by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 30, 2020 | Home page slider, News, Partners, University of Adelaide, WRI
An international research collaboration, including scientists from the University of Adelaide’s Waite Research Institute, has unlocked new genetic variation in wheat and barley – a major boost for the global effort in breeding higher-yielding wheat and barley...
by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 25, 2020 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, WRI
Adelaide experts in nanotechnology and advanced materials, computer science, engineering, agricultural science, medicine and other fields have all been named among the world’s Highly Cited Researchers 2020 from the Web of Science Group. The University of Adelaide has...
by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 24, 2020 | News, Students, University of Adelaide, WRI
Students entering their final two years of an undergraduate degree who are passionate about the future of Australian rural industries are encouraged to apply for the 2021 program. The AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship is a collaboration between many of the Research and...
by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 19, 2020 | Adelaide Glycomics, News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, WRI
Congratulations to the winners of seven Discovery grants that have been awarded to researchers at The University of Adelaide across the Agriculture discipline, the most ever won in a single year. Winners include Vincent Bulone, Rachel Burton, Georgina Drew and Doug...
by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 18, 2020 | News, SARDI, Students, University of Adelaide, WRI
The Waite Research Institute is supporting a scheme to promote early and mid career researcher led honours projects. This scheme will include student scholarships of $1500 to help attract students to the projects, as well as operating budgets of $4000 to facilitate...
by Keryn | Nov 13, 2020 | News, University of Adelaide, Wine Innovation Cluster, WRI
The world’s best winemakers create wines that are distinctive and unique to the region from which they originate. These wines are said to express ‘terroir’ – a sense of place. The University of Adelaide is bringing together experts from around the world in a two-day...
by Carolyn Mitchell | Nov 11, 2020 | News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, WRI
University of Adelaide researchers at the Waite campus have surveyed soil health across the Adelaide region to uncover the potential for food crops to be grown in an urban environment. The global COVID-19 pandemic and a desire to mitigate against climate change have...
by Keryn | Nov 10, 2020 | News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, WheatHub, WRI
An online Showcase for the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Wheat in a Hot and Dry Climate is now live. This is in place of the Wheat Hub’s Showcase event at the National Wine Centre which was unfortunately cancelled earlier this year due to Covid-19....
by Jared Vandersluys | Nov 5, 2020 | News, Research stories, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, WRI
University of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine. An estimated billions of dollars’ worth of wine fraud occurs globally, this research not only presents itself as a solution but also offering a possible means of...
by Keryn | Oct 7, 2020 | Home page slider, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, WRI
Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage. Their research, published this week in the journal Optics Express, has shown they can successfully screen barley...
