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PLANT HEALTH
Crop modelling in crop management and genetic improvement Computer modelling and simulation of crops can guide decision making by predicting consequences of crop management and genetic trait improvement options.
Major challenges in broadacre cropping Broadacre cropping is a major industry in Australia. The country produces in the order of 50 million tonnes or more of grain per annum, serving both its
domestic markets and international trading part- ners. However, production here in Australia suffers from significant season-to-season variability in moisture conditions.
Dr Alex Wu and Professor Graeme Hammer. Graeme is one of the founders of the globally leading crop mod- elling platform, Agricultural Production System Simulator (APSIM). Alex has been working as a post-doctoral fellow with Graeme in further developing and applying this technology.
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