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.
UQ's Dr Barbara George-Jaeggli writes about the importance of a good support network, and the changes needed so parents don't have to choose between career and caring.
The field of crop improvement is about to go through a growth spurt with the appointment of global crop improvement innovator Professor Mark Cooper to a newly-created role at The University of Queensland.
Wild rice growing in northern Australia’s crocodile-infested waters could help boost global food security, say University of Queensland researchers who have mapped its genetic family tree.
A NASA experiment to grow wheat in space has inspired Australian scientists like Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation senior research fellow Dr Lee Hickey to develop a technology that slashes 12 months' growing time to six weeks.
She was the face of The University of Queensland’s 2015 Create Change advertising campaign – but now QAAFI avocado researcher Louisa Parkinson has proven her scientific mettle.
Researchers from QAAFI at The University of Queensland have discovered that a key gene which controls flowering time in wheat and barley crops also directs the plant’s root growth.
A discovery by University of Queensland researchers could result in up to 10 percent more yield and a healthier flour produced during the milling of wheat.
University of Queensland research projects to develop better batteries for renewable energy and a way of predicting crop yields from space have been funded under a joint Queensland-China scheme.