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QAAFI Annual Report 2019 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation Hub marks a new era in crop protection Annual Report 2019 A revolutionary alternative to chemical fungicides to protect CONTENTS Australia’s $5 trillion global food and agribusiness sector is being spearheaded by researchers at The University of Queensland. About QAAFI 4 Animal Science 22 Vice-Chancellor’s Message 6 Pig lung disease breakthrough 24 Led by Professor Neena Mitter, the $17.5 million Australian Research Council (ARC) QAAFI: Delivering Impact 7 Tick vaccine for Bos taurus 26 Industrial Transformational Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection builds upon 10 years of innovation 8 Bovine Respiratory Disease vaccine 28 UQ’s BioClay technology to create biological-based fungicides for Australian broadacre Message from the Minister 10 Tail hair testing for better nutrition 30 and horticultural crops. QAAFI in Queensland 11 The technology reduces chemical use, increases crop productivity, and improves sustainability across the supply chain. Director’s message 12 Crop Science 32 Research themes 13 Hy-Gain project to rewire plant reproduction 34 Read more on page 14. Research excellence 14 Gene editing to boost protein in sorghum 36 TropAg conference 2019 18 Controlling glyphosate0resistant weeds 37 Genetic remix for all-climate wheat 38 Computer simulations to manage LMA in wheat 40 Modern wheat varieties hardier 42 Pigeonpea takes flight 43 Horticultural Science 44 Macadamia cultivation and disease management 46 Avocado genome sequenced 48 Avocado stem cell propagation field trials 49 Tackling banana bunchy top disease 50 Nutrition and Food Sciences 52 Nourishing Australia 54 Australian signature flavour for pork 56 Naturally nutritious purple sweet corn 58 Keeping the crunch in low-fat chips 59 Ancient fruit ripe for modern plates 60 Science-based provenance for Australian food 62 Drone image of researchers investigating a green plum (Buchanania obovata) tree near the Gulkula nursery near Gove in East Arnhem Land. Although Supporting Information 64 eaten by the first Australians for over 50,000 years, the sweet, nutrient-rich fruit is little known by many QAAFI Research staff 65 in the bush foods industry. Read more on page 60. QAAFI Honorary and Adjunct Appointments 66 Image: Matthew Taylor © UQ QAAFI Affiliates and Operational Staff 67 QAAFI Research Higher Degree students in 2018 68 Revised 29 June 2020. Publications 72 (From left) Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation PhD student Elizabeth Worrall, Research Fellow Dr Karl Robinson and agricultural biotechnologist Professor Neena Mitter at UQ’s Gatton campus. © UQ ABOUT QAAFI In 2020, the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) celebrates a decade of delivering innovation in agriculture and food production across the supply chain. QAAFI is an agricultural and food sciences research institute of The University of Queensland – one of the world’s leading research providers in tropical and sub-tropical agriculture and food production. We deliver high-impact science for sustainable agriculture and food – across crops, horticulture, animals, and nutrition and food sciences, and are supported by industry and the Queensland Government. Message from the Vice-Chancellor Building better QAAFI: Delivering bioeconomies IMPACT The University of Queensland is a global leader in With global agriculture now on the cusp of another wave of technological agriculture and food. revolution, many aspects of farming practice are transforming – and even our perception of food itself is changing. Thankfully, Queensland is positioned to be at the vanguard of this transformation in food Income People Engagement Rankings production because of an historic, strategic decision made a decade ago. The University of Queensland is a global leader in $46 million agriculture and food. That decision involved merging the research side of Queensland’s by facilitating extensive industry linkages; creating connections to Total external 2019 403 People 2019 394 Active projects Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (now the global expertise; and by enabling access to research infrastructure 2019 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) with agricultural research across a broad range of interconnected disciplines. expertise at the University of Queensland (UQ), to create the It is positioning Australian agriculture to not merely withstand the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI). #1 in #5 in pressures of climate change, pests, diseases, diminishing land and Agriculture Agriculture QAAFI is a research hub that not only undertakes incremental water resources and a rising global population, but to use these in Australia* in the research to