News: Honours projects - Plant science
Advanced research in plant hormones
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Honours project: Contribute to new research on ways to make plants more resilient.
CRISPR genome editing approach for vetch improvement
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Honours project: Opportunities to use state-of-the-art next generation breeding technology to improve vetch seed nutrition.
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Improving salt tolerance in grapevines
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Honours project: Investigate the movement of salt and water in grapevines in order to understand the effect of salinity on growth.
Enhancing wheat yield and drought tolerance
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Honours project: Join an international project that aims to increase yield potential in wheat.
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Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants
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Honours project: Investigate the interaction between different plant chemical signals and their role in plant drought tolerance.
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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
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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
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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
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Honours project: Examine how micronutrient interactions alter the growth and ion concentrations of wheat in sodic soils
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Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
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Honours project: Learn about functional gene research combined with molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and developmental biology
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