All posts tagged "agriculture"

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  Using flowering plants to protect Australian veggie crops from pests

  New research by the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation will explore if vegetation management, like preserving native vegetation or flowering strips in...

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  Australasian pork research proposals on the move

  Proposals covering resilience in antimicrobial reduction and resistance and the role of the microbiome in pig performance and health were highlights of...

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  Innovators descend on Tasmania to trial precision farming technology

  Fleet Space Technologies and UTAS descend on Tasmania to trial precision farming technology.

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  Latest agricultural research, innovations and perspectives

  Agricultural experts from Australia and around the world will be in Tasmania to speak with industry representatives at free events hosted by...

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  Scholarships in grain

  The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is calling for applications from post-graduate students and post-doctoral researchers interested in studying or researching...

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  Local farmers creating value from waste

  Local farmers have been doing it tough over the past ten years but recently published research by a team from QUT and...

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  Seed germination breakthrough

  Worldwide production of food, beverages and medicinal plants could become cheaper and more reliable using information from a germination breakthrough by La...

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  Lab robots to control antimicrobial resistance on farms

  Murdoch University researchers are partnering with industry to investigate the application of laboratory robots to accurately test for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among...

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  Portable DNA sequencers help African farmers fight crop disease

  Scientists at The University of Western Australia are using new portable DNA sequencing technology for the first time in East Africa to...

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  Plant scientist first Australian to win top American award

  The University of Western Australia’s internationally recognised authority on herbicide resistance in plants, Professor Stephen Powles, has won the American Chemical Society...