Download this seminal work by @QAAFI showing genotypic differences amongst commercial #sorghum hybrids on functional root traits and their effect on yield formation under drought in the field thanks to @GRDCNorth @theGRDC

RT @SorgGuy:

More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia. Postdocs who publish a ‘hit paper’ are more likely to land an academic position and to produce highly-cited work early in that position. @QAAFI

@australian_lamb Lamb cutlets 80$/kg ….. pork chops 30$/kg, clearly not unifying

RT @MikeGrunwald: What, another vertical farming startup going bust? Who could’ve predicted? (me)

RT @1953Gus: that is 2nd in the whole world. IMF reports on 191 countries. We are second We are also only 1 of 7 out 191 countries with a "…

Running high throughput functional root phenotyping on 56 sorghum entries at Hermitage Res Station thanks to ⁦@theGRDC⁩ ⁦@GRDCNorth⁩ ⁦@UQ_News⁩ and ⁦@QAAFI⁩ in collaboration with ⁦@DPIRDbroadacre⁩ ⁦@DEECA_Vic⁩

@SorgGuy Hope you had an umbrella… and a boat

@MikeGrunwald Hopefully the next drought will sort them out…

Great opinion in the NYT from the author of “We are eating the earth” the aim should be “producing more and protecting more” via @NYTOpinion

RT @HugePossum: Oh dear

@QAAFI PhD candidate Cheng Qian (always cheerful and happy even with 37C+) checking on the on off the row sorghum set up soil moisture monitoring gear at Qld-DPI Hermitage Research Station, for @theGRDC root phenotyping project… all looks spot on and ready for a great start.

@theGRDC high throughput functional root phenotyping investment having a great start at Hermitage Sat. Warwick thanks to @QAAFI & QLD-DPI, with the team thinning, weeding, setting up gear and hoping for a DROUGHT (sorry) … so that the different genotypes show their colours.

Some more new fresh agronomists getting through, well done!! good work!! ⁦@QAAFI⁩

RT @SorgGuy: Easier than a hand auger. Digging holes for moisture sensors for the @theGRDC root project.

@GRDCNorth @QAAFI Note that we resowed that crop after the hail storm damaged our trial, which was next door to yours.

@GRDCNorth @QAAFI Actually, two hybrids yielded ca. 12.9 t/ha at 14% humidity when sown at half a meter, it was a wet season though (this work is funded by the ARC and Pioneer Seeds). regards d