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25.01.2022 Microneedles made of silk-based material can target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or genes. While the human world is reeling from one pandemic, there are several ongoing epidemics that affect crops and put global food production at risk. Oranges, olives, and bananas are already under threat in many areas due to diseases that affect plants' circulatory systems and that cannot be treated by applying pesticides. http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/engineers-develop-p/

20.01.2022 The Spring edition of the Australian Agronomist magazine is out now. Sign up to our digital edition and you will also have access to our entire digital back catalogue. To register, go to http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/subscribe-today/ #Australianagronomist #digital #subscribe #latestnews #agronomy #farming #magazine

19.01.2022 #Nationalhayagronomy research project in Victoria has revealed red leather leaf was the most common foliar disease in oats, present in 80 per cent of hay crops ...in 2020. While it thrives in wet weather, a dry start to the current season hasn’t reduced the disease risk. Read more here: agriculture.vic.gov.au//hay-disease-remains-a-risk-for-vic

19.01.2022 If you are a grain grower and keen to hear about the latest research from double cropping and summer pulse trials in South-West Victoria, then this forum is for... you! Tune into the double cropping and summer pulse options for the HRZ webinar on Wednesday 18 August from 7 pm to 8 pm. You will hear from our researchers Malcolm McCaskill and Frank Henry. This grains research is part of the Victorian Grains Innovation Partnership between the Victorian Government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation, which aims to increase the profitability of southern grain growers through increasing systems options. Register here: https://bit.ly/3invbVr

19.01.2022 Our Agronomist magazine is blooming with exciting stories for you to enjoy, subscribe to our latest spring edition so you don't miss out! https://theaustralianagronomist.com/subscribe/ #agronomist #agronomy #magazine

18.01.2022 Creating stressors like bark/phloem damage induces the tree to invest more energy into progeny (fruit) & not vegetative growth

17.01.2022 Researchers have revealed that commercial pesticides can be applied to crops in the Cucurbitaceae family to decrease their accumulation of hydrophobic pollutants 1, thereby improving crop safety. The research group consisted of FUJITA Kentaro (1st year Ph.D. student) of Kobe University's Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Academic Researcher YOSHIHARA Ryouhei (now an assistant professor at Saitama University) and Associate Professor INUI Hideyuki of Kobe University's Biosignal Research Center, Senior Research Scientist KONDOH Yasumitsu, Technical Staff HONDA Kaori and Group Director OSADA Hiroyuki of RIKEN, and Lead Researcher HAGA Yuki and Senior Scientist MATSUMURA Chisato of Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental Sciences. [ 1,313 more word ] http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/pesticides-can-prot/

17.01.2022 There’s money in mud, but not if you pug. Very wet soils have reduced strength and structural integrity making them more easily damaged by cow hooves and machin...ery. One of the big problems this causes is reduced pasture growth, both over winter and into spring and summer. For techniques to manage pugging, check out our web page on managing wet soils: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/livesto//managing-wet-soils See more

16.01.2022 "If you eat, you have an interest in farming. If you care about the environment, you have an interest in farming. Yet Australia has no national agriculture strategy."

15.01.2022 Like many industries, big data is driving innovations in agriculture. Scientists seek to analyse thousands of plants to pinpoint genetic tweaks that can boost crop production - historically, a Herculean task. To drive progress toward higher-yielding crops, a team from the University of Illinois is revolutionising the ability to screen plants for key traits across an entire field. In two recent studies - published in the Journal of Experimental Botany (JExBot) and Plant, Cell & Environment (PC&E) - they are making this technology more accessible. http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/technology-to-scree/

15.01.2022 The crops we grow in the field often form dense canopies with many overlapping leaves, such that young "sun leaves" at the top of the canopy are exposed to full sunlight with older "shade leaves" at the bottom. In order to maximise photosynthesis, resource-use efficiency, and yield, sun leaves typically maximise photosynthetic efficiency at high light, while shade leaves maximise efficiency at low light. [ 1,323 more word ] http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/crops-light-environ/

15.01.2022 After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the effects of drought. The tissue succulence engineering method devised for this small flowering plant can be used in other plants to improve drought and salinity tolerance with the goal of moving this approach into food and bioenergy crops. http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/plant-tissue-engine/

15.01.2022 it’s more important than ever to check in on the people in your life. Are they really OK? Ask them today. Because your conversation could change the way someone is thinking or feeling. Be kind, to yourself and others.... Lifeline (Crisis support and suicide prevention helpline): 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/crisis-chat/ Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636 or https://online.beyondblue.org.au/#/chat/start Suicide Call Back Service (telephone counselling and support in a crisis): 1300 659 467 or https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/.../suicide.../

14.01.2022 Don’t risk crop damage this season protect your growing crops and watch out for new weeds, pests and diseases. There’s loads of help available by contacting us ...on 136 186 or going online at agriculture.vic.gov.au or planthealthaustralia.com.au For more info https://agriculture.vic.gov.au//dont-risk-crop-damage-plan See more

13.01.2022 The Spring edition of The Australian Agronomist Magazine will be out soon! Don't miss out! To subscribe to our print edition head to http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/subscribe/ or for a digital subscription http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/subscribe-today/

13.01.2022 "The WeedAI database currently contains thousands of images of annual ryegrass and turnip weed growing in chickpea and wheat crops. These images have been manually annotated and used to develop and test weed recognition algorithms for their accuracy in correctly identifying weeds growing in-crop." https://theaustralianagronomist.com/advances-made-in-weed-/

12.01.2022 In this Queensland macadamia orchard, bugs are essential. The army of helpers cuts down on pesticides and takes care of some unwelcome species.

11.01.2022 Attention Agronomists! We’d love to send you a COMPLIMENTARY COPY of The Australian Agronomist Magazine. Simply message us with your Full name, Postal address & Email to receive your free copy!

10.01.2022 "The standardisation of these targeted genes will pay dividends for decades to come, as we inch towards our collective goal of a complete tree of life for all species. #agronomy #agronomist #magazine https://theaustralianagronomist.com/international-collabor/

09.01.2022 https://www.farmweekly.com.au//laser-technology-steps-up-/

07.01.2022 The Spring edition is out now! Subscribe below to ensure you don't miss out... https://theaustralianagronomist.com/subscribe/

06.01.2022 Paddock boundaries aren’t recorded anywhere. Currently, farmers need to draw boundaries in different software platforms for each service they use. But with ePaddocks, we can identify the boundaries of Australian paddocks from space.

05.01.2022 With wet weather forecast for Victorian hay growing regions, farmers are urged to keep an eye out for red leather leaf (RLL). Signs of the foliar disease includ...e an emergence of small bluish, white dots on leaves, which turn into a red, brown colour and then merge. RLL was part of the #nationalhayagronomy research project. More info: agriculture.vic.gov.au//hay-disease-remains-a-risk-for-vic See more

04.01.2022 Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates. The interdisciplinary study combining biology and engineering sets down steps towards accelerating the growth of this branch of precision agriculture, including the use of aeroponics which uses nutrient-enriched aerosols in place of soil. http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/space-to-grow-or-gr/

03.01.2022 Plants naturally produce five major plant hormones (phytohormones) including auxins or indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid and the gaseous hormone, ethylene. It is a combination and balance of these hormones that regulate many aspects of plant growth, development and reproduction. The first three hormones are recognised as being plant growth promoting, whereas abscisic acid and ethylene are considered to be growth inhibitors due to their effect on plant abscission (the shedding away or cutting off of different parts of the plant). http://www.theaustralianagronomist.com/plant-growth-promot/