Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Centre for Crop Science

  • Billboard star set to ‘avo’ great graduation

    Published on: 8 December 2017
    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.

  • Crop gene discovery gets to the root of food security

    Published on: 4 December 2017
    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.
  • Flour power!

    Flour power to boost food security

    Published on: 31 October 2017
    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.

  • Queensland, China collaborate on game-changer research

    Predicting crop yields from space funded under a joint Queensland-China scheme

    Published on: 18 October 2017
    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.

  • Schools plant science competition

    Published on: 16 August 2017
    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.
  • QAAFI Professor André Drenth

    UQ plant expert to take part in Indonesian professor program

    Published on: 4 October 2017
    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.

  • RAID Early and Mid-Career Researcher Speed Networking Event

    19 November 2017 5:45pm–8:30pm
     
    in TropAg2017 Week
    The Researchers in Agriculture for International Development(RAID) network, together with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), are hosting a free networking event to be held in conjunction with the TropAg2017 conference.The event is supported by the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC).
    Register

  • The science of growing food in Africa

    Published on: 27 September 2017
    How QAAFI's Centre for Plant Science Research Officer Dr Caspar Roxburgh's research project is changing lives

  • Gaining 3MT skills: everyone's a winner

    Published on: 25 September 2017
    Congratulations to Anahita Mizani, from QAAFI's Centre for Plant Science, for her compelling presentation at the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) UQ Final on Wednesday 13 September at Customs House.

  • Food Evolution movie free public screening and panel discussion

    19 November 2017 6:15pm–8:30pm
     
    in TropAg2017 Week
    Food Evolution, explores the complexity of cultural attitudes to GMOs and food, and investigates how easily fear and misinformation can overwhelm objective, evidence-based analysis. Join one of the stars of the film, Dr Alison Van Eenennaam, a science communicator and an animal genomics and biotechnology specialist, together with Professor Robert Henry, a plant geneticist and Professor of Innovation from the University of Queensland – for a new perspective on the GMO debate.
    Register

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