Join an audience of the world's most prominent plant lipid scientists to explore the potential for plant oils to be designed to replace petroleum products in industrial chemical, materials and fuels, at this CSIRO Cutting Edge Symposium.

CSIRO is studying management practices such as crop sequence, nitrogen fertiliser application, and tillage and stubble management with the aim of helping farms remain sustainable and profitable into the future.

Two hundred of the world’s top minds in plant oil research are gathering in Australia next week to share their research into how renewable plant-based oils can be engineered to replace industrial oils that have traditionally been manufactured from petroleum.

For many people uprooting and moving to a new home is a stressful and time consuming exercise, however it pales in comparison to the complexity of relocating native populations of rare and endangered orchids.

Join an audience of the world's most prominent plant lipid scientists to explore the potential for plant oils to be designed to replace petroleum products in industrial chemical, materials and fuels.

Wheat breeders are invited to attend this annual forum where CSIRO researchers will discuss their research findings via a series of presentations and Q&A sessions.

CSIRO uses traditional and molecular methods to better understand the variety and needs of Australia’s native plants. We are also breeding and conserving Australian tree species for restoration of degraded environments and to help ensure global wood security.

The Sustainable Agriculture Flagship is developing innovative assessment techniques to measure, monitor and predict the condition of Australian agricultural and forestry landscapes to increase productivity and reduce carbon emissions.

CSIRO applies its capabilities in forestry to discover genes important for forest tree traits and improve tree species to support the Australian forestry sector.

CSIRO has significant capability in hardwood and softwood improvement programs, based on its knowledge of species genetic architecture and the latest genetic marker techniques.

In this vodcast, Dr Joe Miller, from the Centre for Plant biodiversity Research explains the Tree of trees display which focuses on the family tree of Australia’s national floral emblem, the golden wattle. (4:08)

Currently undertaking research on Blackleg, a disease that affects canola crops in Australia, Ms Susie Sprague has found that CSIRO is a great place for PhD students to begin their scientific career.

The CSIRO Times is CSIRO's conference and events newspaper. Editions are compiled for various scientific conferences and public events.

This 4-page CSIRO Times complements the wheat pre-breeding event held on July 20 2010.

Learn about gene technology, how it impacts our lives and what research CSIRO is doing in this field.

This 2-page fact sheet outlines the issue of pre-harvest sprouting and how CSIRO scientists are studying cereal genes to find a solution to this problem.