News & Events
The Waite Research Institute is engaged in many areas of research. The Institute also promotes the activities of the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine and the FOODplus research Centre. Here you can keep up to date with the latest news stories or you could subscribe to our RSS feed and get the latest stories delivered to your favourite aggregator or directly into your inbox.
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Protecting Aussie grapevines from new virus
Story orginally posted in News from the University of Adelaide, Tuesday, 8 April, 2013 University of Adelaide researchers are working to prevent the introduction into Australia of a potentially devastating new grapevine virus. Waite Diagnostics, at the...Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:13:55 +0930
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Meet Giorgia, the durum breeding team’s newest member
The University of Adelaide’s durum breeding program officially launched their new, state-of-the-art small plot harvester yesterday. “Giorgia” is a Wintersteiger DELTA, specifically designed for harvesting small experimental plots and can comfortably ha...Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:08:39 +0930
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Debate wrap up: Cutting Australia’s meat consumption by half would be better for us and the planet
On Thursday the 21st of March, more than 150 people attended one of our more controversial debates on whether Australians should reduce their meat consumption. For more information on the topic and speakers, please refer to our previous posts on the de...Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:39:11 +0930
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Debate: Announcing our speakers for “Cutting Australia’s meat consumption by half will be better for us and the planet”
With only one week to go until our next Debate @ The Waite on “Cutting Australia’s meat consumption by half will be better for us and the planet“, the Waite Research Institute is pleased to announce our speakers for the event. For more information on t...Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:41 +0930
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Historic expansion of animal & crop research on Waite Centenary
Story orginally posted in News from the University of Adelaide, Wednesday 6 March, 2013 The largest expansion of university-based research into animal and crop health and production in Australian history has been outlined by the University of Adelaide ...Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:40:30 +0930
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I’m a Scientist. Get me out of here!
Between the 11th and the 22nd of March, 15 scientists in 3 ‘zones’ will be battling for a $1000 prize. And they will face the toughest judges in the world: school children. I’m a Scientist. Get me out of here! is a reality show-inspired activity that g...Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:49:05 +0930
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Debate: Cutting Australia’s meat consumption by half will be better for us and the planet
These days, deciding what to eat is about more than just filling our stomachs. Increasingly we are asked to consider the effect that our food choices have on our communities and the environment, as well as ourselves. We are asked to eat foods that are ...Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:40:13 +0930
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Agricultural Sciences student numbers jump
Story orginally posted in News from the University of Adelaide, Wednesday 6 February, 2013 Interest in studying Agricultural Sciences at the University of Adelaide has significantly increased this year with both first preference applications and offers...Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:58:58 +0930
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Herbicide resistance seminar at Roseworthy Campus
The Weed Management Society of South Australia is hosting a seminar event on herbicide resistance and weed management featuring Dr Jason Norsworthy from the University of Arkansas and Dr Christopher Preston from the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campu...Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:51:58 +0930
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‘Darwin’s drop’: Using evolution to improve wine featured in latest e-Science
The work by Prof Vladimir Jiranek and his team on using directed evolution to improve yeast fermentation has been featured in the latest issue of e-Science magazine. e-Science is produced by the University of Adelaide’s Faculty of Sciences and is desig...Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:52:33 +0930
