UWA accelerates wheat pre-breeding model for quicker grower adoption
UWA researchers have launched a second phase of plant development that is expected to reinvent the way researchers and growers interact The second and final stage of an ambitious project to accelerate uptake of physiological traits in commercial breeding programs and advance the yield of local wheat growers is well underway. Substantial global effort and […]
UWA researchers discover cause of devastating Faba bean gall disease
Breakthrough research has shown previous gall disease control measures were ineffective because they were targeting the wrong plant pathogen Researchers at The University of Western Australia have identified the cause of the devastating faba bean gall disease for the first time, a disease that causes significant destruction of bean crops in Ethiopia and China. When […]
Roadmap proposed for increased use of biotechnology to improve food security
Researchers from The University of Western Australia’s Institute of Agriculture are concerned that the worldwide adoption of biotechnology to improve crop production has stalled