The UWA Institute of Agriculture

2011 Food and Agriculture lectures

The UWA Institute of Agriculture promotes research, education, training and communication in agriculture and natural resource management.

Each year we hold a number of lectures featuring eminent local, national and international speakers.

 

  1. Prof. Christine Foyer:         'Redox regulation of growth and stress tolerance'
  2. Dr Dennis Garrity:              'Creating a double-storey agriculture in Africa for food security with environmental resilience'
  3. Prof. Fu-Suo Zhang:           'Increase in crop efficiency and nutrient use efficiency in China's intensive agricultural systems'
  4. A/Prof. David Edwards:      'Sequencing the hexaploid wheat genome in 42 simple steps'
  5. Dr Jacqueline Batley:         'SNP discovery from amphidiploid species and transferability across the Brassiceae'
  6. Dr John Angus:                   'The remarkable improvements of Australian mixed farming'
  7. Prof. Ulrich Zimmermann:    'How do plants take up water in a drying climate?'
  8. Prof. Philip White:                'Contribution of plant mineral nutrition to global food security'

 

 

Christine

Prof. Christine Foyer

 

Dennis

Dr Dennis Garrity

 

Fusuo

Prof. Fu-Suo Zhang

 

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Assoc/Prof. David Edwards

 

Jacqueline-Batley

Dr Jacqueline Batley

 

Doctor John Angus

Dr John Angus

 

Prof Ulrich Zimmermann

Prof. Ulrich Zimmermann

 

Professor Philip White

Prof. Philip White