News from our blog
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 [...]
APPF is helping to understand salt tolerance in the world’s most important food crop – rice
APPF's Adelaide node is working with the team of Mark Tester, Professor of Plant Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in [...]
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 [...]
Adding to the precision farming toolbox
In Precision Agriculture real-time action and decisions based on accurate information of time and location a pest occurs is essential. Using computer vision and machine [...]
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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