University of Queensland (UQ)
‘Perennial’ rice saves time and money, but comes with risks
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Science (7 Nov 2022)
Research on rice crops that do not need replanting in China is showing promising results for yield, finances and labor, and the environment.
Bending gender norms: women’s engagement in agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to Pragya Timsina about how women’s participation in agriculture is evolving across the Eastern Gangetic Plains and her findings which will be included in a paper coming out later this year: ‘Necessity as a driver of bending agricultural gender norms in South Asia’.
Aussie drives global research that underpins Australian wheat industry
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Grain Central (13 Oct 2021)
Alison Bentley spoke with Grain Central about CIMMYT’s breeding strategy and the use of CIMMYT germplasm in the Australian wheat-growing industry.
Scientific opportunities and challenges
Capacity development
First meetings of the AGG Science and Technical Steering Committees generate insights and recommendations for optimizing breeding schemes.
Interdrought 2020 congress proceedings now online
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Presentations, abstracts and posters of major conference about agricultural production in water-limited environments are available for free.
Mexico City to host Interdrought 2020
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Global conference will serve as forum for collaboration on crop production in water-limited environments.
Bottlenecks between basic and applied plant science jeopardize life-saving crop improvements
Innovations
Bottlenecks between basic and applied plant science jeopardize life-saving crop improvements.
UQ licenses high-yield wheat variety
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Food Processing (16 Apr 2019)
Australian farmers to benefit from CIMMYT high-yielding, white-grained wheat.
University of Queensland student researches tan spot resistance in wheat at CIMMYT
Capacity development
Tamaya Peressini’s project aimed to evaluate adult plant resistance to tan spot in wheat.