School in the News

“New barley in Commander: Variety wins over farmers, processors”
A new malt variety of Barley, developed by Jason Eglinton and the barley group, has returned long-term yields comparable to feed varieties and processors can't wait for for farmers to grow the stuff. Read the full article.

Roseworthy features on show
Channel 9 Postcards program has filmed a segment on Roseworthy's past and present to coincide with the Roseworthy Campus 125th Celebration Open Day on 2 November 2008.

Watch this show air on Sunday 26 October from 5:30pm-6:00pm.

Once in a Lifetime Award
Professor Robin Graham, Affiliate Professor in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, was awarded the CM Donald Medal by the Australian Society of Agronomy at its recent meeting in Adelaide. The medal is named after Professor CM Donald, Professor of Agronomy at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute (1954-1973) to honour Professor Donald's contribution to agricultural science. The medal recognises the lifetime achievement of an Australian agricultural scientist. It was awarded to Robin Graham to recognise his contribution to plant nutrition and to agricultural science in Australia and internationally.

Roseworthy students steer towards Royal Show|
A group of ambitious students from the University of Adelaide's Roseworthy Campus have their sights set on first prize at this year's Royal Adelaide Show. The students are entering their own steers into the led steer competition for the 2008 Show, putting their personal experience and their university studies into practice.

The group of 15 students - who are mostly studying Agriculture, as well as Animal Science and Veterinary Science - is actively involved with feeding, halter training and grooming animals into elite show steers. The steers are judged as live animals in the show ring and judged shortly after as a carcass, and are ranked on a points system.

"This is a great opportunity for Roseworthy students to build relationships with producers in the beef industry as well as learning many valuable skills," says Jake Phillips, second-year Bachelor of Agriculture student and Coordinator of this year's group of animals.

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Australian scientists identify crucial barley gene
Scientists at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics have identified the major gene responsible for boron toxicity tolerance in barley, allowing breeders to select with 100% accuracy barley varieties that are tolerant to boron. The findings appeard in the 30 November issue of Science.

The paper is entitled, Boron toxicity tolerance in barley arising from efflux transporter amplification (2007) by Tim Sutton, Ute Baumann, Julie Hayes, Nicholas C. Collins, Bu-Jun Shi, Thorsten Schnurbusch, Alison Hay, Gwenda Mayo, Margaret Pallotta, Mark Tester and Peter Langridge.

Surgeon appointed to lead new Vet School
The University of Adelaide has appointed orthopaedic researcher and specialist vet surgeon Professor Gail Anderson as Head of its new School of Veterinary Science. Professor Anderson is currently Professor of Companion Animal Surgery at the University of Queensland and Hospital Director of UQ's Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinic. "Professor Anderson is an ideal appointment to head the University of Adelaide's – and the State's – first School of Veterinary Science," says the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor James McWha. The new Vet School, based at the University of Adelaide's Roseworthy Campus, will have its first intake of 40 students in 2008. (Click here for the full Media Release)

"Aussie Scientists Find Muscling Gene"
Research by Wayne Pitchford and Cindy Bottema has been reported in Beef Cow-Calf Weekly, a major, widely-distributed US newsletter (article).

The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, has just announced new places for the Vet School at Roseworthy and a $15 million grant to assist with the provision of infrastructure. (Click here for the full Media Release) The Vet School proposal must still be approved by the University Council, but this is obviously the major step that was required to facilitate this. If Council approves, we will enrol 40 students into the BSc (Animal Science - pre Vet) in 2008. Click here for more information.

"Uni role in better beer began in SA paddocks" The Advertiser, December 2006

Can You Believe it? Crystal Gazing
"$29m wine centre to be built", The Advertiser, Monday 11 December

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Farmer's prize for fields of gold
Adelaide wins $48 million for new research

Mouth-ulcer discovery in SA

Young researchers stand tall
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