Global demand for plant production is at an all-time high. As the human population has increased there has been a steady decline in arable land despite a steady increase in average yield per land area. The ARC CoE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is making significant advances in the emerging fields of evolutionary systems biology (how plants work and evolve) and predictive analytics (mathematics) to deliver novel strategies for improving ecosystem management, crop resilience, and yield. Parallel advances in legal and social frameworks are modernising outdated precedents in these areas, enabling truly impactful research to be fully recognised, with greater scope for commercialisation and public uptake.
High-quality experiments conducted by the Centre for Plant Success require state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Plant Futures Facility (PFF) at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus. So, what is hidden behind that award-winning brick wall? And how can this facility support the Centre? The PFF operates like a hotel for plants, although some users might rather consider it a…
Sorghum farmers in drier regions face a subtle problem. When water is limited, the standard approach is to space plants further apart, so each one has more soil moisture. The difficulty is that sorghum plants with extra space respond by producing more shoot branches, known as tillers. Those extra tillers use water early in the season, before grain filling, and…
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