Our peeps in the PODD
Our PODD team in the Cropatron at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's node at the CSIRO, Canberra Five students from Australian National University's (ANU) TechLauncher program are receiving [...]
An exciting offer of help for significant plant science research projects
Do you have an exceptional plant science research project destined to deliver high impact outcomes for Australian agriculture? Do you need access to plant phenotyping capabilities? The Phenomics Infrastructure for [...]
Canberra, Camille and the Cropatron…
As the sun rises over another crisp autumn morning in Canberra, you will find French intern, Camille Mounier, keenly watching over her rice lines in the Cropatron at the Australian [...]
Spreading the word on great plant science
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will appear in the media twice this week, promoting the importance of plant science. The Stock Journal ran an article today (27 April) featuring [...]
Taking the kinks out of curves
In a recent paper, researchers have developed a methodology suitable for analysing the growth curves of a large number of plants from multiple families. The corrected curves accurately account for [...]
Travel grant opportunity to attend the 34th Annual Root Biology Symposium
IPPN Root Phenotyping Working Group Travel Grant for Researchers Using Phenotyping IPG 2017, 34th Annual Root Biology Symposium Columbia, Missouri, USA 7-9 June 2017 The IPPN Root Phenotyping Working Group [...]
New APPF website – have your say!
When it comes to plant science, we know our stuff, but we want to make sure we are sharing it the best way possible. The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility is [...]
Last chance to secure an internship – apps close tomorrow!
This is your chance to investigate your plant science questions with the support of the highly skilled Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) team and the incredible technology and infrastructure we [...]
Exciting internship opportunity closing soon – apply now!
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated postgraduate students with a real interest in our research and technology to join our team as interns. Current [...]
A better way to tackle environmental variation in your greenhouse research
Statistics prove the smart way to deal with variation in your controlled environment greenhouse. Plant phenomics allows the measurement of plant growth with unprecedented precision. As a result, the question [...]
Professor Mark Tester to talk plant science in Adelaide
Professor Mark Tester from King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, will present a talk in Adelaide this March: "Into the field and into the genome – [...]
2017 Calendar of Global Plant Science Events
A Calendar of Global Plant Science Events for 2017 and beyond has now been established on the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's website. Quickly find out what is happening each month [...]
Missed out on the 4th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium?
Presentations from the 4th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, organised by CIMMYT, are now available to view online. The presentations include José Jiménez-Berni from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) team. [...]
Phenomics Workshop at Purdue – be quick!
Purdue University's Agronomy and Agricultural and Biological Engineering departments are offering a field-based Phenomics Workshop for crop research professionals involved in predicting yield and characterising biotic and abiotic stress, as [...]
Planting a seed with STEM students
During January 2017 the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's (APPF) Canberra-based High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre (HRPPC) is welcoming science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students from across Australia to participate [...]
What the experts are saying about plant phenotyping and food security
'It takes a village to raise a child' states the age-old saying, but now it will take a village to feed the child as well - if we're smart. “Agriculture’s [...]
Getting to the root of the problem wins
Congratulations to Olivia Cousins, one of the Adelaide-Nottingham PhD students, who won the student poster prize at a joint conference between Soil Science Australia and New Zealand Soil Science Society, [...]
Drip-fed success
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is pleased to announce the new DroughtSpotter precision irrigation platform has been fully tested and commissioned, and is now ready to support your plant [...]
Phenotyping takes to the skies
This year the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) partnered with the Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility (URAF) at the University of Adelaide to provide improved phenotyping capabilities to support Australian plant [...]
Salt tolerant genetic loci in rice exposed
Rice is a staple food for over half of the world’s population. It is also the most salt-sensitive cereal crop, with losses in yield reaching up to 69%. In a [...]