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School of Agriculture, Food & Wine
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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General Enquiries:
Telephone: +61 8 8303 8149
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 7109
Student Enquiries:
Telephone: +61 8 8303 7179
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 7291

Plant & Food Science

If you are interested in undertaking postgraduate studies in the discipline of Plant and Food Science, have a look at the Research Groups. In the first instance, enquiries should be directed to the staff of the Research Groups concerned to check the availability and the suitability of any projects. Scholarships may also be available for many projects, you can find out more information from the Scholarships page.

Available Projects
Supervisors	Topic
Dr Eileen Scott & Prof Dennis Taylor	Characterisation of milk components with anti-fungal activity
Assoc Prof Daryl Mares & Dr Kolumbina Mrva	Manipulation of tiller synchrony in wheat and its impact on tolerance to preharvest sprouting
Assoc Prof Daryl Mares, Dr Robert Asenstorfer & Dr Carolyn Schultz	Control of flavonoid (apigenin-C-diglycoside) biosynthesis in developing wheat grains and their role in colour of Asian alkaline noodles
Dr Peter Chandler (CSIRO) & Assoc Prof Daryl Mares (Adelaide University)	Studies on dormancy/pre-harvest sprouting using viviparous mutants of barley

CSIRO Opportunities

The CSIRO offers many PhD research opportunties in conjunction with the School of Agriculture Food & Wine. Some possible projects are:

Flavour and aroma pathways in grapevine
Why does wine taste so good?
Hormones and ripening wine grapes
Genes regulating colour and astringency in sweet cherry
Biotech solutions to grapevine disease
Searching for the molecular signals of grapevine disease

More information about these projects can be found by clicking on this brochure.