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 [...]
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. [...]
Wheat is one step closer to photosynthesis-based yield gains
Exciting research is carried out every day by users of the APPF’s technology and facilities. Here we share another inspirational story…. Professor John Evans of the Australian National University. [...]
Australian wheat shows resistance to devastating disease
Exciting research is carried out every day by users of the APPF’s technology and facilities. Here we share another inspirational story…. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shown [...]
‘Over expression’ of three wheat genes linked to yield gains
Exciting research is carried out every day by users of the APPF's technology and facilities. Here we share another inspirational story.... The potential to significantly increase wheat yields has been [...]
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 [...]
Plant phenotyping with Uncle Sam – Brooke Bruning’s trip to the USA
APPF and University of Adelaide PhD student, Brooke Bruning, shares experiences from her recent trip to Phenome 2019 and Purdue University, USA. Phenome Conference 2019 | 6 - 9 February [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]