Cotton CRC to host record number of cotton scholars
27 Dec '05
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Cotton Catchment Communities (CRC) announces that it will host a record number of The University of Sydney Summer Scholarship holders during the current season.
Each Summer Scholarship holder will be employed full-time on a cotton industry research project on farms and within Cotton Catchment Communities CRC programs.
Cotton CRC chief executive, Guy Roth, said the aim of the Summer Scholarship program is to introduce students to the cotton industry and encourage their future participation in the industry when they complete their undergraduate and/or post-graduate studies.
“This year we have budgeted $18,000 to support six University of Sydney students participate in research projects ranging from pesticide removal, nutrient loss, fertilizers, fungi, fibre quality and yields, to deep drainage, waterlogging tolerance and seedling protection.
“Co-operating organizations within the Cotton CRC include CSIRO Plant Industry, the Namoi Catchment Management Authority, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries,” Guy Roth said.
Nicholas Duckmanton will study nutrient loss from cotton fields in run-off and deep drainage; Warren Conaty will work on genetic tolerance to waterlogging; and Endymion Cooper will investigate the protection of cotton seedlings from Thielaviopsis by microbes.
Mitchell Burns will study sediment and pesticide removal from irrigation tailwater by sub-surface filtration; Alicia Boyd will pursue the interaction between genome types in AM fungi in colonization of cotton; and Trent Fraser will investigate the effect of phosphorus fertilizer applications on cotton yield and fibre quality, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi interaction with phosphorus and zinc uptake.
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