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The Research School in Future Silviculture:
Sweden is a country where forests have been and still are of great importance. The use and utilization of the forest is an issue where the balance between forest production and the environment is in focus. Growth in Swedish forests has declined over the past 15 years. In order to both sustainably use and safeguard forest biodiversity, a coherent basic science research program is needed that addresses large and complex issues and develops new analytical tools. It is against this background that the Research School in Future Silviculture is established with a focus on the future sustainable use of forests. The Research School Future Silviculture is part of the Wallenberg Initiative in Forest Research (WIFORCE) at SLU. Around 50 doctoral students will be admitted to the Research School. Would you like to make a difference for the future sustainable use of forests? Apply to join the Research School in Future Silviculture!
We are looking for an industry/collaboration-based PhD student in drought resistance breeding. The doctoral studies will be performed at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, which is part of Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), at SLU in Umeå. The employment will be with the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk), where the PhD student will gain practical work experience. The doctoral student will be supervised by Harry Wu (Professor, SLU), Mats Berlin (Tree breeding Researcher, Skogforsk) and Johan Lindeberg (Senior Lecturer, Linnaeus University).
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Research subject:
Biology
Description:
Norway spruce (Picea abies) is the most important timber species in Sweden and Europe, but its future role in forests is jeopardized by its high sensitivity to drought. There is, however, considerable genetic variation in Norway spruce tolerance to and recovery from drought episodes. This project will quantify the genetic variability and genomic base for drought resistance for Norway spruce trees of the breeding populations and populations collected throughout the European species range. We will genotype and phenotype 300 clones from one long transfer experiment and 218 trees from a southern breeding population, and 600 trees from 200 provenance populations covering range-wide distribution of Norway spruce.
The project aims to identify genetic variation in drought resistance based on the phenotypic data at range-wide population level and individual tree level in breeding populations. The genomic basis of drought resistance will be dissected using a 50K SNP array as a genotyping tool.The project will develop new competences in genomic breeding and address challenges to incorporate genomics in traditional breeding program for the Skogforsk. The combination of phenotyping, genotype-environment association and genotype-phenotype association in this project are novel approaches.
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