
Services
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Contract Research
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Product plant growth testing
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​Conducted within indoor environmentally controlled growth environments, with a focus on hydroponics
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​Plant growth efficacy testing of agricultural/ horticultural goods e.g. fertilisers, additives, substrates, foliar sprays etc.
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​Plant safety testing
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A range of analytical methods for plant samples including elemental analysis, metabolite analysis etc.
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Product formulation design and development
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Custom solid or liquid fertiliser blends – to meet target NPK
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Solubility, pH, EC to meet targets
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Development of manufacturing protocol including Lean considerations
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SDS production
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Provision of product label content
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Compliance of formulations to agricultural codes e.g. heavy metal, and pesticide restrictions
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Testing of novel formulations through plant growth testing (see above)
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Plant species
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Cannabis sativa (industrial hemp)
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Food crops e.g. capsicum, tomato, lettuce, basil
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Ornamental crops e.g. chrysanthemum
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Others upon request
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Research Consultancy
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Hemp authority application assistance
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APVMA product registration assistance
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Laboratory and plant growth physical containment (PC) and biosecurity containment (BC) certification application assistance
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NZ fertiliser import class determination assistance (approval for import to NZ)
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Farm/ Plant growth research design
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Data analysis – including analysis of experiment/ trial results, statistical modelling etc.
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Such as in preparation for manuscript writing
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Organic-input certification application assistance
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Internships
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Industry placements
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Development and application of plant growth and laboratory skills
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Student projects
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Host and/ or co-supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate level
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Plant growth, laboratory analysis, environmental science, data science
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CBRG has hosted more than 70 students since 2017
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