Honours in Agriculture
As an agricultural science honours student you become a member of the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine and part of a research group.
The school has a range of industry, research and teaching partners. These partnerships will assist you in gaining industry experience and in developing contacts within your areas of chosen specialisation.
Honours projects
Supervisors with available agricultural science projects have been added to the 'honours project finder'. If you are interested in their research you should talk with the respective supervisors to discuss potential projects.
If you are interested in a particular area of research that's not included, talk with the honours coordinator to discuss other opportunities to develop an honours project.
A majority of agricultural science projects are based at the University's Waite campus.
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Agricultural science
Agricultural science projects
Plant nematode-interactions: parasitism and defence
Honours project: Discover how parasitic nematodes affect cereal plant roots and exactly which genes help the plants fight back.
Read more about parasitism and defence
Maternal supplementation to improve lamb survival
Honours project: Test the level of caffeine supplementation fed to outdoor, semi-intensive grazing ewes during late gestation.
Read more about Maternal supplementation to improve lamb survival
Water restriction practices in broiler breeder hens: effect on egg albumen composition
Honours project: Determine the effects of maternal water restriction on egg development by investigating key proteins in the albumen of fertile chicken eggs which are vital for the survival and growth of the chicken embryo.
Read more about effect on egg albumen composition
Role of a histone demethylase during seed development
Honours project: This project in epigenetics and plant reproductive biology will examine the role of a histone demethylase (H3K9me2) during seed development.
Read more about Role of a histone demethylase during seed development
Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat
Honours project: Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat – stress priming via microRNAs.
Read more about Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat
Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Honours project: Make fundamental discoveries about how strigolactones act to alter the growth of plant root cells or applying the latest knowledge of strigolactones to crops.
Read more about Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Investigate wheat growth and yield in high-sodium soils using drone-mounted imaging techniques
Read more about Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Honours project: Identify wheat lines from around the world that are tolerant to subsoil challenges such as high salinity and soil pH
Read more about Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Nutrition & collective movement in the Australian plague locust
Honours project: Investigate the movement of plague locusts using laboratory and field experiments.
Read more about Nutrition & collective movement in the Australian plague locust
Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Honours project: Examine how wheat yield can be improved by increasing tolerance to different soil constraints
Read more about Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Brood guarding in a gregarious parasitoid wasp
Honours project: Examine how a variety of factors influences the brood guarding behaviour of a parasitoid wasp species
Read more about Brood guarding in a gregarious parasitoid wasp
Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Examine how micronutrient interactions alter the growth and ion concentrations of wheat in sodic soils
Read more about Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Management practices to enable early wet season forage production in lowland rice production systems of The Lao PDR
Honours project: Explore management options to improve early wet season crop production in Lao PDR, southeast Asia
Read more about Management practices to enable early wet season forage production in lowland rice production systems of The Lao PDR
Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Honours project: Learn about functional gene research combined with molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and developmental biology
Read more about Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Improving drought and salt tolerance of wheat
Honours project: Examine wheat water use efficiency under saline conditions.
Read more about Improving drought and salt tolerance of wheat
Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Honours project: Investigate the role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during early reproductive development as mutants abort early during seed development.
Read more about Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Honours project: Investigate the origin of signals affecting colonisation of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Read more about Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
Honours project: Investigate how plant fungal pathogens adhere to and infect plant surfaces.
Read more about Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
Characterisation of the fungal extracellular matrix and its role in adhesion
Honours project: Determine the composition and role of plant fungal pathogen secretions
Read more about Characterisation of the fungal extracellular matrix and its role in adhesion
Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
Honours project: Study the structure of fungal cell wall proteins using ion mobility mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.
Read more about Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
Nutrient cycling and soil respiration
Honours project: Investigate how soil microbial activity and nutrient availability are influenced by changes in water content or exposure to high temperature.
Read more about Nutrient cycling and soil respiration
Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Honours project: Investigate the use of a high energy form of matter (plasma) to improve food safety.
Read more about Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
Honours project: How about a research project in ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants and wildlife forensic biology?
Read more about Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
Environmental monitoring with drones: Koalas
Honours project: Use drones to assist with wildlife conservation and research.
Read more about Koalas
Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Honours project: Join the investigation into the use of parasites as biological control agents.
Read more about Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Mighty macrophytes: Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Honours project: Investigate the ecology and management of common reed and bulrush.
