Licentiate in Plant Breeding

Department of Plant Breeding
SLU Department of Plant Breeding performs research and education addressing global challenges affecting our livelihoods and the environment. Our focus is on sustainable food and biobased materials production, nutritional enhancement through breeding and processing, as well as eco-efficient and resilient crops for a biobased economy in a changing climate. The Plant Breeding Division works on putting traits into usable forms by understanding their diversity and genetics with the aid of advanced breeding tools. We apply this knowledge for the genetic betterment of cultivars of economically important crops.

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Description:
The licentiate project aims to develop methods and protocols for evaluation of wheat and barley germplasm for diseases of economic importance in Sweden. Initially the project will aim towards net blotch disease of barley and septoria tritici blotch in wheat. Germplasm evaluation will be conducted both under greenhouse and field conditions. The outcome of this project will contribute towards strengthening of plant breeding for food crops in order to increase the innovation potential and food security. The research student will work with researchers involved in putting traits into usable forms by understanding germplasm diversity and genetics. The work will also be in close collaboration with the stakeholders.

Qualifications:
You are qualified to be admitted to postgraduate education if you have a MSc degree or four years full-time studies of which at least one year at advanced level. For this position, your degree / studies must have a focus on plant pathology, plant breeding, genetics or equivalent. You should have advanced level skills in plant pathology and have earlier worked with cereal diseases. Previous experience in culturing pathogen, plant inoculation and evaluating germplasm for disease resistance is required. Knowledge in statistics and experience in R is required. You should have the ability to work independently as well as in a team, and be motivated and have excellent English language skills.

Place of work:      
Alnarp

Forms for funding or employment:
Employment as a licentiate student (2 years)

Starting date:
According to agreement

Application:
Click the “Apply” button to submit your application. The deadline is 2022-07-14.

To qualify for third-cycle (Doctoral) courses and study programmes, you must have a second-cycle (Master’s) qualification. Alternatively, you must have conducted a minimum of four years of full-time study, of which a minimum of one year at second-cycle level.

Applicants will be selected based on their written application and CV, degree project, copies of their degree certificate and transcript of records from previous first and second-cycle studies at a university or higher education institution, two personal references, and knowledge of English. More information about the English language requirements can be found here: www.slu.se/en/education/programmes-courses/doctoral-studies/new-doctoral-students/english-language-requirements/

Please note that applicants invited to interview must submit attested copies of their degree certificate, a transcript of records from previous first and second-cycle studies at a university or higher education institution. Applicants who are not Swedish citizens need to submit an attested copy of their passport’s information page containing their photograph and personal details.

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Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) är ett universitet i internationell toppklass med forskning, utbildning och miljöanalys inom vetenskaper för hållbart liv. Huvudorter är Alnarp, Umeå och Uppsala, men verksamhet bedrivs också på forskningsstationer, försöksparker och utbildningsorter i hela landet. Hos oss samlas människor med olika perspektiv men med det gemensamma målet att skapa de bästa förutsättningarna för en hållbar, levande och bättre värld.

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