Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants

CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 – how exactly do they cause disease?

New CSIRO-UWA lab taking crop genomics forward in leaps and bounds

The new CSIRO-The University of Western Australia (UWA) Laboratory for Molecular Plant Pathology and Crop Genomics, located at the CSIRO Centre for Environment and Life Sciences in Floreat, Western Australia, is already producing some fantastic results for plant science.

PlantScan ready for business

The newest addition to the phenomics technologies is up and running. After almost two years of design and development PlantScan will soon be generating a massive two terabytes of data per day.