News from our blog
New Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crop Development
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is very pleased to be a supporter of the newly announced Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crop Development. Announced [...]
PIA recipients share the load with their PhD research at the APPF
PIA recipients and students at Western Sydney University's Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Natascha Weinberger and Ximena Cibils-Stewart both stayed in Adelaide while they completed [...]
Evaluating super high oleic acid safflower in sodic and saline soils
One of our favourite customers is back at The Plant Accelerator. Dr Rhiannon Schilling has used the APPF’s facilities on many occasions and knows how [...]
Internship awards a big plus for these postgrads
The next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) are open Applications close – 31 May 2021 A Postgraduate Internship [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The APPF in the media – on-air highlights
ABC Catalyst – “Feeding Australia”
The two-part series, Feeding Australia, was produced by the Catalyst team on ABC TV. In Part 2, Chef Paul West, Professor Clare Collins and Dr Noby Leong reveal how technology is set to transform food production, including talking with the APPF and Dr Trevor Garnett in Part 2 here (start from 44:30).
Feeding Australia – Part 1 “Foods of Tomorrow”, and Part 2 “A Sustainable Future”, are available to watch on ABC’s iView.
Preview here:
Channel 7 News – “Helping drought-stricken farmers”
As farmers across the country struggle with drought, researchers at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) and the University of Adelaide’s Waite Institute are developing wheat varieties resilient to climate change. They are improving genetic diversity and crop yields – and they are doing it using state-of-the-art drone technology and robotics.
Watch:
ABC News – “Opening of Boorowa Research Facility”
APPF technology used at the newly opened Boorowa Research Facility featured heavily in an ABC News announcement. See research drones and the APPF developed phenoMobile® in action, along with an interview with the APPF’s Jamie Scarrow.
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