783 results for Plant health

Opportunity for

• Solution providers wanting to develop new solutions for sterilisation of knives and other tools for Australian red meat abattoirs. Participants may be: 

• • Wishing to brainstorm and evaluate (without substantially building) new approaches (this can be initially focussed and limited to knife sterilisation) 
  • Ready to build and evaluate designs for new approaches 

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) commonly known as silver leaf whitefly (SLW) is a serious global pest and plant-virus vector, …

Growers in central and southern Queensland have identified that the ability to plant wheat into stored sub-soil moisture in the …

Agronomist and 2021 Young Farmer of the Year Emma Ayliffe and her business partner at Summit Ag, Heath McWhirter, crisscross the country advising farmers on how to improve their crop production and soil health. Now the pair is helping farmers connect with each other, with a purpose-built social media app for agriculture – YackerApp. With a thousand users and growing, Emma and Heath are looking for investors to take YackerApp to the next level.   

Giant pine scale (Marchalina hellenica) is a scale insect that sucks the sap of pine trees. If established, the insect …

Kikuyu is a C4 tropical grass which in Australia is an important component of dairy pastures. Genetic diversity is the …

Kikuyu is a C4 tropical grass which in Australia is an important component of dairy pastures. Genetic diversity is the …

Animal health and welfare is a key issue for the Australian red meat and wool industries. Project Proof is a proposed biennial/triennial national tracking study designed to benchmark on-farm animal health and welfare and measure performance trends over time.

The Australian Pastures Genebank (APG) Phase 1 was established in 2013 and operates under the framework of the International Treaty on Plant …

The Australian Pastures Genebank (APG) Phase 1 was established in 2013 and operates under the framework of the International Treaty on Plant …

The growᴬᴳ⋅ team last spoke with Fern Ho 12 months ago, when the product development executive was searching for investors to support market testing for a new plant protein ingredient. So positive was that feedback that The Leaf Protein Co. is back – with a US$1 million opportunity to help The Leaf Protein Co. scale from the lab to pilot production.^

Opportunity for:

• Crop protection specialist (agchemical companies and chemical resellers), potato/vegetable processing and agronomy companies interested in licensing a bacterial inoculant.
• Science industry partners interested in partnering for further development of the product.

 

Opportunity for

• Manufacturer’s and agricultural investors interested in scaling production of proprietary geodesic dome greenhouse (GDG) technology in Australia
• Investors interested in scaling production of Vanilla in Australia

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

The use of Tea Tree Oil has a long history in Australian traditional medicine. Today, Tea Tree Oil is manufactured …

Opportunity for

• Autonomous robotic technology providers who could provide image gathering capability.
• Wineries willing to participate in future trials.
• Research partners working on other disease sensing projects interested in collaboration opportunities.

DairyBio is the dairy industry’s leading bioscience research program. Its forage program projects, like this one researching pasture and turf temperate varieties, are designed to breed plants and pasture with higher yield, higher energy, improved digestibility and increased persistence, that will result in increased milk production.

Plant diseases are a significant production constraint to all agricultural crops, including wheat where rust diseases remain a major threat. …

This project will use DNA sequencing to develop a genetic database for commercially relevant Pinot Noir clones, to verify the clonal material held in Australian germplasm collections and source blocks (vines of known virus status and identity which are used as material for propagation). This will enable valuable commercial Pinot Noir vineyards lost in the Adelaide Hills bushfire of December 2019 to be replaced with verified, true-to-type clonal material.

Regenerative agriculture is a system of farming practices that seeks to rehabilitate and enhance the entire ecosystem of the farm through the holistic management of key facets, including soil health, water and fertiliser use. This pilot program will identify the key areas for further research to develop a scientifically robust approach to regenerative farming in Australian dairy systems.

Opportunity for

• VC, Family offices, corporate investors and strategic partners interested in patented scalable commercial inshore and offshore ocean carbon removal solutions. 
• Aquaculture farming operations looking for phytoplankton supply or water quality solutions. This includes filter feeders that rely directly on phytoplankton (microalgae) include bivalves like clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters; and
• Corporates in green hydrogen, ammonia, shipping and the fishing industry seeking large scale carbon solutions.