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| Title | The role of biostimulants in resilience to salinity in tomato |
| Group | Plant Physiology, Laboratory of |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Rumyana Karlova |
| Examiner(s) | Rumyana Karlova |
| Contact info | rumyana.karlova@wur.nl AND thesis.PPH@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2019/10/01 |
| End date | 2021/10/31 |
| Description | Aim: The function of different biostimulants into salt stress resilience in tomato.
For plants to be resilient to abiotic stresses like salt stress an drought, the root system is of vital importance. Roots are the primary organs that adapt their architecture and physiology to drought and salt stress. Their performance is key to the ability of the whole plant to recruit nutrients and water. However, we have limited knowledge of how the root functions and this translates into a limited capability to control plant resilience to abiotic stress. In recent years we have started to discover the role and importance of root architecture, plant genetics and the interaction of plant roots with soil microbial communities. Novel developments in biostimulants show that it is possible to affect root functioning and resilience towards abiotic stress such as high-salinity. However, despite the potential for agriculture, there is very limited knowledge on the mechanisms through which biostimulants act. In this project the role of different biostimulants on tomato salinity resilience will be investigated. The effect of biostimulants on salt tolerance by a hydroponics imaging system will be characterize. We will measure morphological root and shoot parameters, biochemical parameters, (ROS, osmolyte, antioxidant enzymes and compounds). Targeted and untargeted metabolomics approaches will be used. If you are interested in this project please contact the supervisor via email with a copy to thesis.PPH@wur.nl with: 1. Your motivation for choosing this project 2. For which purpose (BSc or MSc thesis, research practice, etc) 3. Your BSc/MSc program 4. When you would like to start Please be aware that if you do not provide the required information above it may cause a delay in our reply. |
| Used skills | Phenotyping: root tilting assay (time-lapse & marker)
Plant genotyping: primer design, DNA/RNA isolation, qRT-PCR Metabolomics using ORBI/TRAP and data analysis Data analysis: using SmartRoot software, R & Python in data analysis |
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