CSIRO is working with research partners on the Grains Research and Development Corporation's (GRDC) new initiative to improve the water use efficiency (WUE) of grain-based farming systems.

CSIRO is identifying the likely impacts of climate change on plant growth and production and its effects on farming.

CSIRO Plant Industry in collaboration with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is researching plants that may be able to replace petrochemicals in the manufacture of polymers and other industrial products.

CSIRO studies Australian plant diversity and community ecology and aims to conserve and protect it against threats such as exotic plant invasions.

CSIRO scientitsts are working to improve agriculture to face global challenges such as the need to increase food production as the world population is due to soar to 9 billion by 2050.

CSIRO is locating and characterising useful rice genes and addressing rice tolerance to cold.

CSIRO wheat trait information for cereal breeders.

CSIRO wheat germplasm information for cereal breeders.

CSIRO Plant Industry is helping the macadamia industry by breeding better varieties of macadamia trees, developing effective ways to manage macadamias and developing techniques to maximise returns from value adding.