‘Depressed’ plants
Research in a new paper shows that the interaction of plants and soil fungi – mycorrhiza – does not always benefit the plant. Beneficial soil microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi [...]
Taking five with Prof. Justin Borevitz
The three national nodes of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) are home to a highly talented team of plant science researchers and specialists. This passionate, cross-disciplinary team is skilled [...]
Supporting the agricultural industry through R&D to deliver successful new products to market
Developing and bringing new agricultural products to market can be costly and time consuming for industry. Nufarm Limited recently sought the technology and expertise of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility [...]
Solving the challenges of computer vision for plant phenotyping
Plants in Spectral Pheno Climatron at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's Canberra ANU node A 'Computer Vision Problems in Plant Phenotyping' (CVPPP) workshop will be held in conjunction [...]
More salad please!
With indoor-vertical farming on the rise, lettuce production can be customised more than ever, by choosing the right varieties, temperature, lighting and nutrient supply to produce the leaves consumers want. [...]
Getting to the root of the problem wins
Congratulations to Olivia Cousins, one of the Adelaide-Nottingham PhD students, who won the student poster prize at a joint conference between Soil Science Australia and New Zealand Soil Science Society, [...]