Centre for Plant & Water Science - Central Queensland University

Centre for Plant & Water Science 2008 Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION A GOALS, OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND PROGRESS TOWARDS
ACHIEVEMENT ........................................................................................... 1
SECTION B STAFFING PROFILE ................................................................................... 4
SECTION C PRODUCTIVITY ........................................................................................... 5
C1 Scholarship and Community Service ............................................................... 5
C2 Industry Collaboration .................................................................................... 12
C3 Research Training ........................................................................................... 12
C4 Centre Interaction ........................................................................................... 13
SECTION D FINANCIAL SUMMARY ........................................................................... 14
D1 A Summary of Income ................................................................................... 14
D2 A Summary of Expenditure ............................................................................ 18
SECTION E ISSUES AND COMMENTS ........................................................................ 21
SECTION F FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN 2007 - 2011 ......................................... 22
SECTION G PAST STUDENTS AND RESEARCH-ONLY STAFF
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CENTRE FOR PLANT & WATER SCIENCE23
SECTION H REPORTS ..................................................................................................... 27
COMPARISON OF PHYTOCAPPING WITH COMPACTED CLAY CAPPING ... 27
THE MYCOLOGY OF THE ROCKHAMPTON TREATED WATER SUPPLY ..... 28
STUDIES ON WOODLANDS INVADED BY Allocasuarina littoralis .................... 29
COMPOST TEA AS A MICROBIAL ENHANCER IN CROP PRODUCTION ....... 30
CHARACTERISATION AND ASSESSMENT OF DRYNESS (GELLING) DEFECT
OF MANDARIN FRUIT ............................................................................................. 32
AUTOECOLOGICAL ROLE OF STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES IN Stevia rebaudiana . 34
PROVENANCE VARIATIONS IN Calophyllum inophyllum L. WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO SEED OIL AND SEED OIL METHYL ESTER (BIODIESEL) ... 35
BATTER SLOPE STABILISATION UNDER HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES . 37
GREEN WASTE – IS IT A WASTE OR AN UN-TAPPED RESOURCE ............... 38
INCREASING INTEREST IN CARBON TRADING RESEARCH IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ..................................................................................... 39
MODELLING THE ROLE OF VEGETATION IN PHYTOCAPPING ..................... 41
SCREENING OF TOMATO GERMPLASM FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE ....... 43
STABILISATION OF RAIL FORMATIONS USING NATIVE VEGETATION ..... 45
EXPLORING THE RESPONSE OF SOME VEGETABLE SPECIES TO
OXYGATION .............................................................................................................. 46
OXYGATION OF SUB-SURFACE DRIP IRRIGATED PINEAPPLE, COTTON
AND WHEAT .............................................................................................................. 47
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