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Response of forage grasses to severe drought
Droughts cause substantial reduction in biomass yields through negative impacts on plant growth in forage grasses, an effect that is compounded by heat stress during summer droughts.
This project uses field phenotyping and modern genotyping technologies to improve our understanding of severe drought stress on forage grasses.
Grasslands cover around 21% of Europe and are a major source of feed for livestock. Drought and high temperatures are key abiotic stresses limiting productivity of forage grasses. Droughts cause substantial reduction in biomass yields through negative impacts on plant growth in forage grasses, an effect that is compounded by heat stress during summer droughts. Therefore, it is important to understand and distinguish the physiological effects of drought and heat stress on forage grasses. This project uses field phenotyping and modern genotyping technologies to improve our understanding of severe drought stress on forage grasses.
Grasslands cover around 21% of Europe and are a major source of feed for livestock. Drought and high temperatures are key abiotic stresses limiting productivity of forage grasses. Droughts cause substantial reduction in biomass yields through negative impacts on plant growth in forage grasses, an effect that is compounded by heat stress during summer droughts. Therefore, it is important to understand and distinguish the physiological effects of drought and heat stress on forage grasses. This project uses field phenotyping and modern genotyping technologies to improve our understanding of severe drought stress on forage grasses.
- Evaluate the responses of perennial ryegrass to summer drought.
- Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with drought stress in perennial ryegrass
- Evaluate the responses of perennial ryegrass to summer drought. - Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with drought stress in perennial ryegrass
The Molecular Plant Breeding group is combining modern and innovative genotyping and phenotyping technologies to investigate the physiological response of forage grasses to water deficit and its genetic basis. This project uses modern rain-out shelter facilities to screen forage grass for responses to drought stress. The data will be combined with genetic data to identify markers for crop improvement.
This project offers an exciting opportunity to work with Barenbrug at their research station in Mas- Grenier, France.
The Molecular Plant Breeding group is combining modern and innovative genotyping and phenotyping technologies to investigate the physiological response of forage grasses to water deficit and its genetic basis. This project uses modern rain-out shelter facilities to screen forage grass for responses to drought stress. The data will be combined with genetic data to identify markers for crop improvement. This project offers an exciting opportunity to work with Barenbrug at their research station in Mas- Grenier, France.
The applicant will learn:
- To design and analyse data from field trials
- To analyse genotypic data
- The key aspects involved in breeding forage grasses
The applicant will learn: - To design and analyse data from field trials - To analyse genotypic data - The key aspects involved in breeding forage grasses
The project is suitable for a master student with experience in R.
The project is suitable for a master student with experience in R.
For any questions or details, please contact Dr steven.yates@usys.ethz.ch or reah.gonzales@usys.ethz.ch
For any questions or details, please contact Dr steven.yates@usys.ethz.ch or reah.gonzales@usys.ethz.ch
Master thesis 2023.pdf
