News: Honours projects - Agricultural science
CRISPR genome editing approach for vetch improvement
Honours project: Opportunities to use state-of-the-art next generation breeding technology to improve vetch seed nutrition.
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Enhancing wheat yield and drought tolerance
Honours project: Join an international project that aims to increase yield potential in wheat.
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Maternal supplementation to improve lamb survival
Honours project: Test the level of caffeine supplementation fed to outdoor, semi-intensive grazing ewes during late gestation.
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Water restriction practices in broiler breeder hens: effect on egg albumen composition
Honours project: Determine the effects of maternal water restriction on egg development by investigating key proteins in the albumen of fertile chicken eggs which are vital for the survival and growth of the chicken embryo.
Brood guarding in a gregarious parasitoid wasp
Honours project: Examine how a variety of factors influences the brood guarding behaviour of a parasitoid wasp species
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Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Investigate wheat growth and yield in high-sodium soils using drone-mounted imaging techniques
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Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Honours project: Identify wheat lines from around the world that are tolerant to subsoil challenges such as high salinity and soil pH
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Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Honours project: Examine how wheat yield can be improved by increasing tolerance to different soil constraints
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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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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