PhD research funding
Academic research is a vital tool in making improvements to our industry, whether that involves finding new breeding techniques, investigating potato diseases, or experimenting with techniques and technologies that might ultimately result in a better product.
Through our Research & Development Investment Group, Potatoes New Zealand funds PhD students to carry out research that will benefit our growers and our industry. For the 2010/11 financial year we have allocated $50,000 to this type of research. The PhD projects currently underway are investigating:
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Potato breeding
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Molecular and genetic diagnosis
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Rhizoctonia
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Pysllid
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Physiological aging of seed potatoes
As the research is completed and each PhD is finalised, we will communicate the results to our growers and the wider industry.
If you would like any further information about these PhD projects, please contact Ron Gall.
