The project combines field and laboratory research to identify heat-tolerant wheat genotypes with superior physiological and quality traits, contributing to both academic knowledge, and practical solutions for Industry and Australian growers.

This research also aims to support the sustainability of Australian food systems by providing breeders with improved germplasm and tools for selecting wheat varieties that withstand increasing temperatures. Asad is working under supervisory team includes Professor Zhonghua Chen, (Prof. Zhonghua Chen – Future Food Systems / Western Sydney University), Associate Prof. Jay Bose (Jay Bose – Western Sydney University ) and Dr Mark Jones (Mark Jones – Western Sydney University ). He is a recipient of a Future Food System CRC top-up scholarship. For more information about his project click here.

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Chapter one of his thesis will focus on the optimisation of apocarotenoid quantification protocols. Additionally, Avijit will investigate the effects of mechanical stress on the production of apocarotenoids in both naïve and touched acclimated tissues. Chapter two will explore the effects of mechanical stress on tomato plant phenotypes, whilst Chapter three will focus on the influence of mechanical stress and various covering materials (light-shifting and light-blocking films) on pest infestations.

Avijit’s research experiments will be performed at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Campus in the high-tech S40 horticultural protected cropping glasshouse and S38 poly house harbouring LAF chambers covered with LLEAF and light-blocking films.

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Chapter one of this thesis will identify the mechanisms that regulate carotenoid biosynthesis and photoprotection in different coloured tomato crop varieties. Chapter two aims to explore how light quality affects Arabidopsis foliar photoprotection and above to below ground crop architecture and photoprotection, whilst Chapter three will investigate the influence of light quality on carotenoid mediating signalling and photoprotection in different coloured Capsicum varieties.

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“I’m thrilled to be working on one of the world’s biggest challenges—plastic waste—and exploring its potential for sustainable food systems,” he says. Mehedi is co-supervised by Prof. David Henry and Dr Shovon Chandra Sarkar from the Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, and is a recipient of the Murdoch International Postgraduate Scholarship and the Future Food Systems CRC top-up scholarship.

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His proposed PhD project seeks to investigate the roles of policy, planning, and governance at different scales in producer decision-making in integrating legumes into production practices, and how these decisions are shaped by and interact with climate-driven shocks. The study intends to provide important insights into the producer perspective vis-à-vis key agri-food system elements, encompassing governance, environment, and economy within the broader context of the plant-protein narrative.

Having worked on several multilateral technical projects for rural development and farming systems in his home country of Bhutan, Lakey is enthusiastic about this study. It not only explores the potential benefits of legume integration as a cornerstone of sustainable plant-based protein production, but also enhances his own understanding of the broader dynamics within agri-food systems

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