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Australia is going to be one the most affected agricultural areas by climate extremes, so we are preparing a toolbox of plant innovations to ensure future global food security, as shown in a recently published JExBot Special Issue.
Read all the Centre activities for 2019 including research highlights, media engagement, education activities, publications and more!
Centre scientists have improved a mathematical model that describes how carbon moves inside the leaf during photosynthesis.
Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.
Centre researcher Dr Alex Wu, have been awarded the 2019 Functional Plant Biology Best paper award at the Australian Society of Plant Scientists Conference 2019 (ASPS2019)
Recent research into highly productive turbocharged crops such as maize and sorghum, show the secret to their productivity could lie in their sugar sensing responses which regulate photosynthesis inside their leaves.
“Improvements in photosynthesis are now widely recognised as the new frontier for increasing crop yields”—Long and Ort, 2010; Zhu et al., 2010; Ainsworth et al., 2012
The Centre is a collaboration of researchers from a range of disciplines, universities and research organisations.
The Centre’s research is focused on improving the ability of major food plants – wheat, rice and sorghum – to convert sunlight, air and water into leaf and seed production through photosynthesis.
This will contribute to a new yield revolution for food crops.
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By bringing together leading researchers and cutting edge facilities from multiple institutions, this Centre is leading photosynthesis innovation into the future.
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The Centre is keen to establish links, collaborations and partnerships with industry and community organisations.
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