Forestry Plant science Research project Understanding Soil Resources for Radiata Pine Plantation productivity This project will identify gaps in publicly available, standardised soils data that would assist growers in improving the resilience, productivity and utilisation of the land where radiata pine plantations are growing, or may be established. Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 15 Mar 2022 - 10 Dec 2023 Research organisation Federation University Australia
Sugar Plant science Research project Engineering bacterial enzyme secretion for cellulose utilisation This two-year Master of Philosophy project aims to develop microbial technology to reduce the cost of extracting fermentable sugars, which would potentially enable the industry to produce biochemicals such as ethanol from sugar waste. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Feb 2021 - 1 Feb 2023 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)