Projects
Further information about any of these projects, please contact Dr Paul Kristiansen, 02 6773 2962.
The group is currently involved with the following projects:
* Canopy management in macadamias - Lisa McFadyen (PhD candidate)
* Links between data collection and policy develop for emerging industries - a case study of the Australian organic industry - Alexandra Mitchell (PhD candidate)
* Effect of management (tillage and organic matter) on soil carbon cycling in vegetable production - Yadunath Bajgai (PhD candidate)
* Nutrient management in small-holder rice farms in Myanmar - Hla Myo Thwe (PhD candidate)
* Effect of tree-lots in pastoral landscapes on soil nematode abundance and diversity- Christine Fyfe (PhD candidate)
* Effect of compost tea on early vigour of lettuce - (MScAg candidate)
* Coolatai grass (Hyparrhenia hirta) and its symbiotic association with endophytic fungi - Ian White (MSc candidate)
* Consumer behaviour for organic rice in Thailand - Wimol Arayarat (PhD candidate)
* Bioassay development for seaweed fertilisers - Ramal Yusuf (Prof Doc candidate)
* Economic analysis of alternative vegetable farming systems in northern Thailand - Prathanthip Kramol (PhD candidate)
* Tillage practices for weed control in sunflower and maize - Keotshephile Kashe (PhD candidate)
Completed projects:
* Drought tolerance of sorghum varieties - Giridhar Kandalam (Endeavour post-doctoral fellowship completed 2009)
* Microbiological and molecular factors involved in the interaction of disease suppressive bacteria Pantoea, Exiguobacterium and Microbacterium with wheat - Amar Nath Pandey (PhD completed 2009)
* Efficacy of steam weeding in vegetable production - UNE, Organic Knowledge (consultancy completed 2008)
* Australian Organic Marketing Report - UNE, BFA, Organic Knowledge (consultancy completed 2008)
* Marketing organic products - Joanna Henryks (PhD completed 2009)
* Biofertiliser efficacy trials - Van Toan Nguyen (MScAg completed 2008)
* Ecophysiology and management of Coolatai grass (Hyparrhenia hirta) - Dalvinder Singh (PhD candidate 2008)
* Soil fertility in organic vegetable production - Gunasekhar Nachimuthu (PhD completed 2007)
* Effect of organic inputs on soil pathogens - Dalvinder Singh (PhD candidate 2007)
* Organic viticulture: economics and agronomics of conversion - Tony Hassall (MScAg completed 2007)
* ‘Clean, green and humane' lamb production: farmer & consumer dialogue - Sherryl Broderick (MSc candidate)
* Effect of organic amendments on soil quality and profitability in cotton farming systems - Subhadip Ghosh (PhD candidate 2007)
* Brassica cover crops: allelopathy or resource competition?/Organic acid production by cover crops - Daniele Cerrai, 6 month internship, PhD candidate at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy (Internship completed 2005)
* LEAFSE International exchange program (Project completed 2004-05)
* Mechanisms and modes of action of weed interference in soybean (Glycine max) at the physiological, biochemical and cellular levels - Irawati Chaniago (PhD completed 2004)
* The effect of night sowing on the emergence patterns and competitive impact of weeds on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) - David Van Ryswick (BRurSc Honours completed 2004)
* Sustainable Weed Management in Organic Herb and Vegetable Production - Paul Kristiansen (PhD completed 2003)