La Trobe University has received a A$10 million grant from the Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund to turbocharge its agricultural research capabilities.
The funds will be split between La Trobe’s Agriculture Production Platform ($3.5 million), to expand research glasshouses, create new growth facilities and controlled environment pods; and its Applied Industry Agri Platforms ($6.5 million), to develop laboratory facilities to house dedicated plant phenomics growth chambers which will be digitally accessible to regional industry, researchers and students.
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