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crop PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 39 crop PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Fully funded PhD scholarship in Agrifood Electronics
Duration of study. Full time - 4 years fixed term. Starting date. Flexible, available from July 2024. Application deadline: No closing date, the position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. Read more
Crop Type Classification Using Optical Remote Sensing
Crop type mapping at the field level is necessary for a variety of applications in agricultural monitoring and food security. In this thesis, the goal is to develop a suitable deep neural network architecture that could detect different crop types in remote sensing images. Read more
Novel biophysical crop model and earth observation calibration methods
The use of either satellite-based earth observation (EO) or simulation models of crops offers significant opportunities to refine decision support tools to the field and sub-field level. Read more
Two PhD Scholarships in Plant Molecular Biology and Horticultural Tree Genomics
The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) is offering two postgraduate research scholarships to ambitious PhD candidates for a 3-year PhD program of research to commence in 2025. Read more
Developing drought-resilient agriculture: Developing drought-resilient farming systems in the face of increasing water scarcity
Weather extremes like droughts are becoming increasingly frequent in Australia, with severe consequences for agricultural production and food security. Read more
Building social-ecological resilience to human-wildlife conflict in western Ethiopia
Crop-raiding by wild animals poses a significant livelihood challenge to rural communities worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where population pressure, environmental and socio-economic change is driving the encroachment of farming into new areas that puts people in conflict with wildlife. Read more
Developing synthetic microbial communities for the control of pea downy mildew
Demand for food production is increasing due to growing global population, reduced land availability for agriculture, concern over the effects of the environment on agriculture, and decreasing yield reliability because of climate change. Read more
Gene editing to improve salt tolerance in legumes - PhD
Soil salinization, occurring either naturally (through rainfall salt deposition or weathering of parent rock material) or as a result of anthropogenic activity (poor irrigation and land management practices, rising sea levels) poses a global challenge for crop production and is expected to intensify with projected climate change scenarios. Read more
Analysing the forces on trees to provide an insight into tornadoes and thunderstorm downbursts
PROJECT SUMMARY. Over the years, tornadoes (and to a lesser extent, downbursts) have attracted a great deal of attention both from the engineering community and the media. Read more
MSc by Research: Speeding up the plant microbiota: investigating the impact of speed breeding on host-microbe interactions in the barley rhizosphere
Feeding a growing world population amid climatic modifications and international conflicts represents an unprecedent challenge for crop production. Read more
Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism
The world is getting hotter and drier due to climate change, and the human population is growing rapidly. Furthermore, it has been predicted that we will need to increase crop yields by 50 - 70 % by 2050 in order to feed the predicted 9 - 10 billion people. Read more
Multimodal remote sensing and Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture
With the world population expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050, the demand for food and agricultural products will rise significantly in the coming years. Read more
PhD student (f/m/d) in the field of Root Anatomy
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
The research group Genetics and Physiology of Root Development studies crop root anatomical and architectural traits. Research is mainly focused on cereals including barley, wheat, and maize. Read more
Project at Cranfield University: Deciphering spatial colonisation and pathogenesis of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae on onions by assessing associated physical and biochemical changes to decrease food loss
This project is suitable for applicants with. A background and/or experience in biophysics or biochemistry is desirable, but not mandatory. Read more
Breeding Better Biocontrols: Genomic approaches for strain improvement of hyphal-parasitic fungi
Fungal pathogens are responsible for up to 16% of global crop losses, acting both pre-harvest and post-harvest as well as through mycotoxin contamination. Read more