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Agriculture Victoria turns up the heat on field crop research with custom-engineered trolleys. Photo Courtesy: Agriculture Victoria

Researchers turn up the heat on field crop research

Researchers are using computerised trolleys to simulate heatwaves.

16 August 2023

Jingye Cheng (PhD student of the University of Tasmania and Murdoch University), Professor Chengdao Li (Western Crop Genetics Alliance director) and Dr Yong Han (DPIRD molecular geneticist) inspect gene-edited barley at the GRDC Grain Precinct at Murdoch University.

New barley gene helps crops cope with a changing climate

Geneticists find semi-dwarf gene to boost barley drought tolerance

07 February 2023

Agriculture Victoria research scientist Francesco Martoni is part of a trial using hi-tech insect sentinels. Image courtesy Agriculture Victoria.

Sentinels to boost pest management for the grains industry

Aphids targeted by sentinels in Victoria

25 May 2022

Grain Innovation Park's lentil breeding program will be improved. Image Mark Saunders.

Lentil breeding program boosted

Grain Innovation Park to be revamped

08 February 2022

Annieka Paridaen is a new board member of FAR Australia. Image courtesy Premier Ag.

FAR Australia appoints new board member

Annieka Paridaen joins FAR Australia board

19 May 2021

The University of Sydney campus at Narrabri, including some of more than 40,000 research plots.

$12 million agricultural research centre to be established at Narrabri

New South Wales Government and industry team up with Sydney Institute

07 September 2020

A national project looking at hyper-yielding cereal crops has started.

Hyper yielding crop farm trials start

National approach to high yielding crop research starts

26 August 2020

A new crop research centre will be formed in Queensland.

New northern crop research centre formed

Industry-led focus for new crop facility

07 August 2020

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