Events
Reconsidering Japan’s Plant Patent Movement: National Histories, Colonial Legacies, and Transpacific Dynamics
ZoomPresented by Kjell Ericson from Kyoto University. A movement calling for plants to be treated as patentable inventions emerged in 1970s Japan. Among the loudest proponents of reform were people who had long engaged in the breeding and propagation of fruits and flowers, in certain cases far beyond Japan's post-1945 borders. My presentation contextualizes the activities of the plant patent
Centre for Plant Success Webinar Series: Cade Kane
ZoomCade Kane Abscisic acid can augment, but is not essential for autumnal leaf senescence Senescence vividly marks the onset of the final stages of the life of a leaf, yet the triggers and drivers of this process are still not fully understood. The hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is an important regulator of leaf senescence in model herbs, but the function
Talking Plant Science: Rana Munns
ZoomThe ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is proud to bring you the next seminar in our Talking Plant Science series presented by Professor Rana Munns. Plant capacities to adapt to abiotic stresses Climate change and the challenge of feeding an increasing world population pose two existential threats. Climate change causes increased global temperatures that
Seeds as deep time technologies
ZoomPresented by Courtney Fullilove from Wesleyan University. This talk aims to unite diverse insights in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences by theorizing seeds as deep time technologies. Regarding the seed as a technology allows us to understand actors and processes of improvement that constitute the material form of the seed and its demarcation according to commercial and scientific
The Beyond Intellectual Property Moment in Historical Context
ZoomPresented by Graham Dutfield from the University of Leeds. In 1996, a book called “Beyond Intellectual Property” was published by International Development Research Centre. A law book written by two people entirely unschooled in law, of whom one is the present speaker, this was hardly a world-changing event. The book was very much of its time, being published soon after
Centre for Plant Success Webinar Series: Christopher Blackman and Kate Johnson
ZoomChristopher Blackman Plant drought experiments: why, what, when, where and how? Drought is a major environmental stress that negatively impacts plant growth and productivity in natural and agricultural systems. Given drought is increasing in intensity with human-induced global heating, there is an urgent need to better understand how plants respond to water-deficit and identify the traits and mechanisms associated with
Plant Success Early Career Researcher Development Workshop 2023
The Centre is hosting an Early Career Researcher Development Workshop on 19 and 20 June 2023 in Cairns, Queensland.
Plant Success Research Retreat 2023
The third annual Plant Success Research Retreat will take place over three days from 21-23 June 2023 in Cairns, Queensland. The retreat is open to all Centre Members to attend in person but virtual attendance will also be available.
Centre for Plant Success Webinar Series: Francois Barbier and Peter Crisp
ZoomFrancois Barbier A sugar signalling network controls shoot branching plasticity Shoot branching is an extremely plastic developmental process that enables plants to adjust their architecture to their environment. The control of this process is due to a complex regulatory network involving hormones, nutrients and metabolites. Sugar allocation to axillary buds is an important factor that determines the transition from dormancy
Talking Plant Science: Michele Holbrook
ZoomThe ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is proud to bring you the next seminar in our Talking Plant Science series presented by Professor N. Michele Holbrook. Hydromechanical forces in transpiring leaves: how the reversible collapse of minor vein xylem conduits protects against cavitation Vascular plants transport water in a metastable state putting their lifeline
