Agricultural and Forestry Science

UQ dipstick technology could revolutionize disease diagnosis

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences researcher Professor Jimmy Botella said the technology could extract DNA and RNA from living organisms in as little as…

Light green plants save nitrogen without sacrificing photosynthetic efficiency

“Leaves up at the top of the canopy are really greedy–they absorb a lot of light and don't let much down to their brothers and sisters below them,” said…

Filling intercropping info gap

Two crops or one? Sometimes, growing two crops simultaneously on the same piece of land – called intercropping – can benefit farmers. But it needs careful…

Climate change, population growth may lead to open ocean aquaculture

This modeling study found that the warming of near-shore surface waters would shift the range of many species toward the higher latitudes – where they would…

New machine evaluates soybean at harvest for quality

“The main objective was to develop an efficient, compact, on-board quality-monitoring system to evaluate soybeans as they are harvested, providing the combine…

Kakao in Monokultur verträgt Trockenheit besser als Kakao in Mischsystemen

Kakao in Monokulturen kann Dürrephasen besser überleben als Kakaopflanzen, die durch Schattenbäume geschützt werden. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Studie der…

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