Our range of agriculture research areas relates to crop science, soil science, ecological (organic) agriculture, and agricultural water management. Join us for your MPhil or PhD in Agriculture. Our research-active academic staff will support you. Supervision is available in a number of research topics. Crop Science: Genes and physiological traits, such as:resistance to crop pests and diseasesmolecular-assisted selection and breeding methodsplant environment interactions and their relationships to stress biologyphysiological basis of crop yield and qualitybiotransformation of synthetic compounds and natural products in plantsherbicide selectivity in cereals and competing weedsSoil Science: Soil ecology and the contribution of soil biodiversity to soil quality.Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.Interpretation of soil and landscape processes to improve understanding of recent and historical environmental change.Land degradation processes and their control.Ecological (Organic) Agriculture:Functional biodiversity for control of pest, disease and weed pressure.Long-term factorial systems comparison experiments for in-depth study of different aspects of conventional and organic farming systems.Agricultural Water Management:Irrigated agriculture.Interactions between land-use and hydrological response in a semi-arid environment.Soil hydrological processes affecting the management of salinity in irrigated land.