David Jordan
@sorgguy.bsky.social
Australian sorghum breeder geneticist currently working for the Queensland Aliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland
We are getting close to planting our target 26,800 plots for the year. Unbelivable effort from our hard working technical team at UQ and Queensland DPI.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We are getting close to planting our target 26,800 plots for the year. Unbelivable effort from our hard working technical team at UQ and Queensland DPI.
Great to catch up with Alex Wu and to check out our @theGRDC @GRDCNorth experiment focused on improving photosynthesis and transpiration in sorghum.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great to catch up with Alex Wu and to check out our @theGRDC @GRDCNorth experiment focused on improving photosynthesis and transpiration in sorghum.
Great to see the almost perfect establishment in our GRDC DPI sorghum lodging experiment. Love sorghum!
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Great to see the almost perfect establishment in our GRDC DPI sorghum lodging experiment. Love sorghum!
Getting excellent germination results from last year's hybrid seed. Bodes well for good trials this year.
September 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Getting excellent germination results from last year's hybrid seed. Bodes well for good trials this year.
First time I have seen a Rakali or Australian water rat.
July 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
First time I have seen a Rakali or Australian water rat.
Very excited that our student Laura won the best student talk at #APBC2025 for work on female fertility in sorghum with @emmaomics.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Very excited that our student Laura won the best student talk at #APBC2025 for work on female fertility in sorghum with @emmaomics.bsky.social
Great night for star gazing. This photo was taken with my mobile phone. I am so lucky to live where I do. Light polution means that many people never see the stars.
May 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Great night for star gazing. This photo was taken with my mobile phone. I am so lucky to live where I do. Light polution means that many people never see the stars.
Definitely, I was there a couple of weeks ago
May 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Definitely, I was there a couple of weeks ago
Beautiful day at Girraween National Park
May 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Beautiful day at Girraween National Park
Australian democracy in action. 1. Mandatory voting 2. 90% turnout 3. independent commission sets boundaries 4. short campaigns 5. limits on donations 6. preferential voting 7. paper ballots 9. sausage sizzle 10. lots of polling places 11. in out 10min 12. results usually known on the day.
May 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Australian democracy in action. 1. Mandatory voting 2. 90% turnout 3. independent commission sets boundaries 4. short campaigns 5. limits on donations 6. preferential voting 7. paper ballots 9. sausage sizzle 10. lots of polling places 11. in out 10min 12. results usually known on the day.
Wow! I got within 10 metres of a wedge tail eagle today, Australia's largest bird of prey. Great start to my weekend bushwalk at Goomburra
April 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Wow! I got within 10 metres of a wedge tail eagle today, Australia's largest bird of prey. Great start to my weekend bushwalk at Goomburra
Using a penatrometer to look for associations with stalk lodging in sorghum.
February 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Using a penatrometer to look for associations with stalk lodging in sorghum.
The durra race of sorghum is a favourite. Interesting history. The goose neck phenotype is common.
February 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The durra race of sorghum is a favourite. Interesting history. The goose neck phenotype is common.
Great to get @emmaomics.bsky.social out in the field today to see some genotypes that are not just a string of zeros and ones 000111010101
February 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Great to get @emmaomics.bsky.social out in the field today to see some genotypes that are not just a string of zeros and ones 000111010101
After 35 years I still get joy out of single head harvesting of new populations. #loveplantbreeding
February 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
After 35 years I still get joy out of single head harvesting of new populations. #loveplantbreeding
Big morning of hand harvesting today. 500 AxR plots. Many hands make light work.
February 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Big morning of hand harvesting today. 500 AxR plots. Many hands make light work.
Our divergent selection experiment is in full swing led by Sofie Pearson. 6000 individually RFID tagged plants phenotypes before flowering enabling data driven crosses to be made. Great support for this work from Sean MRR and Colleen Hunt #logistics #fielddata
February 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our divergent selection experiment is in full swing led by Sofie Pearson. 6000 individually RFID tagged plants phenotypes before flowering enabling data driven crosses to be made. Great support for this work from Sean MRR and Colleen Hunt #logistics #fielddata
Sorghum is starting to colour
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sorghum is starting to colour
Sorghum in the evening light
January 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sorghum in the evening light
3 hours in the bush. Not a single human. Magic I am very lucky to live where I live.
January 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
3 hours in the bush. Not a single human. Magic I am very lucky to live where I live.
Gorgeous view, with some sorghum in the foreground.
January 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Gorgeous view, with some sorghum in the foreground.