Ecosystem Sciences

Dr GT Gujar, Head of the Division of Entomology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, will discuss Bt resistance management in both the Australian and Indian context of Bt cotton planting in this one-hour seminar.

Funnel-web spiders are some of the world’s most deadly spiders and are found in coastal and mountain regions of Australia from Queensland to South Australia.

Dr Stephen Trowell leads a team developing technologies improving consistency and global competitiveness in the Australian wine industry.

This page provides easy to understand definitions of common biotechnology words and terms.

CSIRO’s Geography and Natural Resource Planning Group applies the theory and methods of Geography, Planning, Anthropology, Human Development, and Sociology in research that integrates place, human, and biophysical dimensions of environmental and natural resource management. It is concerned with decision making in complex systems across a range of scales and systems to satisfy triple bottom line objectives.

Dr Nadine Marshall works as a social scientist on natural resource management issues to maximise conservation goals and minimise associated social impacts.

With a particular focus on winegrape and sugarcane production, Dr Rob Bramley’s research focuses on understanding and managing variability in agricultural production systems for economic and environmental benefits.

Summer studentships offer second and third year university students an opportunity to conduct research at CSIRO Plant Industry. Applications for the 2011-12 summer studentships closed on 31 August 2011.

Dr Allan Green is Deputy Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry Division and his research focus is on bioengineering of oil crops.

This State of the Climate is the second paper produced by CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It provides a summary of observations of Australia’s climate and analysis of the factors that influence it.

The ANIC database currently contains more than 340,000 specimens from over 38,000 sites across Australia and nearby regions.

CSIRO researchers have produced Super-High Oleic (SHO) safflower, it's oil contains over 90% oleic acid, the highest level of purity of an individual fatty acid present in any currently available plant oil.

Dr George Quezada applies innovation process theory to major urban challenges.

Dr Uday Nidumolu is modelling natural resource and socio-economic systems to investigate climate adaptation strategies for agriculture.

Dr Cathy Robinson is a geographer who studies decentralised environmental governance systems, with a focus on cross-cultural and regional planning arrangements in Northern Australia.

This is a summary of a CSIRO report on Indigenous socio-economic values and river flows in northern Australia, funded under the TRaCK (Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge) program.

The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) curatorial list shows who is responsible for each major group of insects and related organisms (2 pages).

Scientists are researching the structure and function of insect derived silks to help determine their effectiveness in developing new biomaterials.

CSIRO and Lonza have formed a partnership to bring new insect silk products to the global market.

Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates who make use of the strength and versatility of silk.

The Healthy Water Ecosystems Theme, part of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, provides the knowledge to protect or rehabilitate the health of Australia's water ecosystems.

Published by CSIRO Publishing, Biological Control of Weeds in Australia provides a comprehensive review of the biological control activities undertaken against weeds in Australia over the last 100 years.

Biological control has an outstanding history and great future potential in the battle to control the invasive weeds that impact Australia’s landscapes, biodiversity and agriculture, according to CSIRO.

Mr Cameron Begley looks after the commercial and business interests of CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences.

Colin is researching industrial and environmental applications for natural and altered enzymes. He is the leader of the Environmental Biocatalysis Team at CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences