffee plants.

When it comes to the environmental footprint of livestock production and the consumption of livestock-derived foods—milk, meat and eggs—Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) believes that “where one stands is a function of where one sits”.

Professor Paul PG Gauthier is looking to the future. Specifically, how to help feeding the world, a problem exercising the brain of scientists globally.

A $7-million project harnessing scientific advances at The University of Queensland could result in a range of new, elite strawberry varieties to target premium markets.

Genetic solutions to optimise root systems in wheat crops will be the focus of a successful ARC Future Fellowship awarded to the University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Lee Hickey.

Young researchers from The University of Queensland are conducting valuable agricultural research, after recently receiving a Crawford Fund Student Award for 2022.

A focus on the traits linked to photosynthesis could hold the key to improving crop yields, according to University of Queensland research.

Feeding the world’s spiralling population as we cope with the ravages of climate change will be the focus of this year’s TropAg International Conference in Brisbane from 31 October to 2 November 2022.

A year or more of COVID lockdowns worked to the advantage of University of Queensland Honours graduate, Tatiana Briody.

A supply chain that uses insects to upcycle food waste into high-grade protein, animal feed and fertiliser is being built in Australia with the help of University of Queensland researchers.