Hallo, bei Dr. Genrot Bodner (Pflanzenbau) und mir, Dr. Boris Rewald (Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften), sind 2014 (und wahrscheinlich auch in den folgenden Jahren) folgende Masterarbeitsthemen (ca. 2 pro Jahr) im EU Projekt EUROLEGUME zu vergeben.
Main ideas and concepts: The role of legumes in the human diet and nutrition of animals and farming systems is increasingly important. Eight main grain legumes are cultivated in the world - soybean, peas, beans, broad bean, field pea, spring vetch, lupine and lentils. Broad bean (Vicia faba L.) and peas (Pisum sativum L.) are legumes species cultivated in Europe since ancient times. Today, soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is the most widely grown legume world-wide. However, Europe has abundant genetic resources of pea and different beans. Using this broad and unique gene pool in applied research is one of the main features of the EUROLEGUME project.
Work load (2014; negotiable!) A greenhouse experiment will be established together with a PhD student (English speaker), determining the phenotypes of 50 rare pea, cowpea and broad bean varieties from northern (Norway-Latvia) and southern European (Portugal-Albania) countries under optimal growth conditions (March – late Summer 2014). Single plants will be grown in root observation tubes. Root and shoot phenotypes of all accessions will be determined under standardized growth conditions; assessed parameters: shoot biomass, leaf area, root:shoot ratio, timing of root and shoot development, rooting depth and biomass/area per depth, and root and leaf morphology, Amax, .... Accessions will be classified according to phenotypes and we would like to characterize main differences between northern and southern varieties.
Master students can receive a small financial compensation (“geringfügige Beschäftigung” 395€/month) during the experimental field work.
2015: Selected varieties will be grown under P / drought stress
2016: Selected varieties will be grown with different Rhizobia and Mycorrhiza strains to test for the influence of symbionts on plant phenotype and performance
2017: Genotype * Stress * Symbionts
The experiment will take place behind the IFA, Tulln. Analyses either in Tulln or the Exnerhaus. Inquiries welcome (I will outline the project idea a bit more). Please contact us rather early if you are interested. Best regards, Dr. Boris Rewald Phone: +43 1 47654 4140 Fax: +43 1 47654 4129 bors.rewald@boku.ac.atwww.rootecology.de
Hallo, bei Dr. Genrot Bodner (Pflanzenbau) und mir, Dr. Boris Rewald (Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften), sind 2014 (und wahrscheinlich auch in den folgenden Jahren) folgende Masterarbeitsthemen (ca. 2 pro Jahr) im EU Projekt EUROLEGUME zu vergeben.
Main ideas and concepts: The role of legumes in the human diet and nutrition of animals and farming systems is increasingly important. Eight main grain legumes are cultivated in the world - soybean, peas, beans, broad bean, field pea, spring vetch, lupine and lentils. Broad bean (Vicia faba L.) and peas (Pisum sativum L.) are legumes species cultivated in Europe since ancient times. Today, soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is the most widely grown legume world-wide. However, Europe has abundant genetic resources of pea and different beans. Using this broad and unique gene pool in applied research is one of the main features of the EUROLEGUME project.
Work load (2014; negotiable!) A greenhouse experiment will be established together with a PhD student (English speaker), determining the phenotypes of 50 rare pea, cowpea and broad bean varieties from northern (Norway-Latvia) and southern European (Portugal-Albania) countries under optimal growth conditions (March – late Summer 2014). Single plants will be grown in root observation tubes. Root and shoot phenotypes of all accessions will be determined under standardized growth conditions; assessed parameters: shoot biomass, leaf area, root:shoot ratio, timing of root and shoot development, rooting depth and biomass/area per depth, and root and leaf morphology, Amax, .... Accessions will be classified according to phenotypes and we would like to characterize main differences between northern and southern varieties.
Master students can receive a small financial compensation (“geringfügige Beschäftigung” 395€/month) during the experimental field work.
2015: Selected varieties will be grown under P / drought stress
2016: Selected varieties will be grown with different Rhizobia and Mycorrhiza strains to test for the influence of symbionts on plant phenotype and performance
2017: Genotype * Stress * Symbionts
The experiment will take place behind the IFA, Tulln. Analyses either in Tulln or the Exnerhaus. Inquiries welcome (I will outline the project idea a bit more). Please contact us rather early if you are interested. Best regards, Dr. Boris Rewald Phone: +43 1 47654 4140 Fax: +43 1 47654 4129 bors.rewald@boku.ac.at www.rootecology.de