Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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The Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences represents a land-based philosophy including research and teaching in:
Nutrition and health, soil and physical sciences, applied mathematics, statistics and computational modelling, biochemistry and cell biology, microbiology, toxicology, agronomy and plant science, food science, horticulture, viticulture and oenology, farm management, ecology, conservation and plant pathology.
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The combination of hot air and chitosan treatments on phytochemical changes during postharvest storage of 'Sanhua' plum fruits
(MDPI, 2019-08-12)Plum fruits would become putrid quickly after harvest. In order to prolong postharvest life, 'Sanhua' plum fruits were treated by hot air combined with a chitosan coating, and stored at low temperature. Fruit firmness, ... -
Brief communication: Urinary nitrogen excretion and water balance of dairy heifers fed cut plantain or perennial-ryegrass pastures
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production (Inc), 2019)The objective of our study was to quantify the effect of feeding plantain (PL) or perennial ryegrass (RG) to dairy heifers on urinary nitrogen (N) excretion and water balance. In an indoor cut-and-carry system, four Jersey ... -
Molecular genetics underlying ovine growth and carcass traits in New Zealand breeds
(Lincoln University, 2019)As a major source of protein in many nations, the global demand for meat is rising. The multi-billion dollar New Zealand (NZ) export sheep meat industry is always searching for new ways to increase profitability, improve ... -
Bovine milk fats and their replacers in baked goods: A review
(MDPI, 2019-09-02)Milk fats and related dairy products are multi-functional ingredients in bakeries. Bakeries are critical local industries in Western countries, and milk fats represent the most important dietary lipids in countries such ... -
Operation COBRA: Developing a new protocol for measuring spider biodiversity in New Zealand pastures
(Lincoln University, 2019)Research in conservation biology, ecology, and agroecology requires accurate knowledge of species distributions. Arthropods are often ignored or under-sampled in biodiversity and conservation assessments due to the large ...
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