Read more about Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Honours project: Use spatial information tools and data in a wide range of applications and settings, including terrestrial, wetland and marine ecology, wildlife and habitats, land assessment and management and earth science.
Read more about Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Honours project: Research projects with fieldwork including differences in spatial heterogeneity between grazed and ungrazed areas.
Read more about Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Interactions between microbes & plants
Honours project: Learn about the success of invasive species and how we can help increase our ability restore native vegetation.
Read more about Interactions between microbes & plants
Restoring grassy woodlands: interaction between native & invasive grasses
Honours project: Contribute to research into various strategies to restore grassy woodland.
Read more about interaction between native & invasive grasses
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Honours project: There's evidence in some plants that lack of a dark period can inhibit growth - so do plants need sleep?
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Bioinformatics as applied to the study of genome structure and function
Honours project: Expand your knowledge and curiosity in bioinformatics and computational genetics.
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Plant systematics & population genetics, evolutionary ecology & plant macrofossils
Honours project: Work with some of South Australia’s leading scientists on a research project about plant systematics and population genetics, evolutionary ecology or plant macrofossils.
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Food and nutrition science (related projects)
Food and nutrition science projects
Nutritional composition of complementary toddler foods
Honours project: Investigate the nutritional value of solid foods to meet the increasing nutritional requirements of infants and toddlers.
Read more about Nutritional composition of complementary toddler foods
Maternal nutrition and child development
Honours project: Investigate maternal iodine intake in pregnancy and executive function of children at 6 years of age.
Read more about Maternal nutrition and child development
Early Origins of Breast and Prostate Cancer
Honours project: Explore maternal nutrition, developmental origins of disease, cancer and epigenetics through molecular genetics
Read more about Early Origins of Breast and Prostate Cancer
The role of micronutrients in pregnancy
Honours project: Investigate the effect of micronutrients such as folate on placental function during pregnancy
Read more about The role of micronutrients in pregnancy
Epigenetic regulation in placenta development
Honours project: Learn more about epigenetics in placenta development using molecular techniques
Read more about Epigenetic regulation in placenta development
A sweet treat? Salmonella in raw egg based desserts
Honours project: Combine your interest in food science, animal science and biomedical science by investigating the the behaviour of Salmonella in mousse, tiramisu, and custard.
Read more about A sweet treat? Salmonella in raw egg based desserts
Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 and IEC-6 cell cultures
Honours project: Investigate the nutritional value of a range of plant seeds using cell culture models
Read more about Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 and IEC-6 cell cultures
Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Honours project: Investigate the use of a high energy form of matter (plasma) to improve food safety.
Read more about Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Improving ovarian blood flow in pigs
Honours project: Determine whether nutritional supplementation with arginine prior to ovulation improves ovarian blood flow and oocyte quality in female pigs.
Read more about Improving ovarian blood flow in pigs
Factors affecting embryo gender in production animals
Honours project: Investigate what factors affect the gender of cow, sheep and pig embryos.
Read more about Factors affecting embryo gender in production animals
Growth signalling pathways acting on the intestinal stem cell
Honours project: This project aims to access activity of positive and negative signalling pathways that act on intestinal stem cells in pigs.
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Viable, but non-culturable bacteria: Understanding the risks for food safety
Honours project: This project aims to determine the ability of viable but non culturable bacteria to cause disease.
Read more about Understanding the risks for food safety
Improving survival of new born piglets & sow performance
Honours project: This research aims to increase the reproductive output of sows by increasing piglet survival using supplementary nutritional strategies in late gestation.
Read more about Improving survival of new born piglets & sow performance
What's the best diet for a zebrafish?
Honours project: Develop diet recipes for a variety of life stages of zebrafish.
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Horticulture (related projects)
Horticulture (related projects)
Emu-wrens & other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands
Honours project: Help save the emu-wrens and other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands.
Read more about Emu-wrens & other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands
Global change biology, climate change ecology & macroecology
Honours project: Various projects are available across climate change ecology, global change impacts on biodiversity, species range dynamics and extinction processes.
Read more about Global change biology, climate change ecology & macroecology
Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Honours project: Use spatial information tools and data in a wide range of applications and settings, including terrestrial, wetland and marine ecology, wildlife and habitats, land assessment and management and earth science.
Read more about Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Honours project: Research projects with fieldwork including differences in spatial heterogeneity between grazed and ungrazed areas.
