Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Centre for Crop Science

  • Northern Australia set to go wild about rice

    Northern Australia set to go wild about rice

    Published on: 15 February 2019
    A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project will lay the foundation for a northern Australian rice sector with the potential to produce more than one million tonnes of specialty rice annually.
  • Scientists urged to fight GMO fake news

    Scientists urged to fight GMO fake news

    Published on: 6 February 2019
    Scientists must speak out about the benefits of new genetic technologies such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene editing, according to The University of Queensland’s new Director of Crop Science, Professor Ian Godwin.
  • Genes Found For Increased Flour Yield

    Genes Found For Increased Flour Yield

    Published on: 29 January 2019
    More flour can be extracted from the same amount of grain following the identification of two genes that play a critical role in determining the flour yield of wheat varieties
  • Sorghum Row Spacing For Weed Management

    Sorghum Row Spacing For Weed Management

    One aspect of the research relates to row spacing and tillering and on this podcast two leading researchers, Trevor Philp from Pacific Seeds and Dr Joe Eyre from QAFFI, a research institute at the University of Queensland supported by the Queensland Government discuss their respective research efforts.
  • Most coffee species at risk of extinction due to climate change, scientists warn

    Most coffee species at risk of extinction due to climate change, scientists warn

    Published on: 21 January 2019
    Of the 124 wild coffee species worldwide, UK researchers have declared at least 60 per cent of them in danger of dying out.

  • New cereals for new environments: pushing the boundaries with biotechnology

    12 March 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm
     
    in Science Seminars
    Professor Ian Godwin from QAAFI's Centre for Crop Science will present a seminar titled "New cereals for new environments: pushing the boundaries with biotechnology"

  • Why the world needs faster food

    Published on: 17 December 2018
    Dr Lee Hickey performed at TEDxUQ earlier in the year, watch the recorded talk now.
  • Sorghum research heats up

    Sorghum research heats up

    Published on: 17 December 2018
    Combining genomics, phenomics and modelling, Australian researchers are developing more temperature-tolerant varieties of a staple crop
  • Sorghum in field at Coopers Plains

    Research Shift To Confront Climate Challenge

    Published on: 23 November 2018
    Big data and targeted research are coming together to provide growers with more options to help them get the most out of crops such as sorghum and wheat
  • Could AI Deliver The Next Wheat Breakthrough?

    Could AI Deliver The Next Wheat Breakthrough?

    Published on: 29 June 2018
    An artificial intelligence platform called ‘FastStack’ is under development to assist the accelerated production of wheat varieties with superior performance traits.

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