July 12, 2018
Synthetic auxins might be the oldest kids on the herbicide block but that doesn’t mean they are well understood. In fact, there are very large knowledge gaps that researchers like AHRI’s Dr Danica Goggin are trying hard to fill in a bid to find ways to overcome resistance to this herbicide group in weeds such as wild radish.
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June 11, 2018
We’re undecided whether we should picture the AHRI communication team cutting through a massive banner as we run onto the ground or raising our bats in the air at the MCG after a long day in the middle. It’s been a long innings and is one that we have enjoyed immensely.
To celebrate the 100th AHRI insight we’re reflecting on what have been the big stories that got you excited and made the biggest impact.
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April 17, 2018
Do you know what a microtubule is? If you could dream up the most complex way to make a tube, microtubules are it! Assembling a…
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December 15, 2017
Things that affect your fitness: Christmas – go on, have one more serving of trifle, it is only wafer thin! Television – for example, spending…
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November 1, 2017
Weeds are selfish, self-centred, narcissistic, manipulative pieces of work that will do whatever it takes to make themselves look good and make the other plants around them look bad. Some weeds are so self-obsessed that they can manipulate the soil nitrogen into a form that is just the way they like it. New research by Cathryn O’Sullivan from CSIRO is showing that some weeds release chemicals from their roots that slow down the bacteria that are essential to the nitrogen cycle, retaining nitrogen in the ammonium form that weeds can potentially take up faster than crop plants. Totally selfish! Click through to get the details.
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October 18, 2017
Going into the 1932-33 Ashes tour in Australia, Don Bradman was averaging around 100, and he had averaged 139 in the 1930 tour of England….
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July 31, 2017
Some excellent research conducted by Stephen Hole, under the watchful eye of Professor Steve Powles at the University of Adelaide in the mid-1990’s investigated the microbial degradation of propyzamide and another similar herbicide, carbetamide. Enhanced microbial degradation is where the soil bacteria that can eat a particular herbicide build up to very high levels so when the herbicide is applied it is broken down very quickly, effectively reducing the half-life of the herbicide.
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March 14, 2017
“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there…
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July 25, 2016
Many young people don’t like the taste of beer, but they know if they work hard, endure the awful bitter taste and hideous hangovers for…
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May 4, 2016
It’s pretty amazing that 2,4-D is our oldest herbicide, yet scientists have only just worked out how it actually kills weeds. This has taken years…
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