Prof Siddique was co-supervisor alongside Dr Zakaria Solaiman & Prof Zed Rengel. Dr Tshenwang is from Bhutan and completed his thesis on 'Above and belowground responses of temperate perennial pasture grasses to agronomic practices' 🌱 Best wishes Sangay!
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, we're not talking about Christmas (yet), it's all about graduations right now at #UWA🎓🎉 Here are some joyous photos Dir. H/Prof took at PhD student Dr Sangay Tshenwang's graduation ceremony last night #PhinisheD
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Congratulations Drs Philanim, and all coauthors for this article ith applicability on identifying the superior lines in a 384 AP. Very useful from breeding point of view.
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Shout-out to -er Dr for receiving the 2022 Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning Award! 🎉 Find out more about microbial generalist Dr Mickan's research outcomes with and here: research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/bed #uwanews
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. experts including believe actively looking for tiny organisms for use in industries as diverse as fuel production, agriculture and pharmaceuticals will help promote biodiversity and a more sustainable future. Full article 👇
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Our last AHRI Snapshots podcast for 2022 is live 🎉
Professor Steve Duke provides insight to his keynote on molecular targets of herbicides and insecticides which he'll give at the upcoming conference on Jan 18-20.
Take a listen 🎧 buff.ly/3h02UGM
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Industrially introduced anionic pollutants pose severe environmental and public health threats.
We used pristine and engineered pinecone-derived biochar, an innovative approach for treating Sb(V)-contaminated water & soil.
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Want to learn more? Watch Dr Wesley Moss' presentation 'The Need for Seed' all about his PhD thesis research findings at 2021 Postgraduate Showcase on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=wCxxqE #uwaresearch
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Wanting to help the world & having brief glimpses of the scale of agriculture in 🇦🇺 inspired -er to put his engineering degree towards the good of the industry. Read this article on Dr Moss' CEI: AgER research 📰
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Our new book-'Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food' explores future food crop with climate resilience potential. These Crops can help agricultural production systems more resilent to climate change.
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In an award ceremony for agricultural weeds, who would bring home the "Weed of the Year" award?
Find out in our latest AHRI Insight 🏆 ahri.uwa.edu.au/the-logies-of-
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Gorgeous #UWA campus this morning with flowering #jacaranda trees and glasshouses in the background.
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Does applying lime and sulphate of ammonia in close succession to soil containing residual lime increase NH3 volatilisation? Yes! Up to 25% of N volatilised in our glasshouse study.
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Opportunity for students! The South-West WA Drought Hub is offering bursaries of up to $8000 each to WA university students in 2023/24. EOIs due 15 December. Applications must have extension & adoption focus. Find out more on our webpage bit.ly/3qFzcaZ #FutureDroughtFund
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Biochar(BC), is a carbon-rich material.
BC amendments to soil or growing media improve seedling growth, increase photosynthetic pigments, and enhances photosynthesis,thus improving crop productivity.
Our collaborative review paper
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In tomorrow's #SBSSeminarSeries, we will be hearing all about the work Cassie Fernandez conducted validating #gene models in her PhD! Come along to Simmonds LT or join on teams!
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Mapping weedy patches could help growers vary herbicide and non-herbicide weed control tactics and enable effective site-specific weed management, reducing costs 💰 and improving weed control 🌱
Find out more about AHRI's work on a LiDAR system ➡️ buff.ly/3tZAteB
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If you want to learn more about Tanushree's thesis 'Genetics and molecular studies of root traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)' 🌾 check out her presentation as part of our 2022 Postgraduate Showcase on YouTube here:
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Congrats 🎉 to UWA PhD for receiving 4 travel grants to present her to intnl conferences & research groups, visit labs & collab!
✈️ UWA PSA Conference Travel Award
✈️ Convocation Postgrad Travel Award
✈️ UWA GRS Travel Award
✈️ Travel Grant
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Our final morning tea for 2022 had one of our biggest turn-outs ever! 🎉 It is always so rewarding & valuable to catch up with our colleagues and in #agriculture & related areas over a cuppa and morning tea treats.
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AHRI researchers teamed up with Dr who is based in Argentina and other researchers from Brazil to investigate the combination of crop competition and glyphosate on glyphosate-resistant goosegrass.
Martin explains in the podcast 🎧 buff.ly/3Ee8Bd6
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We were delighted to have a visit from #KateChaneyMP at our Shenton Park facility last month.
Our #larvae can take a little while to warm up to for those with an aversion to creepy crawlies but by the end of Kate’s visit we think the larvae had won her over.
What isn’t to love?
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What better time than #WorldSoilDay to remind you to download #UWA E/Prof Lyn Abbott's fantastic SOILHEALTH app? 📱 The free apple & android app includes an eBook, podcasts, and seven soil health animations. Find out more below! uwa.edu.au/news/Article/2
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#WA2022 has come to an end. Thanks to all the amazing researchers and vendors we met throughout the week for making my first international conference such a success!
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First cab off the rank is this paper bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11 in . collaborated with Northwest A&F University, using satellite images 📡 to extract info on land use & cover to evaluate the temporal & spatial evolution of watershed soil erosion from 2010-2020.
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🌱 Wishing you a very happy #WorldSoilDay2022! 0🌱 All of us here at are loving this year's theme "Soils: where food begins". To celebrate, we will be shining a spotlight on a 'shovelful' of innovative soil science happening at .
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This morning, Director H/Prof participated in a lively & valuable panel discussion on “How can we best achieve a nutritious food supply that supports human & planetary health?” at the #NSAus2022 Congress in Perth 🌏🫘 #uwanews
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UWA Research Awards recognises achievements of researchers/staff in delivering improved outcomes to West Australians
Winners were awarded prizes at a ceremony:
📸View gallery (event material) bit.ly/3Vqw150
🏆View list: bit.ly/3UM1y0N
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There's always interesting research sprouting up at UWA's glasshouses! 🌱 During a recent visit, we snapped these photos of Dr 's chickpeas (in full purple bloom!), soybeans being grown in tubes by & Prasanthi Sooriyakumar's rye grass project.
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Congratulations are also in order for Water for Food Production theme leader Assoc/Prof & Assoc/Prof Bryan Boruff, who received almost half a million dollars to investigate the warming effects of residential development & redevelopment in Aus 🏘️🌡️
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.-ers have been awarded nearly $8 mil in funding for 16 projects! We're especially excited about Prof 's project looking at how the chemical compound pyruvate is provided to mitochondria for respiration in plants 🌱
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Did you know that Parwinder was the 2009 recipient of 's Mike Carroll Travelling Fellowship? We are planning some wonderful ways to reunite past & present recipients to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this Fellowship next year. Stay tuned! scholarships.uwa.edu.au/search?id=500
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.-er & Fellow Assoc/Prof will draw on years of experience as a scientist, academic & immigrant to work with to create pathways to better support diversity in Australia’s STEM sectors
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After two years of postponements we have finally made it to Singapore for the World Aquaculture conference! #WA2022
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Dr Roberto Busi and 's Brent Pritchard found the first cases of glyphosate and paraquat resistant ryegrass in a cropped paddock in WA 🌱
Watch the recording of their webinar on the topic ➡️ buff.ly/3GNJhvI
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A collaborative study with Chinese University of Hong Kong identified the QTLs controlling root architecture have genetic relationships with shoot functions in soybean
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Barnyard grass is a major weed of rice globally 🌾
Rice yield reduction across the globe due to this weed is about 35%, so it’s a pretty big deal. Not as big a deal as Ron Burgundy. But a big deal.
Our latest research on Barnyard grass resistance ➡️ buff.ly/3NcwRPj
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