Read more about Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Interactions between microbes & plants
Honours project: Learn about the success of invasive species and how we can help increase our ability restore native vegetation.
Read more about Interactions between microbes & plants
Restoring grassy woodlands: interaction between native & invasive grasses
Honours project: Contribute to research into various strategies to restore grassy woodland.
Read more about interaction between native & invasive grasses
Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Honours project: Join the investigation into the use of parasites as biological control agents.
Read more about Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Mighty macrophytes: Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Honours project: Investigate the ecology and management of common reed and bulrush.
Read more about Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Bioinformatics as applied to the study of genome structure and function
Honours project: Expand your knowledge and curiosity in bioinformatics and computational genetics.
Read more about Bioinformatics as applied to the study of genome structure and function
Do plants need to sleep?
Honours project: There's evidence in some plants that lack of a dark period can inhibit growth - so do plants need sleep?
Read more about Do plants need to sleep?
Aquatic plant photosynthesis as a driver of large pH changes in wetlands
Honours project: Explore large pH changes in wetlands and how aquatic plant photosynthesis contribute to this process.
Read more about Aquatic plant photosynthesis as a driver of large pH changes in wetlands -
Plant science (related projects)
Plant science projects
Plant nematode-interactions: parasitism and defence
Honours project: Discover how parasitic nematodes affect cereal plant roots and exactly which genes help the plants fight back.
Read more about parasitism and defence
Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants
Honours project: Investigate the interaction between different plant chemical signals and their role in plant drought tolerance.
Read more about Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants
Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Honours project: Identify wheat lines from around the world that are tolerant to subsoil challenges such as high salinity and soil pH
Read more about Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Honours project: Examine how wheat yield can be improved by increasing tolerance to different soil constraints
Read more about Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat
Honours project: Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat – stress priming via microRNAs.
Read more about Improving abiotic stress tolerance in durum wheat
Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Examine how micronutrient interactions alter the growth and ion concentrations of wheat in sodic soils
Read more about Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Honours project: Learn about functional gene research combined with molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and developmental biology
Read more about Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Honours project: Make fundamental discoveries about how strigolactones act to alter the growth of plant root cells or applying the latest knowledge of strigolactones to crops.
Read more about Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Nutrition & collective movement in the Australian plague locust
Honours project: Investigate the movement of plague locusts using laboratory and field experiments.
Read more about Nutrition & collective movement in the Australian plague locust
Improving drought and salt tolerance of wheat
Honours project: Examine wheat water use efficiency under saline conditions.
Read more about Improving drought and salt tolerance of wheat
Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Investigate wheat growth and yield in high-sodium soils using drone-mounted imaging techniques
Read more about Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Role of a histone demethylase during seed development
Honours project: This project in epigenetics and plant reproductive biology will examine the role of a histone demethylase (H3K9me2) during seed development.
Read more about Role of a histone demethylase during seed development
Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Honours project: Investigate the role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during early reproductive development as mutants abort early during seed development.
Read more about Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
Honours project: Investigate how plant fungal pathogens adhere to and infect plant surfaces.
Read more about Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
Characterisation of the fungal extracellular matrix and its role in adhesion
Honours project: Determine the composition and role of plant fungal pathogen secretions
Read more about Characterisation of the fungal extracellular matrix and its role in adhesion
Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
Honours project: Study the structure of fungal cell wall proteins using ion mobility mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.
Read more about Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Honours project: Investigate the origin of signals affecting colonisation of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Read more about Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 and IEC-6 cell cultures
Honours project: Investigate the nutritional value of a range of plant seeds using cell culture models
Read more about Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 and IEC-6 cell cultures
Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Honours project: Investigate the use of a high energy form of matter (plasma) to improve food safety.
Read more about Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
Honours project: How about a research project in ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants and wildlife forensic biology?
Read more about Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
4D in vivo biophotonics for metabolism and pain in real time
Honours project: Participate in an emerging area of science which could improve outcomes for type-1 diabetes sufferers as well as provide crucial redox balance information for athletes, livestock and plants.
Read more about 4D in vivo biophotonics for metabolism and pain in real time
Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Honours project: Research projects with fieldwork including differences in spatial heterogeneity between grazed and ungrazed areas.
Read more about Ecology of Koonamore Reserve
Interactions between microbes & plants
Honours project: Learn about the success of invasive species and how we can help increase our ability restore native vegetation.
