Supporting young researchers from developing countries

The successful conference scholarship candidates are Honours or Postgraduate students from developing countries who are currently studying at a Queensland tertiary institute.

In the lead-up to the conference we have been publishing short blog posts written by the young researchers about their work. To date, we have featured:

• Harnessing genetics to build resilient mungbean crops by Krishna Chaitanya Alamuru, University of Southern Queensland
• Assessment of woody biomass residues from sandalwood plantations in northern Australia by Duc Bui, University of the Sunshine Coast
• Evaluating the influence of root cone angle on deep rooting, nitrogen uptake and yield in aerobic rice by Ezinne Echem Okorie, University of Queensland
• Unveiling the genomic diversity of Australian Papaya germplasm for breeding advancement by Leela Manoharan, Griffith University
• Engineering the future orchard: advanced genome editing techniques for superior crop varieties by Juel Datta, Queensland University of Technology
• Monitoring weed pressure in rice fields with radar by Adhera Sukmawijaya, University of Queensland