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Project properties |
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| Title | Effect of different drying rates on seed maturation and chlorophyll degradation |
| Group | Plant Physiology, Laboratory of |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Asif Ahmed Sami |
| Examiner(s) | Mariana Silva Artur |
| Contact info | asif.ahmedsami@wur.nl AND thesis.PPH@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2023/09/01 |
| End date | 2024/03/01 |
| Description | Maturation is a crucial phase of seed development whereby seeds acquire all the essential seed quality traits such as germinability, dormancy, desiccation tolerance, longevity, etc. In most angiosperms seed maturation is accompanied by a gradual loss of water and in our recent experiments we have found evidences that harvesting pre-mature seeds and drying them at different rates can alter the speed of maturation, specifically the acquisition of seed quality traits.
In this project, the student will apply different drying rates on developing seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana by controlling the relative humidity (RH) and temperature and observe how that affects acquisition of key quality traits such as desiccation tolerance, longevity, and chlorophyll content. 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 | Seed phenotyping, germination, longevity tests, chlorophyll measurements |
| Requirements | Preferably one of the two courses: Seed science and technology (PPH-31306) or Plant plasticity and adaptation (PPH-30806). |