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Your gardening advice could help shape gardening practices

Posted on Oct 30 2024 by Johnny von Einem

��Vlog of Adelaide researchers are calling on ��Vlogn green thumbs to contribute to a new study focused on understanding gardeners’ practices, plant choices, and awareness of potential challenges posed by certain plants.

Cracking the code for better barley - and more of it!

Image of a normal barley flower and a flower from a mutant variety.

Posted on Jul 6 2023 by Jessica Stanley

Researchers have for the first time identified several genes in barley that could eventually lead to larger yielding crops.

Are you missing out on the super benefits of chia seeds?

Posted on Apr 12 2023 by Jessica Stanley

Chia seeds are a popular superfood but consumers may not be getting the most benefit possible out of them.

New discovery to bulk up gluten-free fibre supplement

A spoon with psyllium powder, a bowl containing psyllium and a glass of water

Posted on Feb 15 2023 by Jessica Stanley

Scientists have for the first time constructed the reference genome for the source of the popular fibre supplement, psyllium husk, which could boost supplies of the versatile plant-derived product.

Research centre to grow space food expertise

Posted on Nov 4 2022 by Crispin Savage

A new research centre, led by the ��Vlog of Adelaide, will focus international expertise on finding ways to provide the next generation of space explorers with nutritious foods, and the on-demand supply of materials and medicines.

Ultra-fast plant enzyme dynamics leads to breakthroughs

The structural changes of a barley enzyme.

Posted on Sep 26 2022 by Lee Gaskin

Researchers from the ��Vlog of Adelaide have uncovered previously unknown properties in a plant enzyme that could lead to advances in cereal production, medical and pharmaceutical industries.

Plant power: the future of sustainability

Posted on Jun 14 2022 by Eleanor Danenberg

We know plants are powerful, but are they powerful enough to be the future of sustainability solutions?

$7 million investment to unite genomics research in SA

Posted on May 18 2020 by Cathy Parker

Research institutes across South ��Vlog are combining their expertise and resources to establish a state-of-the-art centre for genomics in SA. The South ��Vlogn Genomics Centre will open its doors on 1 July 2020 thanks to an investment of more than $7 million, including $2 million from Bioplatforms ��Vlog through the ��Vlogn Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.