Research Projects
- Slurry application technology
- Nutrient balances on grazed
grassland.
- Seasonal variation in the quality of grass varieties
- Technologies
for Maximising Nitrogen-Use-Efficiency in Grass-based Agriculture
- The Nature, Causes
and Management of Spatial Variability in Forage Grass Production.
- Measurement, Modelling
and Management of Nutrient Fluxes in Grass-based Agriculture.
- Development of near
infrared
reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) calibrations to predict the in vivo digestibility of grass.
- Investigation
and quantification of the effects of environmental factors on grass growth and development.
- Evaluate
poaching damage of grassland and assess methods of alleviation.
- Control of invasive
weeds
of grassland in environmentally sensitive areas
- Disease resistance markers in forage
grasses.
- Development of grass nutritive value measurements for use in DARD variety
evaluation
procedures
- Perennial rye-grass breeding.
- Long-term effects of
slurry dressings
on grassland.
- Field treatments to enhance the rate of drying of silage grass.
- Disease
control of grass in extended grazing.
- Development of improved methods for the prediction
of nutritionally important characteristics of forage - mainly via NIRS.
- Increasing
the
intake characteristics of grass silage by manipulating both the chemical composition of grass as ensiled
and the fermentation pattern during ensilage.
- Molecular markers for disease resistance
in grasses.
- The effect of sward conditions and hunger drive on dimensions of bite
by
grazing dairy cows.
- Population dynamics of the "New Zealand flatworm" Artioposthia
triangulata.
- To develop near infrared calibrations for assessing herbage quality.
- Assessment
of the relative nutritive value of ryegrass varieties.
- To develop near infrared calibrations
for assessing herbage quality.