AWB partnership produces first-grade grain

Australia has built an international reputation for exporting quality, insect-free grains on the back of a 30-year R&D partnership with the AWB. Australia has built an international reputation for quality wheat on the back of a 30-year R&D partnership with AWB.

Diagnostic Services

CSIRO's Diagnosis, Surveillance and Response Group provides a comprehensive diagnostic service for emergency animal diseases, routine quarantine testing, technical advice, education and training.

The shared water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin (Part 2)

This 49-page report focuses on six identified risks to shared water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin, water quality and river health: climate change, farm dams, afforestation, groundwater extraction, bushfires and irrigation water management.

Quarantine testing for live poultry

CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory offers a testing service that can certify live poultry to international quarantine standards for import or export.

Advancing coastal resource management in Cockburn Sound

Research by CSIRO Land and Water has culminated in significant advances in coastal resource management, by linking land management practices with near-shore marine health.

Doing business with CSIRO Plant Industry

Through tailored business arrangements and research alliances, CSIRO Plant Industry can deliver flexible and innovative research solutions for a range of industry needs.

Managing moth resistance to cottons

Genetics research by CSIRO scientists is helping to prolong the life of transgenic cottons containing insect toxins. Genetics research by CSIRO scientists is helping to prolong the life of transgenic cottons containing insect toxins.

Molecular tools help target willows

This article from Farming Ahead describes how willows were originally use to help control erosion but have become a major weed in some areas and CSIRO’s use of molecular tools to look at how they spread in river catchments. (3 pages)

Dr Owain Edwards: protecting crops from aphids

Dr Owain Edwards has an international reputation for his work on managing aphids in Australian grain crops.

Dr John K Scott: researching biocontrol, climate change and Mediterranean weeds

Dr John K Scott is protecting Australia's Mediterranean climate regions through research on the biological control of invasive weed species.

Hendra virus

In 1994, a deadly new virus threatened to stop Australia's premier horse race – the Melbourne Cup. This virus is now known as Hendra virus.

The Paterson’s curse crown weevil

This two-page brochure discusses how to promote the establishment and survival of the crown weevil, Mogulones larvatus, a biocontrol agent for Paterson's curse in Australia.

Dr Chris Cowled: investigating the immune system of bats

Dr Chris Cowled is a Postdoctoral Fellow with CSIRO Livestock Industries, investigating the innate immune system of bats and how they develop persistent viral infections.

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CSIRO Livestock Industries' researcher, Dr Rob Kelly, has been appointed Chairman of CSIRO's Centre for Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) research site at Floreat in Perth.

CSIRO aids tsunami recovery (Podcast 12 Mar 2007)

Discover how CSIRO’s been at the forefront of the post-tsunami reconstruction effort on the island of Pra Thong, off Thailand’s west coast in this three minute podcast. (3:07)

Pesticide impact rating index software

After ten years of CSIRO research, the off-site impacts of different pesticides and land uses can be compared using a simple risk indicator.

Off and on-farm savings of irrigation water in the Murrumbidgee area

A 16-page report by Water for a Healthy Country about research which has established that big water savings are possible in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

CSIRO explores protecting poultry from avian influenza

A three-page article by CSIRO Livestock Industries providing in-depth information on our research aimed at protecting poultry from avian influenza and how CSIRO scientists are exploring gene silencing as a means to this end.

Worm study will help future parasite control

This article from Farming Ahead discusses CSIRO research on genetic and physical variations between different strains of Barber’s pole worm which should help producers develop better management strategies to minimise the impact of this parasite. (3 pages)

Obtaining blood samples from your poultry to submit to CSIRO for disease testing

Instructions on taking blood samples from poultry and submitting them to CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) for disease testing.

Strategic, Policy and Regulatory issues relating to the invasion threats from new crop species

This document includes presentations from session three of the Biosecurity in the new bioeconomy: threats and opportunities symposia held 18-21 November 2009 in Canberra, Australia Capital Territory. (135 pages)

Weedy blackberry and raspberry species in Western Australia and strategies for their management

This document details characteristics for identifying Rubus species found in Western Australia and summarises current and future control options and activities. (30 pages)

Lantana: the importance of knowing your enemy

Detective-like research has revealed that Australian weedy lantana is likely to have originated from the Caribbean and Venezuela and not, as it was believed, from Brazil and Mexico where many of its bio-control agents have been sourced from, raising the prospect of finding more effective agents than those that have been released in the past.

Dr Linfa Wang: identifying and characterising new animal viruses

Meet one of the scientists who identified bats as the natural host of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus.

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences (CES) conducts research and development across a range of disciplines, targeting social, economic and environmental sustainability.