Dr. Trevor Garnett, leader of the Hub’s Phenotyping project, is interviewed for ABC’s Catalyst program and explains how their new state of the art drones use high resolution cameras to capture images in drought affected wheat fields. Listen to the interview at 45:05 here.
Jessica Schmidt visited the Development Center X-Ray Technology EZRT of the Fraunhofer Institute IIS in Fürth (Germany) earlier this year with the aims of establishing an algorithm to predict non-destructive wheat yields from computed tomographic scans and to gain new insights into seed development and spike architecture under drought and heat stress. She pointed out that […]
New aerial drone technology could change the landscape of Australia’s billion-dollar wheat industry by delivering cost-effective mechanisms for farmers to plan and deliver precise water and nutrients to their crops on a need-by-need basis. Developed by the University of South Australia with the Plant Accelerator at the University of Adelaide and LongReach Plant Breeders, the drone senses a vegetation index—signifying the […]
The film “Food Evolution” (running time approx. 92 minutes) is a documentary by acclaimed director and producer Scott Hamilton Kennedy. The film was presented last year at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego where Scott Hamilton Kennedy described their investigation into the future of food and the role of science and technology in […]
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-20/sa-better-than-average-crop-after-a-dry-drought-start/9168342 The TV interview can be viewed at 33.13 on the following link – http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/abc-news-tonight/NU1715H231S00#
GRDC GroundCover, Issue 131 https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/groundcover/groundcover-131-november-december-2017/hub-takes-variety-advances-to-a-new-level Dr Delphine Fleury, Hub Director and Ms Jessica Schmidt, PhD student inspecting wheat grown under drought and heat in the polytunnel at Waite Campus.
Hub Director Dr Delphine Fleury, students Jessica Schmidt and Abdeljalil El Habti along with Dr Dan Mullan from Intergrain and Dr Julie Dechorgnat from the University of Sydney, presenting at the recent ComBio Conference held in the Adelaide Convention Centre.
