Centre for Crop Science

Efforts to address rising global food demand are under the spotlight after the launch of the ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding.

University of Queensland 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.

A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies.

The sustainable manufacture of bio-based herbicides is the target of a $1.3 million international collaboration initiated by the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA).

The world’s foremost researchers and plant breeders will share the latest breakthroughs at the 11th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics in Brisbane. Conference chair and UQ Professor Michael Udvardi said the gathering from September 30 to October 3 would shape strategies to improve legumes for sustainable food and feed production.

For millennia, Indigenous knowledge holders have passed down lore to the next generation. Traditional Owners and this article’s lead author collected DNA samples from bunya pine leaves to retrace the conifer’s historical movement in its northern and southern locations.

An innovative ARC Training Centre dedicated to training the next generation of plant and animal breeders has begun its work.

Convincing the next generation to consider the career opportunities agriculture has to offer is the motivating factor for three QAAFI scientists, who are among this year’s Flying Scientists.

A research team led by The University of Queensland is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.

The long-awaited genome sequencing of Arabica coffee could be the solution to producing a high-quality Australian-grown coffee, according to a University of Queensland researcher.