by Keryn | Apr 30, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, University of Adelaide
On 24 April, we welcomed a group of 23 Chinese alumni of the University of Adelaide and their family members to the Waite campus. They were attendees of the inaugural Chinese Alumni Back to Campus tour organised by the University’s Alumni Relations team. These alumni...
by Keryn | Apr 26, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News
Republished extract from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. What are ‘good bugs’? What is Integrated Pest Management? What is the APPF’s approach to a harmonious plant growth environment? Science fiction couldn’t write it better… ‘A wasp homes in on its...
by Keryn | Apr 26, 2018 | News, Plant Cell Walls, Research stories, Women of Waite
An international team of scientists including the University of Adelaide has discovered a new complex carbohydrate in moss that could possibly be exploited for health or other uses. The scientists, from Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls and...
by Keryn | Apr 19, 2018 | News, Research stories, SAFIC, University of Adelaide
The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at The University of Adelaide has partnered with South Australian businesses to develop functional foods, and sustainably produced, high quality products. Several projects funded under the Advanced Food Manufacturing (AFM)...
by Keryn | Apr 18, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide
The Academic Consortium for the 21st Century (AC21) has granted The Biometry Hub at Waite a $10,000 USD grant for 2018-19 to initiate a collaboration in the theory and practice of field sampling with the National University of Laos (Prof Silinthone Sacklokham) and the...
by Keryn | Apr 17, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide, WheatHub
Screening of the film FOOD EVOLUTION, hosted by the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Wheat in a Hot and Dry Climate (WheatHub). FOOD EVOLUTION, by Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy explores the controversy surrounding GMOs and...
by Keryn | Apr 16, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, WheatHub
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. An excellent new review paper has been published in the Journal of Experimental Botany. The paper, “The physiological and genetic basis of combined drought and heat tolerance in wheat” by researchers at...
by Keryn | Apr 12, 2018 | News, SARDI, University of Adelaide
A new $133 million 10 year research centre will target food waste to improve the future sustainability and profitability of the Australian food industry. Food waste is a global issue with losses valued at $1.3 trillion per annum. Food waste costs Australia $20 billion...
by Keryn | Apr 11, 2018 | Food Plus Research Centre, News, Research stories, SAFIC, SARDI, University of Adelaide
The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at The University of Adelaide has partnered with South Australian businesses to develop functional foods, and sustainably produced, high quality products. Several projects funded under the Advanced Food Manufacturing (AFM)...
by Keryn | Apr 10, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Plants get nutrients and minerals like phosphorus from the soil via their root systems. This uptake of nutrients is enhanced in many plants by mycorrhizal fungi which colonise the roots, creating a vast connection between the plant roots and the soil around them....
