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BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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Flying tomato plants: a problem or an improvement?
SAIA has developed a new cultivation system to be able to move plants to our automated tomato harvester. This has never been done on this scale for tomato plants. There are cases for roses and gerbera that didn’t work out, but the ...
Supervisor: Tristan Marcal Balk from company SAIA Agrobotics BV
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Characterization of transcription factors involved in root salinity response.
Soil salinity is an increasing problem for agriculture worldwide. To understand how plants deal with this stress we study the development of their root systems under salinity stress. In previous experiments we have identified a sa ...
Supervisor: Kilian Duijts, Prof. Dr. Christa Testerink
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

The role of blue-light photoreceptors in seed development (MSc only)
The transitional phase from dark-grown seedlings to light is very important. During this transition, skotomorphogenic seedlings must change many processes to become photomorphogenic and start photosynthesis. In this process, photo ...
Supervisor: Anniek Oosterwijk, Lars Bakermans
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Evaluating the impact of drying conditions on seed longevity and quality after priming in Brassica species (supported by Seeds for the Future Initiative)
Introduction: Seed priming is a widely used technique to enhance germination and seedling vigor. However, the drying process following priming is critical, as suboptimal drying can negate the benefits or even reduce seed longevit ...
Supervisor: Patricija Gran
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Investigating the role of phytohormone cytokinin in lateral root development under salt stress
Saline soils are becoming an increasing threat to agriculture world wide. In contrast to animals that can move to avoid stressful conditions, plants are literally bound to their location. In response to unfavorable conditions they ...
Supervisor: Kilian Duijts
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Prediction and testing of protein dimerization using structural modeling and in vitro validation.
Soil salinity is an increasing problem for agriculture worldwide. To understand how plants deal with this stress we study the development of their root systems under salinity stress. In this thesis you will be studying the dimeriz ...
Supervisor: Kilian Duijts, Dr. Aalt-Jan van Dijk, Prof. Dr. Christa Testerink
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Identification of multi-stress response mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana HapMap population using a genome-wide association study approach (BSc. Only).
Plant encounter a myriad of stress conditions in the wild, both biotic as well as abiotic conditions. These stress conditions affect germination, growth (e.g. shoot growth, root growth, etc.) and the response to other stress condi ...
Supervisor: Dr. Iris Kappers
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Development of a seed vigour test for organic seeds
In organic farming, devoid of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, the microbiome plays a central role in promoting nutrient cycling and soil fertility. Beneficial bacteria and fungi can promote nutrient absorption and strengthen ...
Supervisor: Jan Kodee
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Sodium accumulation and salt tolerance in Lettuce
Plants under salt stress suffer severe changes to their nutrient uptake, which alters their nutrient composition. While some ions are taken up more due to their higher availability, other ions are less so due to higher competition ...
Supervisor: Silvia Bugallo
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

Developing automated phenotyping: using timelapse imaging to track seedling growth in stressful conditions (flexible start date)
Chloroplasts have been identified as important hubs for abiotic stress adaptation. Stress can lead to chloroplast malfunction, in response to which they send out so-called retrograde signals to the nucleus to change transcription ...
Supervisor: Dr. Jesse Küpers
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

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