Centre for Crop Science

Summer and Winter research program

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.

Computer 'brain' trawls vast datasets for crop advances

Published on: 5 July 2018

Private and public sector research collaboration is fast-tracking breeders’ cumulative progress towards increasingly higher-performing crops.

Resilience, reliability improves sorghum returns for growers

Published on: 18 July 2017

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.

The sleeping dog within the wheat genome

Published on: 8 February 2017

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.

Flour power: wheat discovery to increase flour yields

Published on: 16 February 2017

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.