Since the first European settlement of Australia, production of cereal grain for local consumption and export has been threatened by […]
The sirex wasp (Sirex noctilio) kills healthy pine trees by introducing a wood-rotting fungus and toxic mucous into the tree. […]
So dramatic was the growth of the Australian wine industry through the 1980s and 1990s that much of the foundation […]
Increased public demands for a 'cleaner and greener' environment and stricter controls over food safety and quality have had significant […]
CSIRO has been the driving force behind the development, deployment and adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) cotton varieties in Australia. […]
In the late 1960s a small group in CSIRO Plant Industry running experiments aimed at increasing the efficiency of grazing […]
The valuation and trading of wool has been revolutionised by the introduction of objective measurement implemented through standardised pre-sale testing […]
In the late 1980s CSIRO scientists achieved what international experts had believed was impossible – the development of a successful […]
Early biotechnology studies in Division of Industrial Chemistry during World War II involved the use of enzymes for the removal […]