Read more about Interactions between microbes & plants
Restoring grassy woodlands: interaction between native & invasive grasses
Honours project: Contribute to research into various strategies to restore grassy woodland.
Read more about interaction between native & invasive grasses
Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Honours project: Join the investigation into the use of parasites as biological control agents.
Read more about Interactions between plant parasites & their hosts
Mighty macrophytes: Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Honours project: Investigate the ecology and management of common reed and bulrush.
Read more about Ecology & management of common reed & bulrush
Emu-wrens & other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands
Honours project: Help save the emu-wrens and other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands.
Read more about Emu-wrens & other threatened fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula wetlands
Global change biology, climate change ecology & macroecology
Honours project: Various projects are available across climate change ecology, global change impacts on biodiversity, species range dynamics and extinction processes.
Read more about Global change biology, climate change ecology & macroecology
Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Honours project: Use spatial information tools and data in a wide range of applications and settings, including terrestrial, wetland and marine ecology, wildlife and habitats, land assessment and management and earth science.
Read more about Spatial information, environmental remote sensing & GIS
Do plants need to sleep?
Honours project: There's evidence in some plants that lack of a dark period can inhibit growth - so do plants need sleep?
Read more about Do plants need to sleep?
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Stomatal protection mechanisms in Casuarinaceae
Honours project: Investigate how this iconic family manage to evolve to the point where it is one of the last trees standing in arid Australia.
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Aquatic plant photosynthesis as a driver of large pH changes in wetlands
Honours project: Explore large pH changes in wetlands and how aquatic plant photosynthesis contribute to this process.
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Evolution of photosynthetic organs in Acacia
Honours project: Explore the evolution of photosynthetic organs in Acacia.
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Wildlife conservation, plant-animal interactions and restoration ecology
Honours project: Work with scientists in terrestrial ecology and behaviour to providing research outcomes that facilitate the management, conservation and restoration of biodiversity.
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Tropical rainforest in Antarctic latitudes
Honours project: Examine fossil floras to help answer important questions about South Australia’s ecological history.
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Restoration ecology: Urban rewilding
Honours project: Explore urban rewilding - optimising the rewilding of urban green space microbiomes.
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Fossil history of selected plant taxa
Honours project: Explores a detailed examination of the fossil history of selected plant taxa.
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Restoration ecology: Population genomics
Honours project: Use population genomics to inform restoration seed sourcing of Australian plants.
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Leaf morphology in silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii)
Honours project: This flora holds important clues to the way in which trees coped with major climate changes.
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Restoration ecology: Evolutionary ecology
Honours project: Explore microgeographic variation in adaptive traits in Australian plants.
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Production animal health (related projects)
Animal science projects (Production animals)
Maternal supplementation to improve lamb survival
Honours project: Test the level of caffeine supplementation fed to outdoor, semi-intensive grazing ewes during late gestation.
Read more about Maternal supplementation to improve lamb survival
Acoustic communication in alpacas
Honours project: Investigate how alpacas communicate in the context of its group’s social behaviour.
Read more about Acoustic communication in alpacas
Improving sheep reproduction via pregnancy scanning
Honours project: Undertake research that aims to increase lambing percentages through better use of pregnancy scanning technology.
Read more about Improving sheep reproduction via pregnancy scanning
Water restriction practices in broiler breeder hens: effect on egg albumen composition
Honours project: Determine the effects of maternal water restriction on egg development by investigating key proteins in the albumen of fertile chicken eggs which are vital for the survival and growth of the chicken embryo.
Read more about effect on egg albumen composition
Transmission of Salmonella from broiler breeder to progeny
Honours project: This animal science project aims to understand the prevalence of Salmonella in meat type breeder flocks and their progenies.
Read more about Transmission of Salmonella from broiler breeder to progeny
Maternal caffeine supplementation on thermoregulation & survival of new born lambs
Honours project: This project builds on our work in pigs demonstrating a positive effect of maternal caffeine supplementation on piglet survival and thermoregulation.
Read more about Maternal caffeine supplementation on thermoregulation & survival of new born lambs
Evaluate changes in the cognitive ability of sheep due to disease development
Honours project: This project involves developing cognitive and behavioural tests in sheep to evaluate disease phenotypes.
Read more about Evaluate changes in the cognitive ability of sheep due to disease development
Stockpersons' knowledge of Codes of Practice in the pig industry
Honours project: Undertake qualitative research methods to determine farmer awareness and knowledge of a range of secondary legislative documents pertaining to the pig industry.
