Lediga studentprojekt vid institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi
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2026-07-07
På den här sidan listas möjliga studentprojekt och praktikmöjligheter vid institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, inklusive kandidatarbeten, masterarbeten, forskningspraktik och sommarpraktik.
Institutionen bedriver forskning, utbildning och samverkan för att bidra till framtidens jordbruk. Studentprojekt vid institutionen behandlar frågor som rör odlingssystem, skörd och kvalitet, ekosystemtjänster och miljöpåverkan, och bidrar till utvecklingen av en mer hållbar växtproduktion.
Projekten kan omfatta fältstudier, växthusförsök, laboratoriearbete, bildanalys, modellering, dataanalys eller litteraturstudier, beroende på ämnesområde och handledare.
Utforska möjligheterna nedan för att hitta ett projekt som passar dina intressen, kunskaper och ditt utbildningsprogram. Klicka på respektive projekttitel för mer information. Kontaktuppgifter till ansvarig handledare finns i projektbeskrivningen.
Observera att det, om inget annat anges, rör sig om oavlönade praktikplatser som ger dig möjlighet att få praktisk erfarenhet av forskningsarbete. Många studenter genomför praktiken som en del av sin utbildning, exempelvis för att få tillgodoräkna sig högskolepoäng, eller finansierar sin vistelse genom mobilitetsprogram som Erasmus+. Vi hjälper gärna till med det administrativa och nödvändiga pappersarbetet där det behövs.
Understanding which climate conditions affect crop yields, how strongly, and how future yields can change under these conditions is crucial for improving crop models, ensuring future food production, and supporting timely climate adaptation. You can choose to focus on one historical yield losses and climatic contributions, past yield variability and future yield simulations, or climatic drivers of simultaneous widespread yield losses. Experience with coding languages such as Python, MATLAB, or R is required.
This master thesis will explore the combined effects of ecological intensification (diversified crop rotation), crop nutrition and crop protection on winter wheat yields using a Swedish data set of 400 fungicide trials for leaf blotch diseases performed on-farm. Winter wheat is an important crop throughout Europe and 70% of the fungicide use in winter wheat is targeting leaf blotch diseases. We are looking for a motivated student with a background in agronomy and interest in the research question and data analysis.
We are offering a master’s thesis project exploring the role of insects in weed control through weed seed predation. We have a 3-year dataset including insects, weed seed predation, and seed bank, and the project will focus on how landscape features shape weed seed predation across space and time. The topic can be adapted to the students’ interests – including opportunities for extra fieldwork or experiments.
När? Tidigt 2027 (Flexibelt) Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Mastersarbete (eller Kandidatarbete på engelska)
Beskrivning
How do legume and cereal roots interact when grown together? In this project, you will work with selected crop combinations in a rhizotron experiment designed to track early root development. You will help set up the experiment, collect root images and trait data, and analyse how different crop partners influence root growth - gaining skills in plant phenotyping, intercropping research, and image analysis.
När? Vår-höst 2027 (Fast) Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Masterarbete (kan vara kandidatarbete på engelska)
Beskrivning
What can Sweden's forgotten lupin varieties still do? Five historical Swedish accessions of narrow-leaved lupin survive in the NordGen genebank, but nobody has described them under modern conditions. In this project you will grow all five in an outdoor netted area and phenotype them plant by plant - emergence, flowering, architecture, maturity, shatter and yield components - gaining skills in plant phenotyping, legume agronomy and genetic resource characterisation.
I’m offering a master’s thesis project exploring how landscape composition and configuration influence insect and weed communities in 10 organic fields around Uppsala. One year of data is already available, with further sampling planned for 2027. The student will analyse landscape metrics and their relationships with insect and weed communities over time, gaining experience in landscape ecology, spatial analysis, and ecological data interpretation. The research questions can be adapted to the student’s interests through discussion.
This thesis project will investigate how cereal–legume intercropping influences weed biomass and weed diversity in organic cropping systems. The student will compare weed communities across different crop combinations and monocultures using field data from InterRoot plots. The project will include field sampling, plant identification, biodiversity assessment and data analysis, providing experience in agroecology, field-based research and sustainable crop production systems.
När? Höst/vinter 2027 (flexibelt men inte senare än våren 2028) Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Masterarbete
Beskrivning
Examensarbetet syftar till att sammanställa och analysera svenska och nordiska försök om kaliumgödsling i intensiv slåttervall. Arbetet ska belysa hur kaliumstrategi, jordart och markens kaliumförråd påverkar torrsubstansavkastning, övervintring och foderkvalitet vid flera skördar. Resultaten ska ge underlag för en populärvetenskaplig sammanställning, praktiska rekommendationer och utformning av framtida fältförsök inom hållbar vallproduktion med hög och resurseffektiv produktion över tid i Sverige. Utifrån sammanställningen skall detta leda till ett nytt förslag på fältförsöksserie som kommer att läggas ut hösten 2028.
How do wheat and pea respond to multiple stresses under different agroecological management practices? In this summer project, you will help assess field trials testing practices such as undersown cover crops. You will gain practical experience in crop measurements, field phenotyping, monitoring of abiotic and biotic stress factors, and field data processing.
Övergripande projekt
HEROCROP - Harnessing Emerging Resilient and Optimized CROP breeding to develop multi-stress ready agroecological systems across Europe’s diverse pedoclimatic regions
Can undersown cover crops reduce stress pressure and support biodiversity in wheat and pea systems? In this summer project, you will help monitor weeds, pests, and biodiversity in field trials testing agroecological management practices. You will gain practical experience in field scouting, biodiversity assessments, crop system monitoring, and field data processing.
Övergripande projekt
HEROCROP - Harnessing Emerging Resilient and Optimized CROP breeding to develop multi-stress ready agroecological systems across Europe’s diverse pedoclimatic regions
När? Sommaren 2027 Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Sommarpraktik eller masterarbete
Beskrivning
A field experiment is planned to investigate the weed communities and nutrient dynamics in cereal-legume intercropping of different faba bean cultivars and mutant lines, wheat crop and oat crop at two nitrogen levels and specific inoculation treatments. It will consist of multiple intermediate harvests of above-ground crops and weed samples. A big part is identifying the weed species, which requires no pre-knowledge of identifying species.
Can rhizobia adapted to Swedish conditions help lupins fix more nitrogen than commercial inoculants? In this internship, you will help run a pot experiment as part of RhizoLupin, comparing newly isolated rhizobia with commercial products. You will grow inoculated lupins, monitor plant development, and help harvest plants for biomass, yield and nitrogen fixation analyses.
How can we make below-ground traits useful for pea breeding? In this internship, you will help run a controlled tube experiment as part of N-Fix+, a project focused on improving symbiotic nitrogen fixation in pea. You will work with pea breeding material and help assess root traits, nodulation capacity and early plant growth under controlled conditions.
Övergripande projekt
N-Fix+ - increasing pea productivity through improved symbiotic nitrogen fixation
I’m offering two internships exploring the impact of weed abundance and diversity in insect communities’ composition and their effects on weed seed predation. The internships are part of an ongoing project running in 10 organic fields around Uppsala. The student will have the chance to develop its skills in data collection, insect identification, statistical analysis and scientific writing.
