Registrations are now open for the Climate Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CRSPI) inaugural Online Climate and Emissions Reduction in Agriculture Forum 2021 on 29-30 March.

Cotton biologist Demi Sargent was today announced as the CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2021, with a project that could help shield the cotton industry from the effects of climate change.

Near impossible to identify and count with the naked eye, silverleaf whitefly (SLW) has increased in prevalence in the Australian cotton industry in recent years. To make identification easier, researchers from USQ, in collaboration with the QLD DAF, have developed a new artificial intelligence smartphone app with funding from CRDC.