2018

Agriculture and Food Seminars for 2018

Using mechanistic models to predict responses of agricultural pests to environmental change

Dr Madeleine Barton, Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture and Food 11 December 2018

Die another day: extending the reproductive life and seed yield of monocarpic plants

Dr Cristina Ferrandiz, Lab Leader, Instituto de Biología Molecular and Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Valencia, Spain. 26 November 2018

Engineering nitrogenase into plants – towards functional studies

Dr Christina Gregg, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain 6 November 2018

Agriculture and Food – Lightning Talks #5. Thirsty chickpeas and lupins, stopping those aphid suckers, & sheep can be fussy eaters too – when low in Vitamin E

Agriculture and Food Lightning Talks #5, from Perth. 23 October 2018

Maternal control of seed properties: evolutionary considerations, mechanisms, and agricultural implications

Prof. Steven Penfield, John Innes Centre (UK) Monday 17 September 2018

The Economic and Environmental Cost of Australia’s GM Canola Moratorium

Assoc. Prof. Stuart Smyth, University of Saskatchewan Tuesday 11 September 2018

Indigenous Mexican Variety of Corn Captures the Nitrogen it Needs from the Air

Howard-Yana Shapiro (UC Davis, MIT, World Agroforestry Centre, MARS) Tuesday 4 September 2018

Agriculture & Food Lightning Talks #5. Fascination with Food: food-pathogens, food-waste & value addition, fat-globules

Narelle Fegan (Group Leader), Danyang Ying (Senior Research Scientist), Leonie Walter (PhD candidate) 28 August 2018

Identifying the genetic control of sodium and chloride exclusion in grapevine rootstocks to breed for improved salt tolerance

Jake Dunlevy, Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIRO Agriculture and Food Tuesday 14 August 2018

Wheat pre-breeding at NIAB: progress to trait dissection- Alison Bentley

Dr Alison Bentley, Director of Genetics and Breeding, NIAB, UK. Monday 30 July 2018