Project properties
Title Seed quality acquisition during maturation in high temperatures
Group Plant Physiology, Laboratory of
Project type thesis
Credits 24-39
Supervisor(s) Lars Bakermans, Mariana Silva Artur
Examiner(s) t.b.d.
Contact info lars.bakermans@wur.nl AND thesis.pph@wur.nl
Begin date 2024/03/11
End date 2024/08/31
Description Seed quality is important to ensure most efficient agricultural and genetic conservation practices. Seed quality traits are acquired during seed maturation, while the seed is still attached to the mother plant. The environment in which the mother plant resides, the maternal environment, has a big impact on a variety of seed quality traits. High temperatures (HT) during seed maturation are known to have a major effect on the seed quality traits. It is, however, still unknown when seed quality traits are acquired in Arabidopsis in a HT maternal environment.

This project will focus on mapping out the trait acquisition of seeds in a HT maternal environment. Further down the line in the project, we might want to assess levels of molecular markers for seed quality by qPCR or Western blot. This will further our understanding of seed quality acquisition and allows us to determine when seeds are of optimal quality.

Seed quality acquisition during maturation in high temperatures

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, qPCR, Western blot
Requirements Having followed PPH-31306, Seed Science and Technology gives you a head start regarding background information