Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Stopping Fruit Mould - Without Pesticides

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How many times have you purchased a package of beautiful, red, ripe strawberries from the grocery store only to have them spoiled by grey ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Detecting Citrus Greening Disease with Dogs

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The article below is demonstrating a very smart plant disease detection methodology.  While this disease is not in Australia it is still sho...
Monday, February 03, 2020

Genetic Fix to Manage Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

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Colony Collapse Disorder caused the loss of an estimated 40 per cent of honey bee colonies in the US last year. Now researchers have geneti...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Late Monsoon Season for Australia

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Mid January 2020 and still no monsoon arrival.  Getting quite late but not yet the latest date recorded. However, it could be some time aw...

Eyes in the Sky - Drones for Post Fire Hydrologic Assessment

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A very topical article appeared in the recent edition of Stormwater Magazine based on US usage but would seem highly relevant for use in Aus...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Year of Plant Health - 2020

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2019 has come to a close with the recent announcement that 2020 will be the International Year of Plant Health . Protecting the health o...
Thursday, December 05, 2019

Recycling PV Panels - An Emerging Issue

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Using PV panels is relatively new and with an expected life of 25 years or more you could be expected to think how to handle disposal is far...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Darwin Weather Web Available

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The Living Water Smart program now has available a collection of weather stations for Darwin and Katherine, displaying up to date weather da...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Hot in the NT !

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October and November are normally the hottest months in the north, but this year it seems to be that little bit hotter.  It is certainly dri...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Processed Coal Ash Waste Used to Cure Concrete

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Rising from coal ash waste to cure concrete A by-product of coal-fired power plants is the tens of millions of tons of coal ash ...
Friday, November 08, 2019

Can We Double Sorghum Yield?

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Doubling sorghum yields may now seem a pipe dream, but recent genetic research may make that goal a reality.  And reasonably soon as well. ...
Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Zoysia Seed to be Available in Australia Again - Soon

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USA suppliers have been unable to supply zoysia seed to Australia for some time, due to supply and availability issues in the USA as well as...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

GM Can Do Wonders with Food Crops

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Some recent information provides even more success stories in yield increases in major crops using modern options in genetic modification. ...
Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Potential Antidote for Box Jelly Fish Stings Discovered

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Each box jellyfish carries enough venom to kill more than 60 humans. A single sting to a human will cause necrosis of the skin, excruci...
Thursday, May 02, 2019

New Type of Milk Treatment for Disease Prevention

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This link will take you to the article published on 1 May 2019.  It is a major new development in milk processing and now patented. https:...
Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Yara Australia to Support Sustainable Management of Packaging Waste

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Fertiliser manufacturer Yara Australia has partnered with the Farm Waste Recovery program in a bid to sustainably manage their disposable ...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Can Soil Microbes Slow Climate Change?

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One scientist has tantalizing results, but others are not convinced. This article was in Scientific American online but is worthy of b...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Future Farming in Singapore. Can it Be Done in Darwin Too?

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by  Chang Ai-Lien Science Editor   SINGAPORE - With global warming heralding new threats, resource scarcity will be the ...