by Keryn | Apr 19, 2018 | Home page slider, 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 | Home page slider, 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 | Home page slider, News, University of Adelaide |
The University of Adelaide Alumni Relations is holding a Reunion event for Agriculture graduates from 1994-1998. In the spirit of our old parties at Waite and Roseworthy campuses but perhaps with a little more sophistication, we’ll be kicking up our heels with fine...
by Keryn | Apr 16, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, 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 | Home page slider, 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, Home page slider, 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....
by Keryn | Apr 10, 2018 | Careers, CSIRO, Home page slider, News, positions vacant, Women of Waite |
Are you a recent (or near) PhD graduate in agronomy, crop/pasture science, soil science or similar? Postdoctoral Fellowship on offer – kick-start your research career in Farming Systems Join a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team at CSIRO Agriculture and Food The...
by Keryn | Apr 6, 2018 | Home page slider, News, Plant Energy Biology, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite |
University of Adelaide research has discovered that drugs used in the treatment of certain brain disorders, including epilepsy, also alter the signalling process in plants under stress. Published in the journal The Plant Cell, the finding uncovers a key mechanism in...