Read more about Stockpersons' knowledge of Codes of Practice in the pig industry
Improving ovarian blood flow in pigs
Honours project: Determine whether nutritional supplementation with arginine prior to ovulation improves ovarian blood flow and oocyte quality in female pigs.
Read more about Improving ovarian blood flow in pigs
Factors affecting embryo gender in production animals
Honours project: Investigate what factors affect the gender of cow, sheep and pig embryos.
Read more about Factors affecting embryo gender in production animals
Identification of genes controlling marbling in cattle
Honours project: Identify genes controlling the deposition of the intramuscular fat (that is, marbling) in beef cattle to better understand fat metabolism and to provide genetic markers for selection to improve beef quality.
Read more about Identification of genes controlling marbling in cattle
Effect of colostrum components on ruminant health & performance
Honours project: Determine the best feeding strategy of newborn calves for lifetime production.
Read more about Effect of colostrum components on ruminant health & performance
Mitochondrial DNA haplotype & response to placental restriction in sheep
Honours project: Determine effects of mitochondrial DNA haplotype on extent and response to placental restriction in sheep.
Read more about Mitochondrial DNA haplotype & response to placental restriction in sheep
Effect of inoculation of the neonatal ruminant with foreign microbiota
Honours project: Analyse the effect of inoculation of neonatal lambs with known populations of rumen microbes on the development of the innate immune system.
Read more about Effect of inoculation of the neonatal ruminant with foreign microbiota
Do sheep hang out with other sheep who have similar personalities?
Honours project: Determine whether sheep prefer to associate with other individuals that are similar in their behavioural type, and whether this results in an assortative social network structure.
Read more about Do sheep hang out with other sheep who have similar personalities?
Detecting Huntington's disease using naturally occurring compounds in the breath
Honours project: Identify volatile organic compounds from exhaled breath for early diagnosis of Huntington’s disease using a sheep model.
Read more about Detecting Huntington's disease using naturally occurring compounds in the breath
Growth signalling pathways acting on the intestinal stem cell
Honours project: This project aims to access activity of positive and negative signalling pathways that act on intestinal stem cells in pigs.
Read more about Growth signalling pathways acting on the intestinal stem cell
Impact of birth trauma on piglet mortality
Honours project: Are lesions indicative of birth trauma present on still-born piglets? If so, are these lesions are also present on piglets dying from other causes.
Read more about Impact of birth trauma on piglet mortality
Genomics of tropical composite beef cattle
Honours project: Work on a project to improve the accuracy of breeding value estimation in a commercial breeding program.
Read more about Genomics of tropical composite beef cattle
Trans-Tasman cattle maternal efficiency
Honours project: Explore genetic selection strategies for maternal productivity in Angus and Hereford cattle in Australia and New Zealand.
Read more about Trans-Tasman cattle maternal efficiency
Factors affecting fertility of female pigs
Honours project: Study the effect of maternal parity and suckled litter size on sexual development of female pigs.
Read more about Factors affecting fertility of female pigs
Optimising fodder beet grazing management for beef cattle
Honours project: Investigate the stocking rates, allocation of leaf and bulb and daily allocation of beets and the effect that changes in these parameters have on cattle performance.
Read more about Optimising fodder beet grazing management for beef cattle
Managing diurnal changes in rumen pH of cattle grazing fodder beet
Honours project: Increase our knowledge of the extent of rumen pH fluctuations in cattle grazing fodder beet long-term.
Read more about Managing diurnal changes in rumen pH of cattle grazing fodder beet
Sow conformation & performance
Honours project: Determine the relationship between sow conformation (assessed at gilt selection) and performance over four parities.
Read more about Sow conformation & performance
Genetics of lamb survival
Honours project: Examine the genetic relationship between birth weight and lamb survival in a research flock.
Read more about Genetics of lamb survival
Assessing cellular response to bioactive compounds as a prelude to testing in vivo
Honours project: Establish tissue culture and tissue explant systems for the bovine mammary gland.
Read more about Assessing cellular response to bioactive compounds as a prelude to testing in vivo
Cattle colostrum programming for a healthy life
Honours project: Compare the biological and molecular effects on a calf of receiving colostrum from its natural mother, from a different cow or not receiving colostrum at all.
