Two fully funded PhD scholarships in Plant Breeding; Wheat Dwarf Virus Resistance and Climate Resilient Durum Wheat at Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production in Austria, BOKU University.
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Overview of the Scholarship
Host Country: Austria
Type: PhD
Open to: All countries
Stipend: Fully funded, € 1962 per month
English proficiency test (IELTS) not needed
Application Deadline: As soon as a qualified candidate has been found.
Requirements
- A master’s degree in biology, agricultural sciences, genetics, mathematics, or a related field.
- Passion for plant breeding, including field phenotyping and modern data analysis
- Knowledge in statistics, quantitative genetics, plant breeding or animal breeding
- Experience in statistical programming in R, Julia, Python or similar languages
Available Positions
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Climate Resilient Durum Wheat
Project Description
Durum wheat is a food crop with increasing importance, but it suffers from increasing stresses. We address two major stresses here: Fusarium head blight (FHB) and wheat dwarf virus (WDV).
1) Genetic and phenotypic analysis of a new four parent MAGIC population descending from a combination of modern cultivars with WDV resistance crossed with FHB resistant lines.
2) Selection of climate fit durum wheat cultivar candidates in large segregating populations through rigorous phenotypic field selection. Selected lines will be DNA fingerprinted and analysed for selection signatures (reverse predictions).
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Wheat Dwarf Virus Resistance
Project Description
Insect-transmitted cereal viruses are ‘winners’ of climate change. The project aims to develop tools and new breeding lines with Wheat Dwarf Virus (WDV) Resistance
1) Genetic variation in advanced breeding material by field phenotyping and genotyping a series of modern wheat breeding lines followed by a GWAS.
2) Marker assisted selection of new cultivar candidates harbouring the WDV resistance QTL Qwdv.ifa-6A (doi:10.1007/s00122-023-04349-3) and field validation of selection response.
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Stipend Amount
A net salary of € 1962 per month (14 times per year), according to the regulations of BOKU.
English Language Requirements
IELTS/TOEFL not required
Required Documents
- CV
- Motivation letter
- Degree certificate
- Names of 2 referees
How to Apply
Please submit your application with the reference code “WDV” for Wheat Dwarf Virus Resistance and “DURUM” for Climate Resilient Durum to plant.breeding@boku.ac.at; or to: University of BOKU, Prof. Dr.Hermann Buerstmayr. Link
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