David Jordan

@Oscarthefarmer Yes its one of my favourites.

Good ones. Just given this podcast and its solid analysis. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

@AgrilinkEA @EmmaOmics There is so much work that can be done. We have only scratched the surface. More to come.

@SorgGuy @EmmaOmics Great work David ,Cowpea is hugely undervalued as an export crop from East Africa drought tolerant, protein-rich and in growing demand. Curious does the diversity study point to any lines with stronger export quality traits? #Cowpea #AgriLinkEA

Cowpea is my second favourite crop (after sorghum) 🌱 another African crop with real potential as a summer legume in the northern region. 5 years working for BMGF/GF project. Just completed the largest diversity study to date (10K lines). @EmmaOmics 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70…

Largest diversity paper published in cowpea to date 🌱 Great to see our paper, “Scaling up orphan crop research: ........cultivated cowpea....” led by Sofie Pearson and @EmmaOmics with a truly global team, published in The Plant Journal. QAAFI UQ 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70…

Researchers are advancing synthetic apomixis in sorghum, engineering plants that can reproduce clonally through seed while maintaining hybrid genetics. A fascinating step toward scalable hybrid seed systems. sorghumbase.org/post/engineeri…

@DavidPocock @Oscarthefarmer I could not agree more! The public system more broadly is underfunded and commercial R&D is low compared to our competitors.

CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government. We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists. smh.com.au/environment/cl…

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130 people attended a very successful field walk at Hermitage Research Station. Jointly hosted by UQ and DPI, the event gave researchers, growers, advisors and funders a great chance to see the latest sorghum and pulse research experiments in the field. 🌱🌾

The UQ sorghum diversity panel in all its glory. Data from more than 40 sites and 100+ traits. Key resource for trait discovery.

I think i have discovered my super power :-)

The aim is to produce experimental hybrid seed without as much labour cost. It can be tricky to get the females to flower at the same time as the males.

Great result from our windblown crossing block. The male in this block is white, the females are mostly red.

@creade1 @ICRISAT unfortunately our ICRISAT ans IIMR visitors missed the field day by a week. Good discussion none the less

@SorgGuy Great to have @ICRISAT in the mix thanks David.

excellent view from Sylvester's lookout today! Sitting in the clouds.

New work explores the genetic basis of partial fertility in sorghum CMS lines, revealing many small-effect loci and strong environmental sensitivity—key insights for improving hybrid breeding strategies. sorghumbase.org/post/genetic-a… @SorgGuy @EmmaOmics

The QAAFI communications team getting up close and personal with sorghum genetic diversity at DPI Hermitage Research Facility.

Our cowpea diversity panel growout progressing well. There is so much genetic diversity in this crop.

Our sorghum diversity panel is in mid flowering now. Its a joy to walk through it and see the results of thousands of years of human and natural selection.