PhD in Horticultural Science on Valorization and Risk Assessment of Anaerobic Digestates for Sustainable Horticultural Production Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden

PhD opportunity in Horticultural Science at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Alnarp, Sweden . The project focuses on pyralid herbicides in digestate and their implications for growing media , with strong links to agricultural sciences , plant cultivation , biogas , and environmental science . The doctoral research examines the occurrence, fate, distribution, degradation, and immobilisation of herbicide residues in selected feedstocks and digestate fractions, especially th...

PhD opportunity for UK students at the University of York in a project on reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems . The advertised project is titled “Understanding consumers’ responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment” and is associated with Eleanor Jew . This is a research-focused doctoral opening spanning environmental science , agriculture , and chemistry , with additional relevance to crop systems, consumer responses, and sustainability in farmin...

More PhD opportunities are available in agri-relevant disciplines , including one linked to the poster’s own research theme. The opportunity is part of a fully funded dual scheme involving Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham . The highlighted theme is “Nitro-gen(eration): Attaining Resilient Fertilizers for Sustainable Food Production” , co-led by Katalin Kovács (University of Nottingham) and Andy Gill (Nottingham Trent University). This suggests research at the intersection...

University of Minnesota is hiring a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center in Crookston, Minnesota, United States. This postdoctoral project focuses on seed physiology , preharvest sprouting (PHS) , wheat , and crop quality in Hard Red Spring Wheat. The research aims to improve how PHS is measured, understand how ripe wheat seed absorbs water under controlled temperature and relative humidity conditions, measure GA and alpha-amylases over time, and develop and valida...

Agricultural Research Farm Hand position at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, supporting the Cotton Breeding Group and hands-on cotton research at the Australian Cotton Research Institute in Narrabri, NSW. This role focuses on Agriculture , with related interests in Biology and Environmental Science . The successful candidate will help develop improved cotton varieties for Australia’s cotton industry through field and glasshouse research, sowi...