PhD Graduate Research Assistant in Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation and Organic Watermelon Production Texas Tech University in United States

Colorado State University is advertising a PhD Graduate Research Assistant position in weed ecology and soil health within the Weed Research Lab and the Department of Agricultural Biology. The project is supported by a Western SARE Research and Education Grant and focuses on evaluating annual living mulches as a sustainable weed-management strategy in vegetable production systems. The student will study how living mulches suppress weeds through physical competition and possible allelopathic effe...

Funded PhD and Master’s assistantships are available at Louisiana State University / LSU AgCenter for Spring or Fall 2027 . The research areas highlighted in the post include agricultural engineering , crop–atmosphere interactions , digital agriculture , and sustainable systems . This is a good fit for students interested in applied research at the intersection of agriculture, environmental processes, and data-driven farming systems. The post indicates that both PhD and Master’s assistantships a...

University of Florida / IFAS is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in container nursery ornamental plant production and weed management at the Mid Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) near Orlando, Florida, United States. The position supports applied and basic research in weed science , horticulture , plant biology , crop science , and related plant production fields. Research topics include weed growth, reproduction, and germination in Florida container nurseries; plant growt...

Colorado State University is sharing a PhD Graduate Research Assistant opportunity in weed ecology , soil health , and sustainable weed management . The position is associated with Assistant Professor Lovreet Shergill and focuses on research in weed science , integrated weed management , and agricultural sustainability. This is a student research opening for a PhD-level candidate, not a scholarship announcement. The post does not list detailed eligibility criteria, but it clearly targets applica...

MSc opportunity at Arkansas State University in the Nguyen Lab / Department of Biological Sciences for a project on soil microbiome biogeography , microbial ecology , and agroecology . The project asks whether microbial lineages from Crowley’s Ridge can help restore depleted Delta farmland soils. The research combines field sampling , amplicon sequencing , and greenhouse trials to identify microbial taxa lost to agricultural disturbance and test Ridge-derived soil inoculants for improving crop r...