by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 22, 2019 | News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
University of Adelaide researchers at the Waite campus have discovered a biochemical mechanism fundamental to plant life that could have far-reaching implications for the multibillion dollar biomedical, pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology industries.There are...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Apr 1, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. Research in a new paper shows that the interaction of plants and soil fungi – mycorrhiza – does not always benefit the plant. Beneficial soil microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi help to improve plant...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Mar 29, 2019 | CSIRO, News, Research stories
The only centre of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere for accurately testing ancient groundwater up to a million years old has opened in South Australia. The Noble Gas Facility, built at Waite Campus in Adelaide, is now fully operational after a three-year build by...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Mar 7, 2019 | AWRI, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide
The question of whether smoke from stubble burning has any effect on wine grapes will be tested as part of new research being conducted in South Australia’s wine regions. The research which will be carried out by researchers at the University of Adelaide’s Waite...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Jan 24, 2019 | News, Research stories, University of Adelaide
South Australian researchers have discovered 26 new species of native bees from the outback of Australia. The new species belong to the subgenus Colletellus in the genus Leioproctus in the family Colletidae – the group of the silk bees. The bees in this family cover...