Posts Tagged ‘UQ’
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Smashing it! Avocado innovation receives international coverage
A world-first innovative plant growing technique that is set to double Queensland’s avocado production and smash the global shortage of avocado trees has received a $636,000 grant through the second round of the Palaszczuk Government’s Advance Queensland Innovation Partnerships program. Read more
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UQ ranked number one for food science in Australia
The University of Queensland was ranked as the top Food Science & Technology research institute in Australia in the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017. Globally in Food Science and Technology, UQ ranks 39th in the world. No other Australian University…
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Towards the perfect papaya
Christopher Columbus called it the “fruit of the angels” and now The University of Queensland (UQ) scientists have, for the first time, identified the sensory properties of the ‘perfect’ papaya. “According to consumer taste tests, the perfect papaya is red, small or…
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Selling beef to Asia? Think meals, not cuts or kilos
For those selling beef into increasingly affluent Asian markets, the trick will be to think meals rather than cuts, says QAAFI’s Professor Mike Gidley, who heads the Centre for Food and Nutrition Sciences at UQ. Professor Gidley said the opportunities for beef emerging from…
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Unlocking the genetic secrets of the Brahman “Eve”
She was a top production cow – living to the age of 14 and producing 12 calves – and now researchers are planning to map the genome of Elrose Neomi, to crack the code of her superb genetics. Source: NT Country Hour…