Fun fact Friday! Strawberries, apples and raspberries all come from the same family but look so different to each other. 📹TIA's Dr Pippa French @pippa-french.bsky.social explains why in this short video. #FunFactFriday #FruitFacts #StrawberryFacts #AppleFacts #FruitResearch

Fun fact Friday - strawberries, apples and raspberries.

YouTube video by Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture

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Fun fact Friday! Which is the odd one out? A strawberry, apple, raspberry or a blueberry? 📹Dr Pippa French has the answer in this short video. 🍓🍏🫐 #FunFactFriday #FruitFacts #BerryLovers

As of yesterday, I'm officially a doctor. None of them are on bluslesky to tag, but huge thanks to Nigel Swarts (pictured), Marcus Hardie and Kara Barry: my perfectly complimentary and differently brilliant supervisors

The perks of researching strawberries! Three different varieties to taste test 🤤

Installed my latest trial yesterday! I'm testing a range of biostimulants to see if they can help improve 🍓 quality and yield during hot weather

For hot takes on cover crops in cool climate viticulture, look no further! My latest paper is out 👍 url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mF2ACr8DKN...

Cover crops in cool‐climate viticulture: Effects on soil, vine productivity, and fruit quality

Cover crops increased soil organic matter, reduced bulk density, and increased water-stable aggregates. In the short term, soil nitrogen (N) was reduced by grass cover crops and increased by legume .....

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We are recruiting a PhD student to work on a decision-support tool for food producers to assess and optimise the environmental sustainability of products. Ideally, someone who is knowledgeable about food production, sustainability and can or is willing to learn how to code in R/Shiny or Python.

Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Environmentally sustainable food product

Globally, there is an urgent need to make food production environmenta...

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It's what you do at a wine conference! Cheers! Members of our team have had a great time at the annual Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference in Adelaide this week. It was a great opportunity to learn more about the latest research and innovations in the industry. Cheers to that!

Shelf life of cut flowers experiment set up by the Horticultural Science students. The most aesthetically pleasing practical class that I teach!

As many of the @utas.edu.au crew as we could get together for a photo at the AWITC (missing Kathy and Alison). #the_awitc

Love Calvin's research about grape root distribution under different floor management (including under-vine cover crops).

Such a great article about plant microbiomes responding to heat. And relevant to my upcoming research on how substrate microbiomes interact with heat to affect strawberry fruit quality. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Plant microbiomes feel the heat

Rising temperatures change the structure and function of plant microbial communities

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Saw some baby strawberry plants going in at the Pinata berry farm at Orielton yesterday and had a great chat with farm manager Jan, dreaming up research projects to improve plant resilience and maintain fruit size in hot weather.