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15 Aug 2020
Professor Owen Atkin is a Group Leader at RSB Plant Sciences, the Vice Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at ANU, and the Director of the Centre for...
14 Jul 2020
Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.
24 May 2020
Researchers have a new understanding of the genetic makeup of a fungus that causes the disease Wheat Stripe Rust, one of the most destructive wheat diseases...
3 Dec 2019
Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.
26 Nov 2019
Esteemed senior ANU biologist and mentor, Professor Barry Pogson, has been awarded the highest accolade for staff, the 2019 Peter Baume Award.
9 Nov 2019
Some clever detective work by an international team of scientists has uncovered how a deadly fungus - a stem rust called Ug99 - came about through some unusual...
16 Oct 2019
Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.
19 Sep 2019
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shown how Australian wheat crops would cope if a destructive disease that’s yet to hit our shores...
16 Sep 2019
Dr Caitlin Byrt explores strategies for advancing water filtration.
12 Sep 2019
Professor Barry Pogson, from the ANU Research School of Biology, was awarded $2.9 million to create higher-yielding and more resilient 'smart plants...
25 Jun 2019
Distinguished Professor Graham Farquhar has been honoured with a tapestry representing his life's work, including his Kyoto Prize, unveiled at University...
11 Jun 2019
Professor Geoff McFadden has been awarded the Ralph Slatyer Medal for research in understanding the malaria parasite.