Plant Production

Posizione

Overview : The student is expected to be involved in a European project Hort2the future related to the use of new irrigation technologies in order to avoid soil compaction and soil borne diseases.

Key Responsibilities : During the stay, the student is expected to work in different activities of the project with multidisciplinary tasks. This will involve greenhouse trials and laboratory assays to study the response of plant infection to micro and nanobubbles in the irrigation water.

Distinct Molecular biology methodologies will be applied as

• DNA extraction and quantification.
• Quantitative PCR.

in order to identify and quantify the pathogen

Also, plant physiological measurements will be carried out as photosynthesis rate, stomata conductance, transpiration and root growth parameters.

Skills Developed :

Reflection : With this stay, the student will gain knowledge about new techniques (macro and nano-bubbles) applied in the irrigation system in order to manage soil compaction, the lack of oxygenation in the root system and soil borne infections.

The student will be integrated in the research team (3 senior researchers, 1 post-doctoral research, 2 master student and 1 technician) participating in the on-line meetings with other European partners.

Caratteristiche del candidato

Lingue straniereE' richiesta la conoscenza di almeno una delle seguenti lingue

Esperienze lavorative precedentiMaster's or undergraduate student in Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Biology or Biotechnology.

Area disciplinareingegneria,agrario