APPF to feature in ABC Catalyst’s “Feeding Australia”
Earlier this year the team from ABC Catalyst visited the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus to film segments for an upcoming program on [...]
Full program for IPPS 2018 in October announced!
The 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, titled ‘From plant, to data, to impact’, will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from 2-5 October 2018. The interesting and diverse program [...]
The stats do matter for grains researchers and agronomists
The statistical skills of grains researchers and agronomists throughout the southern cropping region are being taken to a new level, thanks to training support being offered through the Grains Research [...]
APPF to receive $2.6 million research infrastructure investment
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will benefit from a $2.6 million research infrastructure investment announced by Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, and Minister for Jobs and Innovation, [...]
Summer School in Greenhouse Horticulture at Wageningen Uni
Wageningen University & Research is the “knowledge heart” of the Dutch Greenhouse Horticulture, which is the most advanced and productive in the world. Scientists of Wageningen University & Research will [...]
Course: Statistical analysis for new phenotyping techniques | Wageningen Uni, Netherlands
New phenotyping techniques are revolutionising the field of plant sciences in general and plant breeding in particular. How can phenotyping data from platforms and high throughput devices be analysed and [...]
New hyperspectral imaging system available at APPF Adelaide
The Adelaide node of the APPF is excited to announce the addition of a hyperspectral imaging system to its high-throughput phenotyping capability. Installed in a unique imaging station in [...]
Summer School on Image Analysis for Plant Phenotyping at Wageningen Uni, Netherlands
Are you looking for a complete overview of image analysis techniques for automatic plant phenotyping? The course will provide a mixture of underlying theory and practical hands-on training. During the [...]
Invitation to attend: “Food for the future demands radical agriculture: the C4 rice challenge”
Speaker: Professor Jane Langdale, University of Oxford Date: 26 April 2018, 4:30 pm followed by a networking event Location: Discovery Centre, North Road, CSIRO Black Mountain, Canberra ACT Contact: Gonzalo.Estavillo@csiro.au [...]
The hunt for combined drought and heat tolerant crops
New review paper discusses what is known, and where research is turning next, in the pursuit of physiological traits for combined stress tolerance in crops Unique new combined drought/heat/humidity/light research [...]
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 [...]
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australian & New Zealand Fellowship applications close soon!
Applications for the 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australian & New Zealand Fellowships are now open. The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative began in 1998 and since that [...]
Join us for a presentation by Dr April Agee Carroll, AeroFarms®
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is pleased to be hosting Dr April Agee Carroll from AeroFarms®, one of the leading vertical agriculture companies in the US. Previously Director [...]
Join us! We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Hyperspectral Imaging
Applications close 18 February, 2018 Do you have a background in hyperspectral imaging? Would you like to work with a team who truly love what they do? We are offering [...]
Job opportunity with APPF: Business Operations Coordinator
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Business Operations Coordinator (BOC) to join our team at the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre (HRPPC), CSIRO-hosted node of the Australian Plant Phenomics [...]
Biotype of Australia’s Russian wheat aphid populations now known
Australian scientists have confirmed that the Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA) now established throughout parts of the nation’s south-eastern cropping regions is a single biotype. This new knowledge, achieved through research [...]
China taps into Australian plant phenomics expertise
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's (APPF) Dr Trevor Garnett and Dr Xavier Sirault are delighted to have been invited as a feasibility evaluation experts to review the Nanjing Agricultural University's [...]
Small group scoops international effort to sequence huge wheat genome
The wheat genome is finally complete. A giant international consortium of academics and companies has been trying to finish the challenging DNA sequence for more than a decade, but in [...]
Breeders and researchers unite to accelerate variety advances
Wheat variety development has been given an important boost through a new research hub that pairs three universities with three breeding companies to advance and potentially speed-up new trait discoveries. [...]
Don’t potter around… our postgrad internship grants close soon!
There are 5 short weeks until the next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will close – 30 November, 2017. Internships are offered at [...]