SLU Platform Plant Breeding

Cross-faculty subject area plant breeding

Plant breeding-related research and education is taking place at several of SLU's departments and faculties. The mission of the cross-faculty subject area (SLU Platform Plant Breeding) is to stimulate and support collaboration between personnel located at SLU's various sites and faculties.

About the platform

Plant breeding at SLU

Plant genetic resources

Seed money projects

Travel grants for short visits to other campuses at SLU

The Platform Plant Breeding is giving travel grants to PhD-students, postdocs, researchers or technicians at SLU to cover travel costs for plant breeding related short visits to other campuses at SLU.

Picture of the Journal of the Swedish Seed Association, special issue 2020, plant breeding at SLU

Special issue: Plant breeding at SLU

The second special issue from the Journal of the Swedish Seed Association for SLU Platform Plant Breeding is out! Lisa Beste has interviewed researchers, and summarized the seed money projects and several other activities that were funded by the platform. In Swedish with English summaries.

Plant genetic resources at SLU - support and advice

Do you know how to handle plant genetic resources that are acquired from outside of Sweden? If you are a researcher at SLU working with plant genetic resources you can read more and get support and advice here.

Courses for PhD-students & postdocs

The Platform Plant Breeding is annually organizing 1-2 courses for PhD-students and postdocs. If there are places left, also other researchers at SLU are welcome to attend. The course locations ambulate between Umeå, Uppsala and Alnarp.

Ongoing - plant breeding news from SLU

Calender - plant breeding activities at SLU

Newsletter Plant Breeding...

Published: 18 January 2021 - Page editor: katja.fedrowitz@slu.se

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