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The James Hutton Institute PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 6 The James Hutton Institute PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Revolutionizing Raspberry Breeding: Advancing into the Molecular Era with Cutting-Edge Molecular Marker Tools

Climate change, arising pests and diseases, and labour costs are straining many local agricultural systems. Advances in genetics and genomics research have successfully identified molecular markers associated with increased yield, resistance to diseases or timing of key phenology events. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EG Gilroy, Dr VM Montano, Dr B Mateos
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Strategies to reduce susceptibility of tuber second growth in potato

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the fourth most important crop worldwide with production increasing rapidly in developing countries where it is becoming an important staple food crop. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Wahl, Dr R Hancock, Dr M Balcerowicz
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: The modulation of flowering development to improve yield performance in barley

Global warming is undeniably one of the main threats that affects our ability to produce affordable, good-quality food at high yields. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Colas, Dr V Wahl, Dr M Balcerowicz
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing plant-microbiome interactions for next generation crop selection

About the Project. Achieving sustainable, climate resilient crop production will require adoption of crop cultivars that promote beneficial interactions with soils and microbial communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Giles, Prof E Paterson
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Inheritance of grain shape in barley and its effect on malting quality

The rapid advances in genomics are leading to an unprecedented ability to identify causal genes for economically and biologically important characters in… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Ramsay, Dr K Houston, Dr S McKim
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Bridging Genetics and Breeding: Advancing Marker-Assisted Selection in Potato

A unique opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated PhD student to be involved in a project that offers exciting scientific research opportunities in potato genetics and genomics, as well as the chance to translate these findings through state-of-the-art computational analysis into practical potato breeding. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Chen, Dr I Hein, Dr T Adams
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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