PhD Opportunity:
Targeted Tillage Weed Control in Row-Cropping Systems
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The new targeted tillage project Mechanical In-Crop Weed Control will represent a fundamental advance by introducing an in-crop non-chemical site-specific approach to weed control to compliment the teams recently developed Weed Chipper.
Due to the lack of non-chemical weed control options, their increasing herbicide resistance threatens the viability of conservation agriculture (CA) systems. The successful PhD Candidate will help engineer a rapid response cultivation system to enable precision tillage-based weed control in row-crops of varying row widths. Weed control efficacy will be evaluated in plot trials and subsequently in commercial fields.
The development of the new in-crop mechanical weed control system, coupled with soon to be commercially available in-crop weed detection technologies, will help future proof CA based row-cropping systems through the introduction of non-chemical site-specific weed control.
Two full scholarships are available for the successful applicants.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Lead
Dr Andrew Guzzomi
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
First Class Honours OR Masters of Professional Engineering (electrical/mechanical/mechatronic) and/or demonstrated industry experience in mechanical/electrical/mechatronic engineering and/or autonomous vehicle technology.
Project Start Date
ASAP
Expressions of Interest
Send us an email and tell us a bit about yourself and why you want to get involved.
