All posts tagged "agriculture"

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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...

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  Australian animal and agriculture research hub

  Global US food and animal safety company Neogen Corporation is establishing an animal genomics facility at The University of Queensland Gatton campus...

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  New research digs deeper into sugarcane soil health

  Scientists have learnt new information on a type of underground bacteria that has the potential to enhance the productivity of Australian sugarcane...

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  Trail of 13 million year old gene transfer uncovered

  Scientists from Agriculture Victoria have made a world-first scientific discovery that could have various applications in pasture and crop agriculture and positive...

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  Diagnose plant diseases quicker and more accurately

  Victoria’s ability to protect its $2.3 billion horticulture industry against devastating bacterial plant diseases is now even more robust thanks to Agriculture...

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  Giving school students exposure to our scientists

  Agriculture Victoria Senior Research Scientist Meredith Mitchell is sharing her love of science with local students at St Marys Primary School at...

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  Resistance to major fungal disease in oilseed crops

  In a world first, researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Punjab Agricultural University in India have found the...

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  The sky’s the limit for our Young Tall Poppies

  Grain research technology that will help combat food shortages stemming from climate change and a burgeoning world population have helped a young...