A deadly banana disease that first caused problems in South Sulawesi over a century ago has now spread across the Indonesian Archipelago and to peninsular Malaysia – posing a threat to Australia’s $600 million banana growing industry in northern Australia.
The Queensland Minister for Innovation, the Hon Kate Jones, joined Vice-Chancellor Peter Høj and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Bronwyn Harch, for an update on Advance Queensland-funded research on breeding techniques for avocados.
The Australasian Plant Pathology Society is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of plant pathology and its practice in the Australasian and Indo Pacific Regions. Although the society is concentrated in these regions the work of our members is of international importance and significance.
Professor Neena Mitter from QAAFI's Centre for Horticultural Science will present at the World Science Festival Brisbane event on "Making It Great: Celebrating Queensland Invention"
University of Queensland researchers are working on a new project to keep smut off our playing fields; but it’s not the kind of smut that first comes to mind.
Avocado aficionados will benefit from a Queensland research project that aims to strip bare the avocado to reveal detailed information about the popular fruit’s biology.
Scientists are investigating whether a clay-based ‘vaccine’ for plants could safeguard the nation’s $5.5 billion-combined cotton and vegetable industries against pest infestation and crippling crop losses.