Department of Agricultural Sciences
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The Department of Agricultural Sciences consists of animal science, plant science and farm management and agribusiness staff members.
The range of research conducted is quite extensive including: conversion of forests into pasture, alternative dryland pasture species, grain legume agronomy, sustainability in farming systems, nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling, shelter on dairy farms, economic viability of NZ farming systems, animal nutrition, immunology etc.
Recent Submissions
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A review of recent research and extension on dryland lucerne in New Zealand
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2014)To maintain scientific integrity requires the publication of research articles in journals of high international standing. Results from such work are frequently discounted as irrelevant and of low value to practitioners ... -
Dry matter yield and tiller development of perennial ryegrass/white clover swards in response to autumn applied nitrogen : A dissertation submitted for partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours
(Lincoln University, 2010)The timing of N application in autumn determines the pasture response. A field experiment was conducted to investigate effects of N fertiliser rate (O (N1) and 100 (N2) kg N/ha) and defoliation height (40 (Hl) and 80 (H2) ... -
An intensive farm advisory service for New Zealand : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma of Agricultural Science in the University of Canterbury
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1965)In preparing this practical dissertation, the author has used his own experiences in the Raglan farm advisory district, as a demonstration of the contribution farm advisors can offer. A descriptive background of the district ... -
Effect of duration of electrical stimulation on meat quality and the calpain system : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 1999)Calpains are a family of calcium dependent cysteine proteases that are found to be widely expressed across mammalian cells. Ubiquitous calpains are one type of calpain, and are present in two main forms, µ-calpain and ... -
The behavioural recognition of gender in sheep and cattle by entire males : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours at Lincoln University, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1999)A study was undertaken to define the behavioural recognition of castrated males and females by entire males in cattle and of females by partial castrates and males in sheep. In three experiments, six twenty-month-old ...
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