Department of Agricultural Sciences
Browse by
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
-
Live weight gain of ewes and lambs grazing subterranean clover-based pastures
(Lincoln University, 2018)The performance of four dryland pastures grown at Ashley Dene, Canterbury, was compared over the last two years of the five-year ‘MaxAnnuals’ grazing experiment. The pastures were sown in March 2013 with cocksfoot with sub ... -
Simple hierarchical and general nonlinear growth modeling in sheep
(Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), 2018-08-09)Differential equations and advanced statistical models have been used to predict growth phenomena. In the present study, general nonlinear growth functions such as von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, logistic, and Brody, along with ... -
Amendment incorporation to increase soil water retention
(Lincoln University, 2018)This thesis comprises two small core studies and two lysimeter studies, which are aimed at understanding how incorporation of soil amendments at cultivation can increase soil water retention in New Zealand’s shallow stony ... -
Effects of nitrogen fertiliser and regrowth interval on herbage dry matter yield, chemical composition and nitrogen solubility of alternative pasture forages in irrigated Canterbury conditions
(Lincoln University, 2018)The New Zealand agricultural sector is challenged with finding approaches to reduce the loss of nitrogen (N) through nitrate leaching, without the loss of farm production and profitabilty. One way to do this is to use ... -
Investigation into aspects of milk quality and mastitis in sheep
(Lincoln University, 2018)Associations among udder characteristics, milk yield, milk somatic cell counts, lamb growth and prevalence of mastitis were evaluated in 121 twin-suckled crossbred non-dairy ewes at four, eight and twelve weeks after ...
RSS 1.0