With the global population expected to reach eight billion by 2040, the pressure is on to feed everyone, particularly in the tropics and subtropics where more than half the world’s population lives.
To celebrate Research Week 2018, UQ is proud to share how UQ research is creating change, right across the world, every day.
Find out how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to protect our future food supply.
Bing Cheng "Canopy Position Influences on Gene Expression and Coffee Quality"
Samira Samarfard "Genetic Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Alfalfa Leaf Curl Virus"
QAAFI are proud participants in UQ's Summer and Winter Research Program to offer scholarships for students during UQ's Summer and Winter semester break.
From the lab to the paddock, organic grower Paul Murphy says genetic improvements have recast sorghum as a more productive and profitable option for his farm business.
Special research measures were needed when environmental factors were discovered to trigger a prevalent but normally dormant defect in the wheat genome. When activated, the defect can cause a punishing downgrade of wheat grain quality.
QAAFI researchers have discovered how to make more flour from the same amount of grain – a finding that could help avert food shortages around the world.