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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Emergence and control of gorse seedlings after the 2017 Port Hills fire
(New Zealand Grassland Association, 2018-11-13)An experiment on the Port Hills, Canterbury, after mature gorse was burnt in the fires of February 2017, showed an oversown Italian ryegrass mix out-competed the rapidly germinating gorse seedlings. The shaded ... -
Does awareness of climate change lead to worry? Exploring community perceptions through parallel analysis in rural Himalaya
(International Mountain Society (IMS), 2019-11-28)Human dimensions of climate change (HDCC) research overwhelmingly presents community perspectives on climate change and its impacts through single epistemic frameworks. This limits the possible platforms that community ... -
Classification of the habitat and niche of chamois in the Nina Catchment, Lewis Pass: a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours) in the University of Canterbury [Lincoln College]
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1976)Game animals have long been one of the most controversial recreational issues in New Zealand. Classified as "noxious" by the Noxious Animals Act (1956), the dominant policy of the controlling authority, the New Zealand ... -
Perennial lupin establishment and yield when sown at five different rates at Glenmore Station, Lake Tekapo
(Alexandra, New Zealand, 2014)The potential for perennial lupins to underpin grass/legume pastures was the subject of a research programme for merino farmers in areas where more conventional legumes struggle to thrive. A previously uncultivated pasture ... -
Response of simple grass-white clover and multi-species pastures to gibberellic acid or nitrogen fertiliser in autumn
(NZ Grassland Association, 2013)Herbage dry matter (DM) production, botanical composition and nutritive value of pastures were measured in response to the application of 24 g/ha gibberellic acid (GA; 60 g ProGibb®/ha) and 50 kg N/ha nitrogen fertiliser ...
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