Centre for Crop Science

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.

Queensland and New South Wales students converged on Warwick for the results of the 2017 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Hermitage Research Facility Schools Plant Science Competition.

One of the world’s leading plant pathologists, Professor Andre Drenth from the University of Queensland (UQ), is among the first scientists invited by the Indonesian government to participate in a new Indonesian Government program that aims to strengthen Indonesia’s global research collaborations and boost food security.