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.
Master-/Kandidatarbeten
När? Start närsomhelst men avslutas dec 2026 (Flexible) Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Masterarbete
Beskrivning
How do wheat roots grow in the early stages of development? What genetic regions are controlling this variation? In this project, you will grow a Nordic winter wheat collection in transparent growth boxes (rhizoboxes) that allow you to track root development. You will extract root traits using tools such as RootPainter, and combine them with genetic marker data to explore genomic regions linked to early root growth - gaining skills in plant phenotyping and genetic analysis.
När? Start aug/sept 2026 Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Kandidatarbete (svenska eller engelska) eller Masterarbete (engelska)
Beskrivning
Faba bean is a legume crop that, together with their microbial symbiotic parter, fix nitrogen from the air into the soil. This process requires a lot of energy, so when nitrogen is readily available the mechanism switches off. A new Fixation Under Nitrate (fun) mutant stops this switch from turning off causing a continuous production of nitrogen. This project will look at the effect this nitrogen fixing mutation has on the growth of the plant, comparing the phenological development of the mutant vs the wild type.
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/sommar 2027 (Flexibelt) Var? Ultuna Campus Vem? Kandidatarbete (svenska eller engelska) eller Masterarbete (engelska)
Beskrivning
Nicotinamide (vitamine B3) and its metabolite nicotinic acid are compounds naturally produced by plants which have a putative but insufficiently explored role in activating plant defence to threats such as herbivory. In this thesis you will perform pilot experiments in the lab and/or field to evaluate how seed and spray treatments with nicotinamide affects crop injury, using rapeseed and flea beetles as a model system.
Övergripande projekt
The project is a collaboration between plant protection research at SLU and biotechnology research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
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.
How do cereal and legume root systems interact when grown together in organic intercropping systems? In this summer project, you will help assess root system architecture and root distribution in cereal–legume field plots, comparing different crop combinations and monocultures. You will gain practical experience in field phenotyping, root system analysis, and sustainable crop production research.
