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    • Professor Prem Bhalla

    Head, Plant Science, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne

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    Sciences & Technology

    Smaller plants show promise for future food crops

    Researchers have bred smaller soybean plants with the same yield, raising the possibility that smaller crops could grow more food from less land in our changing climate

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    Sciences & Technology

    Helping crops survive heatwaves

    Global warming threatens both the yield and survival of crucial crops. By understanding how extreme heat impacts plant genetics, researchers aim to breed in more resilience.

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    Sciences & Technology

    A question of quinoa

    Traditional knowledge from the Andes is inspiring research on quinoa flowering to develop future breeding programs

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