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    • Professor Herbert Kronzucker

    Honorary, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne

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    Environment

    Fighting the ‘white cancer’ threatening global food security

    Researchers have made a ‘game changing’ shift in our understanding of how plants succumb to high levels of salt in agricultural soils.

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    Sciences & Technology

    The jobs of 2027

    In 10 years jobs we’re familiar with now will change as new technologies impact on how we work. Professionals like nurses, architects, artists and farmers will all need new skillsets to keep up with the technological revolution

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    Sciences & Technology

    Talking dirty: The conversation between plants and soil

    Plants release chemicals that ‘talk’ to the soil and, by joining the conversation, we could reduce our massive reliance on planet-harming artificial fertilisers

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