The first wheat of the new @GRDC and ⁦QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation⁩ funded high throughput root phenotyping project is in at Gatton, next Boorowa with ⁦CSIRO⁩ and WA with ⁦DPIRDWA⁩

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Wagga (NSW), Dale (WA)(below) and Mintaro (SA) all establishing well ahead of multiple crop and frost assessments in each of 3 sowing dates in 2024. Great collaboration with breeding companies AGT LongReach Plant Breeders @Trigall

Looking for emerging seedlings at 130+mm soil depth following warm soil temperatures and significant furrow in-fill at Dowerin WA. Long coleoptile Mace18 performing well at this depth in the GRDC and CSIRO #LongColeoptileWheats project. Great work SLR - Field Research | Extension !

Excellent, early emergence of #LongColeoptileWheats deep-sown at Corrigin, Muntadgin and Dowerin (WA). Great work SLR - Field Research | Extension and string support from GRDC and CSIRO - Long coleoptile Mace18 drysown @ 35mm depth (L) and into subsoil moisture @ 110mm (R)

If you think your life is hard; then think about this.

National Geographic Picture of The Year. Black images are shadows of zebras. Zoom in and you will see zebras.

📸: Beverly Joubert

A tasty red-fleshed #Apples that has high levels of expression of MYB10 gene #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics

I think I solved heterosis

World Donkey Day 2024 thequint.com/lifestyle/worl…

Amazing animals that have made an amazing contribution to civilization. Still doing amazing work in Africa.

Found this big lad sleeping near the house.

Humans domesticated watermelons over the past 4,000 years.

Selecting fruits that were:-

→ Red.
→ Sweet.
→ Less bitter.

Life never gave us melons; we gave it to ourselves.

Very broad but yet detailed review on flower development. A must read!

A lovely afternoon in SE Queensland

Popping Hot

'While spacewalking | realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity.' - NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

A star in the making Otwani Daniel Ajaku

Farewell to Rex Williams after 18 years as the sorghum team's manager in DAF. Tough job, working and communicating between senior management and the research teams. It is a critical role but generally appreciated. Enjoy the beach ⛱️ !

I think our treatment to artificially induce lodging in sorghum has worked.