ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

They found that dsRNA, applied preventatively or curatively, inhibits myrtle rust disease and improves plant growth and recovery following severe infections. These findings have immediate potential in the management of the more than 10-year epidemic of myrtle rust in Australia.

Congratulations @anne_swyr, @bec_degnan, @DonaldGardiner2 , Prof Bernard Carroll, @neenamitter and collaborators for their newest publication Double-stranded RNA prevents and cures infection by rust fungi . @UQ_News @QAAFI @UQscience #environment #nativeplants

I'm very proud of my PhD students @bec_degnan and Leny Jane Pame who both won oral prizes at #APPS2023 in Adelaide! Well done Bec and Leny! @UQ_SCMB @QAAFI

@PrabhakaranSa12 and @Cathryn_Todd_SA presenting their work on the use of dsRNA for crop protection (Botrytis on Chickpea and Grapes). #APPS2023 #cropprotection #agribusiness #agriculture #research

#Reserch #STEMM #agriculture #RNAi

They will be presenting and displaying posters across the five days

The #APPS2023 conference started today! Several team members will be presenting their work in the next few days: Dr Chris Brosnan, Dr Mohsen Khani, @Cathryn_Todd_SA, @anne_swyr ,@Curious_Tory , Dr Linda Smith, @bec_degnan,Dr Prabhakaran T Sambasivam, Mrs Leny Jane Pame.

We are proud our Deputy Director @DonaldGardiner2 was named as Australia's 2024 top researcher in the field of Plant Pathology! theaustralian.com.au/special-report… #research #excellence @arc_gov_au @QAAFI @UQ_News @australian

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Dr @Curious_Tory discusses her project on dsRNA-based vineyard-protection from Botrytis on ABC radio. abc.net.au/listen/program…

Prof Kathy Evans is working with Tassie wine grape growers to give them site-specific answers about botrytis. Growers will select which botrytis management practices to test on their vineyards with expert guidance from the project team. Find out more: ow.ly/jr8Z50Q0qzf

Our own PhD student Pratyush competing on @UQ_News all institutes 3 minutes thesis competition, talking about potential of RNA-based bio-pesticides to fight Fusarium in wheat! We are very proud of his work!#phdlife #phdchat #cropprotection @QAAFI @QAAFI_EMCR

Our researchers are leading a world-first project to investigate the use of BioClayTM to suppress botrytis bunch rot disease in wine grapes. 🍇 Read more: ow.ly/VGpC50NGyZb @ARC_CropProtect #wineaustralia #botrytis #wineresearch #agresearch

Possibility for a PhD student to join CI @PetaAshworth_ @CurtinUni scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?i… on Ensuring a social license to operate for the use of RNA based bio pesticides for agriculture. Follow the link, join us! #sociallicensing #costumersacceptance

The APC2023 biotic stress section continues with a great presentation by @ARC_CropProtect’ s Mohawk Khani on BioClay to control BGM in lentil

It’s been a great week in Adelaide attending the @ARC_CropProtect F2F meeting hearing about the latest research progress of the Hub’s EMCR and HDR-students including @theCCDM own Thomas Hill

And postdoc. @arc_gov_au @NufarmAustralia @UQ_News @QAAFI @UQ_SCMB @UQscience @CurtinUni @latrobe @UTAS_ @SA_PIRSA @DAFQld @AIBNatUQ @CottonResearch @theGRDC @wine_australia @BioplatformsAus @AUSVEG @Hort_Au @Griffith_Uni @The_AWRI @UCRiverside

And it’s a wrap! We are all looking forward to 2023 new experiments and results to move forward in developing dsRNA based bio pesticides to fight #botrytis #sclerotinia #verticillium #fuserium and #rust! In pictures full hub team and our director @neenamitter with PhD student

Day 3 and it is all about our students work! We are proud to support them to become the leading academics of the future. #phdlife #phdstudent #phdagriculture

Our amazing team! 54 members, 17 different nationalities. An incredible amount of knowledge on plant pathology, molecular biology, social sciences, industrial development all in 1 room. #sciencetalk #agricolture #DiversityandInclusion developing bio-pesticides for a green future.