Postgraduate Internship Award grants round open
The next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) now open Applications close – 31 May 2021 As the APPF's most recent recipient of a [...]
Busy year for the FieldExplorer
The APPF’s FieldExplorer completed imaging in 16 field trials in its first year of operation and included clients from universities, government research organisations and breeding companies. This ground-based phenotyping platform [...]
Impact of above-ground vigour on root architecture in wheat
Congratulations to Pieter Hendriks, winner of the APPF's 2021 Postgraduate Internship Award (PIA). Pieter will work with the APPF's ANU Node to look at the impact of above-ground vigour in [...]
Image-based phenomics examines pasture mixtures – in one pot
An in-depth study of how mixed pastures respond to nutrient limitation was undertaken by Dr Kirsten Ball using the APPF’s high throughput, image-based phenotyping (HTP) facility at The Plant Accelerator [...]
Research collaboration targets plant-based vaccine development
A new research collaboration aims to develop new methods and tools to non-invasively monitor the growth and performance of plants used in the production of Virus-Like Particles (VLPs). In doing [...]
OzBarley – from genome to phenome and back
A cross-NCRIS collaboration between the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) and Bioplatforms Australia (BPA) has been successful in securing investment worth $400k over two years from the Australian Research Data [...]
New traits identified for salt tolerant wheat
Wheat plays a major role in food security across the globe and demand is ever increasing. However, wheat is only moderately tolerant to salinity, a major constraint in Australia where [...]
Performance of hyperspectral sensors for N in Wheat
A study by Research Fellow Dr Huajian Liu at APPF's The Plant Accelerator has highlighted the challenges and considerations when using different hyperspec sensors for nitrogen prediction. The accurate and [...]
Role for videogame design in agriculture and regeneration
Traditional videogame design tools may well have potential for use in agriculture and landscape simulation to better plan and predict crop yields, while promoting regenerative agriculture. A collaboration between the APPF’s [...]
Jungle Fever – measuring chlorophyll in the rainforests of Borneo
A chlorophyll meter courtesy of APPF found its way to Sabah in Malaysian Borneo where Hannah Carle, a PhD student at ANU, used it to measure chlorophyll content - among [...]
APPF starts work on national platform for drone data management
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is pleased to be working alongside other research infrastructure providers and research organisations to develop the Australian Scalable Drone Cloud (ASDC), supported by the [...]
Exciting new technology for CT scanning of wheat grains for stress tolerance to arrive at APPF in late 2020
Scientists have developed a computed tomography (CT) scanning method for screening large samples of wheat for drought and heat tolerance. They believe the new system will allow more accurate and [...]
Pilot Project Invitation – FieldExplorer Field Phenotyping Platform
An Invitation to Australian Plant Scientists The APPF invites expressions of interest from plant scientists wishing to undertake pilot projects using the new field phenotyping system during the 2020 growing [...]
Cameras can see beyond a plant’s surface for trait ID
Brooke Bruning at the hyperspectral plant imaging station located at the end of a conveyer belt that moves potted wheat plants through The Plant Accelerator®, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility. [...]
South Australian research infrastructure receives a funding boost
The South Australian Government has announced $6.77 million of funding to support four of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities based at the University of Adelaide - including [...]
Boosting performance of Australia’s world-class research facilities
In an announcement today, the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will receive an additional $1 million in funding, ensuring our world-class facility remains at the cutting edge of plant science [...]
Demtec 1016 Smart Potting Machine for sale (Adelaide, SA)
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's Adelaide node is offering a second-hand Demtec 1016 Smart Potting Machine for sale. Specifications: Clockwise or anti-clockwise rotation version potting ring (16 station) Variable speed [...]
Shared knowledge helps accelerate research results for global benefit in C4 rice project
High-throughput 'Setraia virids' mutant populations at IRRI - (Image source: C4 Rice Centre IRRI) Setaria viridis successfully screened for mutants with altered CO2 compensation points using high-throughput [...]
Optics in agriculture
Few industries define human civilisation as strongly as agriculture. And, as the world's population continues to grow, few technologies are as poised to improve the cultivation of food, fiber and [...]
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 [...]