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We are running a “Next-Gen Breeders Workshop” ahead of the Australasian Plant Breeding Conference in Perth Apply now!

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Today on International Women's Day, we acknowledge the vital contributions women make, including in the rural sector. Ashleigh Knight (Territory Sales Manager) & Alex Lucas (Technical Support Manager) at Kerang VIC are amongst the women at Pioneer Seeds contributing to industry.

Great catching up with my old University of New England classmates from Rural Science who started with me in 1985....40 years ago arggggg

Boonoo Boonoo falls flowing well today.

Very excited to be back in Ethiopia working with the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research supporting their crop improvement programs to run their annual Product Advancement Meetings. First meeting is with the amazing maize team 🌽 . Funded by Gates Foundation QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation

Excellent discussions about the advantages of using multiple environment trial analysis to better sample the target population of environments with the EIAR maize team and the QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation team to support improved selection advancement decisions in their breeding pipelines.

Which disease assessment time to use for selection decisions? Excellent discussions around turcicum leaf blight dedicated disease nurseries with the EIAR maize breeders and pathologists today. @gatesfoumdation @qaafi

Goodbye Brisbane!

Great fun doing product advancement with the durum wheat team at EIAR as part of the Gates Foundation funded MERCI project. Amazing yield data from a 25 site MET and great dedicated disease nursery data.

Congratulations to Otwani Daniel Ajaku who successfully defended his PhD research investigating the genetics and physiology of grain filling duration in sorghum. High quality impactful research QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation UQ News

Wow! I got within 10 metres of a wedge tail eagle today, Australia's largest bird of prey

Breeding programs are often under/overvalued due to poor costing 🌱 #TRANSFORM is helping CGIAR -NARES–SMEs networks budget better using UQ News’s free Breeding Costing Tool 💰 Read the new paper 👇frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #PlantBreeding #CGIAR

Beautiful day at Girraween National Park today. It was a short walk, but energising!

End of the day..magic

Great night for star gazing. This photo was taken with my mobile phone. I am so lucky to live where I do. Light polution means that many people never see the stars.