Science and Research Updates
The NSW Department of Primary Industries undertakes science and research to enhance the growth, sustainability and biosecurity of the State's primary industries. Recent developments are reported in the updates below. These are also provided in the form of a monthly eNewsletter.
17 Jun 2009 The NSW Department of Primary Industries is continuing its work to control a noxious weed in Wallagoot Lake, on the NSW Far South Coast, Jane Frances, NSW DPI Manager Aquatic Biosecurity & Risk Management, said today.
09 Jun 2009 Local producers can expect to gain hands-on knowledge of wetland plants and grazing management at NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) field days to be held this June and July.
04 Jun 2009 The first Australian trial of an infrared fish counter at Lock 10 (Wentworth) on the Murray will boost scientists’ understanding of native fish migration along the river.
02 Jun 2009 The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Southern Cross Shellfish to improve supply of selectively bred oyster juveniles to the NSW oyster industry.
28 May 2009 Researchers at NSW DPI’s Orange Agricultural Institute have received some well-deserved recognition for their work in a ground-breaking Sheep CRC project.
28 May 2009 A new group of veterinary pathologists, hired at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI), Camden, is now undergoing extensive training.
28 May 2009 They've cracked it, after many years – a reliable new sheep lice test that gets around dipping.
28 May 2009 Fine wool producers are now seeking to breed “easy care” plainer-bodied animals which would be less susceptible to flystrike.
28 May 2009 Two of Australia’s honey bee experts are conducting research in the Solomon Islands, developing strategies to control an invasion of Asian honey bees.
28 May 2009
Understanding whether carcass and beef quality attributes can be changed by genetic selection or through management processes without unduly compromising key fitness traits like reproductive performance and adaptation to environmental stressors drove research at the Beff CRCII. The Special Edition of the latest Beef CRC Special Edition published in Animal Production Science features NSW DPI scientists, economists and biometricians on 14 of the 17 papers, and on the Foreword.
28 May 2009 Screening of the Australian collection of a valuable forage legume, berseem clover, to identify and understand the range of genetic diversity within the collection is on track as an important first step in developing new cultivars.
28 May 2009 Differences between lambs in tenderness and predicted meat yield are apparently attributable to their genes, not just their environment.
28 May 2009 Research by NSW Department of Primary Industries researchers, supported by Grains Research and Development Corporation, has paved the way for controlling diseases of legume field crops.
28 May 2009 Understanding whether carcass and beef quality attributes can be changed by genetic selection or through management processes without unduly compromising key fitness traits like reproductive performance and adaptation to environmental stressors drove research at the Beff CRCII. The Special Edition of the latest Beef CRC Special Edition published in Animal Production Science features NSW DPI scientists, economists and biometricians on 14 of the 17 papers, and on the Foreword.
28 May 2009 Research by NSW Department of Primary Industries researchers, supported by Grains Research and Development Corporation, has paved the way for controlling diseases of legume field crops.
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