Read more about Cattle colostrum programming for a healthy life
Thermal imaging of lamb temperature to help boost survival
Honours project: This project aims to assess lamb body temperature using thermography as an indirect selection criterion for genetically improving its survival.
Read more about Thermal imaging of lamb temperature to help boost survival
Design & implement a sheep breeding program at Roseworthy
Honours project: Design a breeding program for the Roseworthy sheep flock and assist in its implementation.
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How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?
Honours project: Identify how environmental factors influence movement, space use and social behaviour in Merino sheep.
Read more about How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?
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Investigating the cause & prevention of red gut in lambs grazing lucerne
Honours project: Identify factors contributing to the incidence of red gut in lambs grazing lucerne, and develop strategies to prevent red gut from occurring.
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Maternal behaviour in Merino ewes & neuroendocrine parameters
Honours project: Determine relationships between maternal behaviour and neuroendocrine parameters in the Merino sheep.
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Improving survival of new born piglets & sow performance
Honours project: This research aims to increase the reproductive output of sows by increasing piglet survival using supplementary nutritional strategies in late gestation.
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Honours project: Determine whether a longer-acting oxytocin will enhance the timing of parturition and survivability of neonatal pigs.
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Reducing sow pain & discomfort during farrowing: effects on lactation performance
Honours project: This study will employ corticosteroid and/or NSAID treatments to reduce stress with subsequent monitoring of farrowing performance, neonatal piglet viability, and pre-weaning growth rates.
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Effect of pre-partum hCG on farrowing performance of older parity sows & their piglets viability
Honours project: Investigate blood oestrogen levels of older sows and subsequent piglet growth and survival.
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Soil science (related projects)
Soil science projects
Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Honours project: Identify wheat lines from around the world that are tolerant to subsoil challenges such as high salinity and soil pH
Read more about Identifying novel tolerance to subsoil constraints in a FIGS wheat set
Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Honours project: Examine how wheat yield can be improved by increasing tolerance to different soil constraints
Read more about Improving wheat yields in dispersive soils
Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Examine how micronutrient interactions alter the growth and ion concentrations of wheat in sodic soils
Read more about Effect of micronutrients on the growth of wheat in sodic soils
Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Honours project: Investigate wheat growth and yield in high-sodium soils using drone-mounted imaging techniques
Read more about Use of drones to assess the performance of wheat in sodic soils
Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Honours project: Investigate the origin of signals affecting colonisation of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Read more about Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
Nutrient cycling and soil respiration
Honours project: Investigate how soil microbial activity and nutrient availability are influenced by changes in water content or exposure to high temperature.
Read more about Nutrient cycling and soil respiration
Restoration ecology: Plant-microbe feedbacks
Honours project: Do local soil microbiomes impact on Australian plant fitness?
Read more about Plant-microbe feedbacks
Restoration ecology: Smart cities
Honours project: How can we optimise the management of Adelaide’s street trees?
Read more about Smart cities
Using remote sensing to measure the variation in suspended sediment in Gulf St. Vincent
Honours project: Use remote sensing project to characterise historical variation in suspended sediment in Gulf St. Vincent.
Read more about Using remote sensing to measure the variation in suspended sediment in Gulf St. Vincent
Developing usable rangeland-condition assessment tools
Honours project: Develop usable rangeland-condition assessment tools in the area of remote sensing.
Read more about Developing usable rangeland-condition assessment tools
Measurement & characterisation of arid wetland vegetation dynamics
Honours project: Explore the dynamics of arid wetland vegetation.
Read more about Measurement & characterisation of arid wetland vegetation dynamics
Characterisation of river plume extent through remote sensing with high/moderate resolution satellite imagery
Honours project: Use satellite imagery to examine the extent of river plume in some of the world's most significant rivers.
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Viticulture (related projects)
Viticulture projects
Bioinformatics as applied to the study of genome structure and function
Honours project: Expand your knowledge and curiosity in bioinformatics and computational genetics.
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Wine science (related projects)
Wine science projects
Influence of immersive virtual reality on consumers’ perception of wines
Honours project: Examine the impact of immersive VR on consumer perceptions of wine aroma and flavour and their wine preferences.
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Examining perceived wine complexity and how it impacts consumer preference
Honours project: Investigate methods suitable to assess complexity of wines and collate a range of wines varying in perceived complexity.
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Honours handbook
For more specific details about honours program structure, assessment criteria and key contacts, read the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine honours handbook.