Centre for Horticultural Science

The 16th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) held at the Gold Coast was the first event of its kind in nearly a decade. Over three days the conference featured 200 speakers and 450 delegates from around the globe who discussed the future of plant breeding in 2050.

An environmentally friendly spray that targets and kills one of cotton's (and the world’s) most damaging agricultural pests - Silverleaf whitefly - has been created by scientists at The University of Queensland.