research Archives - Research for Agriculture

Reef Life Survey diver off Lord Howe Island. Credit Antonia Cooper

Climate change to affect fish sizes and complex food webs

Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led study has shown.

Apr 7, 2020

environment, research, water

Improved breeding for all-climate wheat

Researchers at the Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) are helping boost wheat’s ability to yield well in good years and survive droughts.

Apr 7, 2020

crops, research

Charles Sturt researcher awarded for role in supervising PhD students

Guiding PhD student research is a rewarding part of the job for the Director of the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre Professor Leigh Schmidtke and it’s a role that’s earned him a national award.

Apr 6, 2020

awards, research

Harkamal Walia measures the carbon being expired by a head of wheat. Walia's research involves measuring the amount of energy a plant uses at night and the relationship how increasing temperatures forces plants to spend less energy producing grain. June 26, 2018. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

Nebraska team links wild wheat gene to drought tolerance in cultivated wheat

New research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has led to the discovery of a novel gene that improves drought adaptation in wheat — a breakthrough that could contribute to increased world food security.

Apr 6, 2020

case studies, crops, research

Joseph Marks, inaugural recipient of the Dr Tony Jordan OAM Award

Emerging researchers driving wine innovations

Twelve emerging grape and wine researchers from five Australian universities have received Wine Australia’s PhD and Masters by Research Scholarships for 2020.

Apr 2, 2020

agriculture, research, wine

New pasture cultivar to tackle effects of climate change

Murdoch University researchers have delivered a new cultivar of French Serradella that is set to increase the sustainability of Wheatbelt crop-pasture rotations and lower the carbon footprint of cropping by as much as 50 percent.

Apr 2, 2020

crops, research