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Accidental daisy discovery to minimise risks on native flora

Posted on: Wed 21 Oct 2020

The team at CSIRO have recently discovered a new genus of Australian daisies located in the Australian mainland alps and the central highlands of Tasmania.

They discovered the daises on a computer screen of all places, during a routine analysis.

Dr. Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn, Research Scientist at CSIRO, speaks with Breakfast’s Tom Mann and Zoe Kounadis about the discovery and what it means for research.

Image: PxFuel

Produced by Tom Mann

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