address current agricultural issues, but also develops existential challenges as the catalyst for redefining agriculture as we world* transformational technologies that represent a step-change in know it. agricultural and food production systems. QAAFI’s success over the past decade is due to the endeavour, $354 million With the global population projected to be nearing 10 billion by commitment and innovative spirit of its people. I would like to pay Total contracted 35 Higher degrees 245 Industry presentations 2019 2050, there is a pressing need to rapidly boost food production in tribute to the entire team for their important, high-impact scientific awarded 2019 order to support this population growth. This will require a range of research. And I would especially like to acknowledge Professor #1 in #25 in Agriculture Agriculture incremental initiatives, as well as systemic change to enable climate Robert Henry, QAAFI’s founding Director, who will step down in Australia in the world adaptation and drive sustainable productivity improvements in food from this leadership role in 2020, having successfully guided the 2020# 2020# production. development of the Institute into the global research powerhouse that it is today. As one of the few research-intensive universities in the world that *NTU Performance Ranking $610 million of Scientific Papers for World is located in a sub-tropical environment, UQ is a global leader in Professor Peter Høj AC Universities, 2019 Total projected income 113 Higher degrees agriculture and food science research for subtropical and tropical Vice-Chancellor and President 14 Facilities in # to 2025 awarded since 2014 QS World University Rankings by production systems. QAAFI contributes to this global leadership The University of Queensland Queensland and China Subject 6 7 QAAFI 10 years of innovation in agriculture and food The Queensland Expert Advisory Board UQ ranked first in UQ ranked #1 in Government and established to provide agriculture research Food Science and UQ sign a new strategic advice on in Australia and Technology by Head Agreement to QAAFI’s research fourth globally by ShanghaiRanking’s continue ongoing direction. the National Taiwan Global Ranking of QAAFI funding. University (NTU). Academic Subjects QAAFI staff move into QAAFI contributes QAAFI becomes their first purpose-built Speed breeding UQ secures a $35 more than seven an independent headquarters, located protocols for million ARC Centre of per cent of UQ’s enrolling unit, in the Queensland glasshouse and growth Excellence for Plant research income with 70 research Biosciences Precinct. chamber–based Success in Nature and $7.9 million investment and supervises higher degree QAAFI is a Four new macadamia approaches published Agriculture. by GRDC over 10 2.4 per cent of students joining participant in the $3.8 million grant cultivars released to in Nature Protocols. years investment in QAAFI’s Head the Institute. $22 million ARC the University’s from Bill & Melinda industry by QAAFI, $17.5 million the sorghum core Agreement 2010 is QAAFI is a Centre of Excellence Research Higher Gates Foundation to DAF and Hort ARC Industrial pre-breeding program signed on 25 March participant in QAAFI’s peer- for Translational Degree students. evaluate and improve Innovation. Transformational led by Professor David 2010. The Research ARC Centre of reviewed journal Photosynthesis. breeding programs in Research Hub for Jordan since QAAFI Agreement Excellence in articles number developing countries. World-first stem Sustainable Crop began has leveraged between the State Plant Cell Walls. Professor Robert reaches over More than half of cell multiplication Protection. $51 million for the of Queensland and (Bob) Gilbert is 300. The Institute QAAFI’s articles $US5.7 million funding method to radically Australian grains The University of QAAFI becomes among the first also generates and reviews are from Bill & Melinda increase avocado QAAFI researchers industry Queensland for a collaborator in foreign appointees over $100 million now written with Gates Foundation to production announced move into a new Digital QAAFI is executed the ‘High Fibre of China’s “1000 of contracted an international co- tackle banana bunchy by the Queensland Agriculture facility at QAAFI’s partnerships on 25 August. Grains Cluster’. experts”. research funding. author. top disease. Government. UQ’s Gatton campus. span 95 countries. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Banana Plant Professor Graeme QAAFI awarded QAAFI enrols its QAAFI hosts the The Queensland QAAFI contributes 17% Protection Program Hammer is $4 million funding 100th Research inaugural TropAg Government’s of UQ’s total industry initiated to help awarded the by the Bill & Higher Degree conference, AgFutures
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