Research

Experiments that evaluate leaf thermoregulation and photosynthetic capabilities, and assess nutrient allocation and water use strategies in-situ, of tropical plan species across controlled thermal regimes.

Researches the effects of bee stressors, such as disease and pesticides, on their behaviour. Past work has examined the how a gut pathogen affects foraging behaviour of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a native stingless bee.

The oil palm plot is a resource for research into this crop of critical importance for global food production, the economies of tropical countries, profitability of corporations and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers.

The sugarcane pot trial is part of the project ‘Sequestering carbon and improving sugarcane productivity by enhanced weathering of basalt’. Arresting the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide is one of humanity’s biggest challenges.

The project "Environmentally Responsive Biocomposite Fertilisers" is part of the Innovation Partnerships funded by the Advance Queensland initiative. This project is a collaboration between The University of Queensland, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Manildra Group and JCU.