
PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney
@pbicobbitty
Focuses on cereal, legume and horticultural crops; renowned for its expertise in cereal rust, plant breeding & associated research.
107 Cobbitty Rd, NSW 2570
ID: 1269187193072844800
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The 2021 Royal Society of NSW Poggendorff Lecture was presented by Prof. Richard Trethowan on 30 Nov. 2022. Watch the lecture, "A plant breeder's perspective on food security and climate change"below! PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney PBI Narrabri Sydney Uni Life&Env Sydney Science youtu.be/mPPtbZw-LRM

Congratulations to Mengyu Li_USyd on winning a L'Oréal-UNESCO Woman in Science Fellowship for her award winning research around sustainable production and consumption in an equitable world 👏 University of Sydney Sydney Physics #LeadershipForGood


🌞🌾 Solving the phenotype challenge for heat tolerance in #wheat is opening up a new way forward to improve yield resilience to rising temperature. One strategy has been developed by Rebecca Thistlethwaite at University of Sydney. Read more: bit.ly/4ezjuVy


Congratulations to our Science researchers who have, in total, been awarded over $14 million in Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants! 🎉 Find out about our 21 recipients are and their projects: tinyurl.com/yc65h33c


Rebecca Thistlethwaite Rebecca Thistlethwaite describes her work developing wheat strains resistant to heat while maintaining yields at Narrabri PBI Narrabri Sydney Science Sydney Uni Life&Env Sydney Uni Media abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

Your Monday afternoon read: ‘Yield advantages with new chickpea #HeatTolerance traits’ 🌱 Professor Richard Trethowan (University of Sydney) heads a project searching for novel heat tolerance traits within the broader chickpea gene pool, using techniques like staggered sowing dates &


Discover the transformative power of AgTech innovation in improving food security and sustainability in ASEAN with Standards Australia 📽 youtu.be/53JUN5Trazw?si…

Congratulations to Professor Robert Park from University of Sydney on being a finalist in the Universities Australia 2024 Shaping Australia Awards. Prof Park has been a Chief Investigator on several ARC-funded projects, pioneering innovative solutions in environmental engineering.

Early detections point to a challenging year for #StripeRust if conditions persist. That's the latest from University of Sydney's Dr Mumta Chhetri & Professor Robert Park, who are urging growers to closely monitor weather in their area. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ir7iJy


Congrats SIA Members Bec Thistlethwaite Rebecca Thistlethwaite & Kenya Fernandes Dr Kenya Fernandes who were named amng Australia’s latest Superstars of STEM by the Minister for Industry and Science! sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/n…

Congratulations to Prof Nalini Joshi AO Nalini Joshi and Prof Alex McBratney AO FAA! Our University of Sydney researchers have been awarded prestigious Royal Society of NSW Awards for their groundbreaking contributions to mathematics and agriculture 👏👏 Sydney Mathematics and Statistics Sydney Uni Life&Env Sydney Agriculture


Two DATA SCIENTIST roles are open at Sydney Informatics Hub, supporting crop research the APPN University of Sydney Node. Work with data from remote sensing platforms, to advance Aust. agriculture. Closes 19 Jan. More info: lnkd.in/gqTArFPr


In the race to net zero, The University of Sydney has developed an exciting new soil carbon assessment system: evokeag.com/sydney-univers… AgriFutures evokeAG Sydney Science University of Sydney

Check out the 2024 Spatial and Regional Distribution of Stripe Rust in our latest Cereal Rust Report (21_2), including a summary of the 2024 pathotypes identified. If you didn’t receive it, let us know—we’ll send it your way. GRDC GRDC North GRDC South GRDC West GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT)




Brad’s presentation & paper draws together the latest data available on cereal pathogens in NSW thanks to NSW Agronomy, CCDM, FAR Australia + University of Sydney/PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney #GRDCUpdates



Congratulations Prof Alex McBratney for winning the Poggendorff award and lectureship in agricultural and environmental sciences University of Sydney


A first-of-its-kind R&D company has been launched by the University of Sydney quantum technology team that worked closely with Microsoft Quantum. Emergence Quantum, led by David Reilly + Thomas Ohki, is delivering quantum technology’s “missing link”. Read more go.sydney.edu.au/cCTNLl