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Q&ARC Series has been launched
Our Centre, in collaboration with other ten Centres of Excellence, is taking part on the video series Q&ARC about the awesome people and fascinating work taking place within the ARC Centres of...
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C4 rice’s first wobbly steps towards reality
An international long-term research collaboration aimed at creating high yielding and water use efficient rice varieties, has successfully installed part of the photosynthetic machinery from maize into...
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Congratulations to our two Highly Cited Researchers
Two Centre Chief Investigators have been listed as Highly Cited Researchers in 2020 by Clarivate Web of Science. Professor John Evans and Professor Graham Farquhar from the ANU Nodee at the Research...
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Finding the best crop traits just got easier
In a future not far away, a drone sweeps over a wheat crop and, by detecting leaf reflectance, sends a signal to the laptop of a crop breeder sitting in the shade. The signal shows her which plants...
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Photosynthesis: our best bet to create a food secure world
Australian agriculture plays a key role towards providing food for the planet but it is also expected to be one of the world’s most impacted areas from climate change. Currently, Australia exports and...
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Following the CO2 journey inside the leaf
By Natalia Bateman, CoETP A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide (CO2) encounters in its voyage from the atmosphere to the interior of...
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Detective work inside plant cells finds a key piece of the C4 puzzle
An impressive body of evidence published this week reveals the answer to a mystery that has puzzled plant scientists for more than 30 years: the role of the molecule suberin in the leaves of some of...
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Professor Susanne von Caemmerer awarded the Suzanne Cory Medal
Congratulations to our Centre Deputy Director Professor Susanne von Caemmerer, who has been awarded the Inaugural Suzanne Cory Medal by the Australian Academy of Science. She is one of twenty four...
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From little fluxes, big theories grow
Sscientists develop an improved theory on leaf gas exchange by: Natalia Bateman, CoETP Scientists studying how leaves gain and lose water during the process of photosynthesis, have developed a more...
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The Centre has released its Annual Report for 2020 – the last year of Centre activities. Click here to read it
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