A University of Queensland project to mass-produce a more genetically diverse and resilient species of the native Australian emu bush will boost vital land restoration and revegetation efforts across the country.
15 November 2022The biggest industry bottleneck for avocado production could soon be a thing of the past with the signing of a licence agreement between ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏ’s commercialisation company UniQuest and Anderson Horticulture Pty Ltd.
9 November 2022University of Queensland students are gaining unprecedented access to farms and other agricultural sites through self-navigated virtual tours.
3 November 2022Feeding the world’s spiralling population amidst the ravages of climate change will be the focus of a major agriculture conference which gets underway in Brisbane today.
31 October 2022Methane emissions could be substantially cut through a $7.5-million project to develop slow-release biopolymer technology for cattle containing a gas-reducing bioactive.
25 October 2022Researchers from ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï have identified two desirable traits in macadamia trees to make orchards more productive and profitable.
24 October 2022Researchers at ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï have found children in disadvantaged communities often go hungry when they attend early education and childcare centres.
21 October 2022Scientists at ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï are developing a protein-based vaccine to protect Australia’s beef industry from lumpy skin disease (LSD).
7 October 2022An Australian-first study by researchers from ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï has found 8 per cent of urine samples drawn from the general public contained a common weed killer.
30 September 2022A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏ.
6 September 2022Using deadly spider venom to treat heart attacks is one of many new discoveries currently being developed at a national research centre headquartered at ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏ.
25 August 2022COVID-19, rather than the threat of climate change, has spurred Australians to become more sustainable, according to research from ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏ.
18 August 2022The newly launched ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is cultivating the next crop of plant science experts.
17 August 2022It may have taken a decade, but Carissa Horsey has finally found her true calling. The Ipswich born and raised Bachelor of Agricultural Science graduate didn’t think university was for her when she finished high school in 2011.
11 July 2022Tiny nanoparticles less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size are providing a promising new method to protect sheep against deadly flystrike, according to University of Queensland research.
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