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Currently available PhD, MSc and Honours projects

Land restoration and salinity

  1. Rehabilitation of waste rock dumps at Argyle Diamond Mine
  2. Revegetation of bauxite residues with native species (with Alcoa)
  3. Using GIS and remote sending to assess impacts on soil productivity of deep open drains in saline and waterlogged landscapes of the WA wheatbelt
  4. Assessing revegetation on gold ore residue disposal areas
  5. Restoration of soil productivity following deep drainage of saline land

Soil fertility

  1. Developing added value composts for optimising the joint application of organic and inorganic fertilisers in south west Australia
  2. Use of coal fines for alleviation of aluminium toxicity in acid soils (with Dr M. Wong, CSIRO)
  3. Carbon sequestration by saltland pastures on waterlogged and saline soils of the WA wheatbelt (with Dr S. Mann, WA Chemistry Centre)
  4. Soil properties, transport processes and offsite risks of fertiliser use in agricultural landscapes of the south coast, WA (with Dr Mike Wong, CSIRO)
  5. Management of toxicity risk in potatoes from micronutrient fertilisers (with Dr Ian McPharlin, Department of Agriculture)
  6. Deep placement of fertilisers to increase nutrient supply for pulse crops in rainfed and residual moisture regimes

Plant nutrition

  1. Root function and adaption in lowland rainfed rice under fluctuating water regimes
  2. Boron requirements for pulse crops.
  3. Effect of chilling temperature on boron response of plants
  4. Uptake and distribution of boron and B supply to the reproductive organs of plants, especially cereals.

Others

  1. Nutrient supply for organically produced olives
  2. Nutrient release from acid sulfate soils in south-west Australia
  3. Nutrient cycling in jarrah forest after forest thinning.
  4. Role of riparian vegetation in agricultural lands on stream water quality.

Contact Prof Richard W. Bell for further information on any of these research projects.

Phone: (+61 8) 9360 2370
Fax: (+61 8) 9310 4997
E-mail: R.Bell@Murdoch.edu.au

 

Document author: R.Bell; created: 16/06/03, updated: 19/10/09 , expiry: 31/12/10 Document edited by: H.Gordon
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