How will crops withstand changing climates?
APPN infrastructure helps accelerate the development of improved crops that are more resilient to environmental stresses.
How will we feed our growing population?
A population increase to 9 billion by 2050 means global food production needs to double within fewer than 30 seasonal harvests.
How do we ensure sustainable farming?
Farming systems must be able to increase food production while reducing the impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use for a cleaner environment.
How will we ensure future nutrition?
Research innovation drives the development of nutritionally enhanced crops to address malnutrition which affects close to 2 billion people around the globe.
APPN is Australia’s network of National Research Infrastructures for plant and agricultural science.
Underpinned by FAIR data principles and a multidisciplinary team of experts, we provide open access to state-of-the-art plant phenotyping infrastructure to enable research excellence and innovation for sustainable agriculture.
As the world population continues to grow while arable land is declining, it is more important than ever to develop nutritious crops that are resilient to the conditions of a changing climate to ensure future food demand can be met.
APPN’s nodes are strategically located across nine renowned Australian research organisations to offer a network of phenotyping solutions in controlled environments (greenhouse/growth room), at field sites or via mobile phenotyping units to reach regional areas, to help academic researchers and industry address the critical challenges in agriculture.
Visit our Nodes or contact us to discuss how our infrastructure can help address your research or industry challenge.
For general information about our research infrastructure network, please contact the APPN Head Office in Adelaide.
Plant Phenomics
APPN supports transformative crop science by providing access to sophisticated growth facilities, imaging systems, sensor platforms, software tools and data analysis.
Our Infrastructure
APPN provides plant phenotyping infrastructure across all of mainland Australia’s major cropping zones. Our platforms and sensors are available in controlled environment facilities for experimental crops, at field sites or in remote locations (mobile phenotyping) for monitoring crop performance under real-world conditions.
Our Nodes
APPN’s new network of controlled environment phenotyping facilities, mobile phenotyping units and field sites is strategically spread across Australia’s diverse climate zones and involves nine renowned plant research organisations nationwide.
Data
Data generation, analysis and management is at the heart of digital plant phenomics. APPN has a dedicated team of data professionals and adheres to FAIR data principles for all projects.