Brisbane: St Lucia, Qld (Queensland Bioscience Precinct)

Research partnerships such as those at the Queensland Bioscience Precinct will provide solutions to the major problems facing the nation and the world.

Insect protected cowpeas

This two page information sheet is about CSIRO's research into finding protection against a devastating insect that reduces yields in the important sub-Saharan African crop of cowpeas.

Kakadu still battling South American invader

Biological control of the aquatic weed salvinia in the billabongs of Kakadu National Park has been “fitful and incomplete”.

Putting tyres on the recycling road

CSIRO is working with Australian company VR TEK Operations to design and develop a new, improved method of recycling waste rubber which could be used to make new tyres, industrial insulation, road pavement, flooring or geotextiles for retaining walls and embankments.

Mr Tim Dyall: agricultural scientist

Mr Tim Dyall is an agricultural scientist with CSIRO Livestock Industries. Based at the FD McMaster Laboratory in Chiswick, New South Wales, his work focuses on data collection, storage and analysis.

Can biodiversity increase profits on a farm?

A new CSIRO publication shows land managers the economic benefits of looking after biodiversity around the farm ecosystem. (2 pages)

Application of Bayesian hierarchical modelling to a delayed action oscillator model for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation technical report

This 20-page technical report by CSIRO’s Dr Edward Campbell is about an application of Bayesian hierarchical modelling to a delayed action oscillator model for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. The report assesses the model and examines the issues involved in forecasting.

Lab provides rapid response to emergency animal disease outbreaks

The Diagnostic Emergency Response Laboratory (DERL) was officially opened by the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, on 23 July 2008. Watch as Dr Martyn Jeggo, Director of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), takes you on a virtual tour of this new state-of-the-art laboratory. (13:50)

A look inside CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory

The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) is a national facility crucial in protecting Australia's livestock industry from exotic animal disease threats.

Dr Stan Robert: a pioneer in gene discovery

Dr Stan Robert brings his diverse experience in genetics research to the leadership of the Environmental Genomics Team at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.

Bushfires

CSIRO bushfire research is improving the understanding of fire, and improving technologies and strategies to save lives and limit damage. Australian scientists are developing reliable tools for predicting bushfire behaviour to save lives and limit damage.

Science for tomorrow: New developments

This article from Farming Ahead contains four stories on biocontrol for the aquatic weed, cabomba, healthy barley foods, Helicoverpa genome sequencing and better wheat varieties. (1 page)

Top End Burning - poster

Frequent fire is a natural part of the Top End environment - the issue is not if fire should occur, but rather when fire should occur. (1 page)

Strategic approach helps tackle Pythium

This article from Farming Ahead discusses the results of a study on Pythium root disease complexes which will enable grain growers to improve the sustainability and productivity of their crop rotations. (4 pages)

Narrabri: Myall Vale, NSW (Australian Cotton Research Institute)

Discover CSIRO’s hub of cotton research, which is breeding new cotton varieties, developing sustainable cropping systems and improving pest management for agribusiness. Discover CSIRO’s hub of cotton research.

Projecting the cost impact of climate change action

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions through targeted policy action would not adversely affect Australian living standards, according to a senior CSIRO researcher writing in the latest issue of Ecos magazine.

Bee team receives 2007 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement

The CSIRO Bee Team received the 2007 CSIRO Research Achievement Medal for their contributions to honeybee research and investigations into biosecurity threats posed to Australia’s pollination services.

Farming Ahead: CSIRO and related articles from 2007

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO and related research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of articles published in the magazine throughout 2007.

Science for tomorrow: developments

This article from Farming Ahead contains four stories on biorefineries, greenhouse gases, biological control and aluminium tolerance in crops. (1 page)

The virus that stunned Australia's rabbits

Read how CSIRO stopped rabbits in their tracks in the 1950s. In the 1950s, millions of rabbits were decimating Australian agriculture and destroying the environment. CSIRO scientists responded by releasing a virus that had a dramatic effect.

Bushfires - Types, Measurement and Fuel

Learn about bushfire classification, measurement and fuel types.

New vaccines offer disease protection potential article

CSIRO is using new technology to develop vaccines that prevent disease in our livestock. This three-page article outlines some of the issues surrounding vaccination and research into finding alternatives to antibiotics.

Rabbits on the back foot – but naturally they’re fighting back

Australian rabbits have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them over the years. Myxomatosis knocked them about but they bounced back. The same with rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) or the calicivirus.

Dr Lingling Gao: studying aphid resistance

Dr Lingling Gao uses the model plant system, Medicago truncatula, to analyse how plants respond to insects and to help identify ways to improve insect resistance in plants.

Fire regimes and climate adaptation

The interactions between climate change, fire regimes and other landscape disturbances are yielding options for adaptive management.