Organisations

Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection

type: mixed
location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
WWW: www.tpp.uq.edu.au

description

The Brisbane-based centre will use recent breakthroughs in plant biotechnology to develop diagnostic tools for rapid detection of disease and pest outbreaks, and new disease and pest resistant varieties. The outcomes of these advances will include significant economic returns and reduced reliance on chemicals for the Australian industry.