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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(New Zealand Society of Animal ProductionAdelaide, Australia, 2016)Advances in knowledge of mammalian physiology have been achieved through endocrine studies of sheep and deer. Such advances include the role of the pineal gland as the mediator between changes in daily photoperiod and ... -
The mean staple length of wool fibre is associated with variation in the ovine keratin-associated protein 21-2 gene
(MDPI, 2020-02)Wool and hair fibres consist of a variety of proteins, including the keratin-associated proteins (KAPs). In this study, a putative ovine homologue of the human KAP21-2 gene (KRTAP21-2) was identified. It was located on ... -
Genetic variation within New Zealand populations of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, the causal agent of petri vine decline: a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science, Honours at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2001)The aim of this study was to characterise the genetic variation within 45 New Zealand isolates of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and compare this to six isolates from Italy using the molecular techniques of randomly amplified ... -
Growth and carcass characteristics of Dorset down sired lambs from six ewe genotypes : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours) at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 1993)In New Zealand a large part of the national export earnings comes from sheep farming (Morris and Clarke 1982), with a high proportion of these earnings derived from lamb production. World markets, as for other meats, are ... -
Increasing the diversity of orchard understories to enhance the biological control of leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Horticultural Science with Honours at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 1996)Leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) are key insect pests of orchards in New Zealand. The use of agrochemicals to control these and other pests in orchards and the subsequent loss of diversity has led to a negligible ...
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