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Author: Gio Braidotti

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  • Closing yield gaps on sodic soils
    Closing yield gaps on sodic soils
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-08-16T09:00:00+10:00

    Soil amelioration strategies prove beneficial following an investment push to improve productivity on Australia’s large swathe of sodic soils

  • Disease resistance breakthrough for barley
    Disease resistance breakthrough for barley
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-06-27T09:00:00+10:00

    With no chemical methods available to control crown rot disease in barley, a project that identified novel sources of genetic resistance stands to deliver yield and income gains.

  • Improved canola heat tolerance observed in field trials
    Improved canola heat tolerance observed in field trials
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-06-20T09:00:00+10:00

    Heat tolerance traits are undergoing extensive field trials and genetic analysis following their identification in newly resynthesised canola material that contains novel genetic diversity.

  • Milestones achieved in rust research
    Milestones achieved in rust research
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-06-15T09:00:00+10:00

    Researchers have steered a savvy course through wheat rust incursions and pathogen evolutions to deliver unprecedented insights and resources that bode well for the future of the wheat industry.

  • It’s all in the timing
    It’s all in the timing
    Author: Gio Braidotti, 2023-06-07T09:00:00+10:00

    The genetic means to fully adapt chickpeas and lentils to a greater range of Australian growing conditions are being developed at the University of Tasmania.

  • Supporting sustainable weed control innovations
    Supporting sustainable weed control innovations
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-05-08T09:00:00+10:00

    There are clear economic benefits from adopting innovative weed control strategies that were specifically designed for southern farming systems with high-frequency use of break crops

  • Scientists crack one of cropping’s most sought-after genetic secrets
    Scientists crack one of cropping’s most sought-after genetic secrets
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-04-27T09:00:00+10:00

    By studying plants that can withstand dry environments, scientists at the University of Queensland have identified some of the genes responsible for one of the most important drought adaption traits in cereal crops – the ‘stay-green’ trait

  • Accelerated breeding used for genetic gain in chickpeas
    Accelerated breeding used for genetic gain in chickpeas
    Author: Gio Braidotti, 2023-03-27T09:00:00+11:00

    The team that produced the world’s first accelerated plant breeding platform based on the use of LED lights has now realised a long-sought chickpea breeding goal – they have produced a chickpea population that stably incorporates novel genetic diversity sourced from a wild species

  • Accelerated breeding brings herbicide-tolerant chickpeas closer to commercial reality
    Accelerated breeding brings herbicide-tolerant chickpeas closer to commercial reality
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-03-24T09:00:00+11:00

    Herbicide regulatory approvals are the final step prior to the release of newly developed herbicide-tolerant chickpea varieties

  • Area-wide management the right fix in landscapes with mixed uses
    Area-wide management the right fix in landscapes with mixed uses
    Author: Dr Gio Braidotti, 2023-03-23T09:00:00+11:00

    Grain grown alongside other agricultural production systems – such as irrigated cotton and horticulture – presents new challenges for managing mobile weeds

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