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Wheat photo courtest of Keith/Ewing on flickr
Sunday, 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 globally costing $1 billion annually.

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Tuesday, 03 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.

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Tuesday, 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.

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Wheat
Saturday, 09 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 breeding habits. The discovery will help protect wheat crops around the world from devastating fungal diseases.

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Dr Arun Yadav, from the ANU Research School of Biology
Wednesday, 16 Oct 2019

Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.

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Professor Peter Solomon. Image Stuart Hay, ANU
Thursday, 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 ever made it into the country.

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Events

A man with a mustache smiling while holding a small plant in a greenhouse.
6 Mar 2024 | 12pm

Cytosolic Ca2+ signals and changes in pH are universal signaling elements that couple a wide range of stimuli to their characteristic responses in plants. Despite decades of intensive research, it is still poorly understood.

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A whimsical illustration of a walking green clover character with pink flowers on its head, looking at a flying yellow tadpole.
1 Mar 2024 | 3:30pm

Plants rely on their sophisticated innate immune system to protect themselves from surrounding disease-causing pathogens.

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Aerial view of a dense fern field with a small, pink object noticeable in the center.
21 Feb 2024 | 12pm

Since 2000, oil palm cultivation has generated considerable controversy: more than 20 million ha of plantations have been linked with deforestation, burning, a high carbon footprint, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution from the palm oil industry.

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A smiling young woman with glasses standing in a field, with a close-up of a plant affected by rust disease on the right side of the image.
16 Feb 2024 | 3:30pm

In response to plant disease as a severe limiting factor in crop production, genomics-informed surveillance promises to support crop protection and biosecurity efforts.

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A smiling man in a blue and white checkered shirt standing outdoors with a blurred background of a fence and trees in soft evening light.
29 Nov 2023 | 11:30am

The development of iron enriched “biofortified” crops is a sustainable way of increasing iron intakes at no additional cost to growers and food manufacturers.

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24 Nov 2023 | 3:30pm

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