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Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Examine how micronutrient interactions alter the growth and ion concentrations of wheat in sodic soils
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Let's improve the way science is communicated
Honours project: Science writing - how to improve reader confidence and learning
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Management practices to enable early wet season forage production in lowland rice production systems of The Lao PDR
Honours project: Explore management options to improve early wet season crop production in Lao PDR, southeast Asia
Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Honours project: Make fundamental discoveries about how strigolactones act to alter the growth of plant root cells or applying the latest knowledge of strigolactones to crops.
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Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Honours project: Learn about functional gene research combined with molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and developmental biology
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Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Honours project: Investigate the role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during early reproductive development as mutants abort early during seed development.
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Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Honours project: Investigate the origin of signals affecting colonisation of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
Honours project: Investigate how plant fungal pathogens adhere to and infect plant surfaces.
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Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
Honours project: Study the structure of fungal cell wall proteins using ion mobility mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.
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Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 cell cultures
Honours project: Investigate the nutritional value of a range of plant seeds using cell culture models
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