This opportunity is available through a current research project jointly funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and SQNNSW Drought and Innovation Hub.
The research project activities are undertaken at Tosari Crop Research Centre and involve assessing the practical and commercial feasibility of various ag technologies on farm to manage the risks associated with seasonal variation and drought preparedness.
PhD students will undertake work informing farmers and advisors on technology options and approaches to best farming practices for assessing the reward-risk payoffs of management decisions due to seasonal variation and drought.
Suggested topics could include, but are not limited to:
- Identification and mapping of physical crop attributes to crop stress including water, nutrients, pests and diseases;
- Plant and environmental indicators for predicting crop yield and informing in crop decisions;
- Data visualisation and augmented decision making to inform cropping decisions;
- Sensing approaches using multiple lines of evidence (in-field proximal sensing, remote sensing etc) to improve crop and environmental information.