Waite Research Stories
Apple spirit from cider pulp waste with the Hills Cider Company
A premium apple sprit made from leftover cider pulp is the goal of this collaboration between the Hills Cider Company and the University of Adelaide.
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High Omega-3 eggs with Solar Eggs
Getting some extra omega-3 fatty acids in your diet will soon be easier with enriched eggs developed through a collaboration between the University of Adelaide and South Australian egg producer Solar Eggs
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Soil microbes can suppress nutrient uptake by plant root microbes
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…
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Human brain drug uncovers key to plant stress response
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
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Graphene promise for more efficient fertilisers
Fertilisers with lower environmental impacts and reduced costs for farmers are being developed by University of Adelaide researchers in the world-first use of the new advanced material graphene as a fertiliser carrier
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Discovery shows wine grapes gasping for breath
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered how grapes “breathe”, and that shortage of oxygen leads to cell death in the grape
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Some good news about water and wine
Adding water to wine must (freshly pressed grape juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit) is now legal in Australia under specific conditions, but it remains a topic of discussion and debate.
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Ballooning for honey bee drones
A team from the University of Sydney visited Dr Katja Hogendoorn’s group in the School of Ag, Food and Wine at Waite to show them how to balloon for bees.
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On trees, bees and the importance of managed hives in lucerne
Preliminary data indicate that twice as many honey bees have been found foraging on lucerne in close proximity to native vegetation that included old eucalypts, than at field edges that lacked native vegetation
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A little water can go a long way when battling heatwaves
It appears that how you use water is more important than how much you use when trying to protect grapevines from the impact of heatwaves.
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