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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Ex-vivo cow rumen fluid fermentation: Changes in microbial populations and fermentation products with different forages
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-07-09)This study investigated the effects of three forage treatments [herbal plantain (PL), ryegrass-white clover pasture (RW) and root crop fodder beet (FB)] on ex-vivo rumen fluid fermentations. Quantitative real-time Polymerase ... -
A study of seasonal changes in serum levels of reproductive hormones, semen production and libido in stallions located in Canterbury, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)In a preliminary study of seasonal reproductive changes in stallions, four blood samples per week were collected on three separate days from each of four standardbred and two pony stallions for ten consecutive months. Each ... -
Summer planting of strawberries in Auckland using cultivar Tioga
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1985)Tioga strawberry plants were dug on the 15 May, 30 May, 16 June and 29 July 1981, and cold-stored at -2.2° until planting on the 15 December 1981, 15 January, 15 February, 15 March and 15 April, 1982. There were three ... -
A comparative measurement of in vitro digestibility and volatile fatty acids from Nui/white clover and Matua/white clover grass swards
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1985)Pasture yield and In Vitro Digestibilities (IVD) were measured for Matua/white clover and Nui/white clover swards growing in Canterbury. Samples were collected at two weekly intervals over 10 different periods of regrowth ... -
The effect of cold and the influence of shelter on the feed requirements of sheep
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1973)Cold stress induced by mid winter shearing, can cause substantial liveweight losses in sheep. Increases in MR100 of 27-112% were elicited in shorn compared to woolly sheep, the extent of the increase depending on the year ...
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