Maxing out chemical-free crop protection with dsRNAmax
A software package developed and validated at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference.
7 July 2025
Call for rethink of food nutrition labelling
Food labelling is out of step with healthy diet recommendations and could be improved by including nutrient release rates, according to a ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ researcher.
3 July 2025
Dairy tech moves from the lab to industry
Dairy products made using precision fermentation are a step closer with Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator transferring new technology to an industry partner.
24 June 2025
Robots working in abattoirs, sky-high vertical farms, more gene-edited foods in our supermarkets and automated farming systems could all help guarantee food supply in the next pandemic.
31 July 2020
Science has once again validated Indigenous wisdom by identifying a rare, healthy sugar in native stingless bee honey that is not found in any other food.
23 July 2020
Giant, invasive Chinese elm trees with a trunk circumference of up to three metres are being swiftly slain thanks to a new herbicide technology developed by ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ and BioHerbicides Australia.
23 July 2020
Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery by University of Queensland researchers.
10 July 2020
Exploiting quirks in plant reproduction could boost yields in two staple crops, sorghum and cowpea, for crop farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SA).
9 June 2020
An Indigenous fruit which is one of the earliest known plant foods eaten in Australia could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.
31 May 2020
Sheep poo could hold the key to developing the next generation of antiparasitic treatments that could protect Australian livestock and save the industry millions of dollars a year.
28 May 2020
Researchers are raising a glass to a Queensland first: beer brewed using wild fermented yeast, hand-picked from a jacaranda tree at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿.
5 May 2020
New pineapple varieties which grow more reliably and predictably are being developed in a University of Queensland-led project that will benefit farmers and industry.
9 March 2020
³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ was ranked as Australia’s top university for Agriculture and Forestry, Environmental Sciences and Sports-Related subjects for the second consecutive year in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject released today.
3 March 2020
Fireweed is one of eastern Australia’s worst invasive species, and scientists are asking landholders for on-the-ground information about where it is growing and how they deal with it.
17 January 2020
The Australian Government is offering 40 students up to $60,000 each in financial assistance for eligible programs at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s Gatton campus.
20 December 2019
Agricultural Science Valedictorian Peta Stockwell is confident the skills she’s learned at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ will serve her well in a challenging time for the agricultural sector.
5 December 2019
Research to unlock the potential of peptides and proteins found in Australian flora and fauna for applications such as the next generation medicines and bio-friendly pesticides will be the focus of a new research centre to be based at The University...
25 October 2019
A quick, cost-effective, cloud-based platform, which could solve one of fish farming’s biggest challenges, has received a US$100,000 grant for concept development and testing.
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