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Plant Biology (food) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 21 Plant Biology (food) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Ticking clocks, thriving crops: Developing climate-resilient crops through circadian biology. (DODD_J24DTP)

John Innes Centre Graduate Programme
Climate change poses a significant threat to our food supply, but you can be part of the solution! In this groundbreaking research project, we're investigating how plants adapt to changing seasons and temperatures, with a focus on ensuring robust crop production despite environmental challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Dodd
 9 May 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
The world is getting hotter and drier due to climate change, and the human population is growing rapidly. Furthermore, it has been predicted that we will need to increase crop yields by 50 - 70 % by 2050 in order to feed the predicted 9 - 10 billion people. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hartwell, Dr P Walley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-funded PhD- Re-engineering Golgi dynamics in plants – investigating the role of myosin receptors

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences
The growing global population requires the development of novel strategies to sustainably increase food production. Organelle movement is dynamic and linked to changes in cell size, plant biomass and in response to factors which affect food production such as pathogens (Perico and Sparkes, New Phytol. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Sparkes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-funded MSc R- Re-engineering Golgi dynamics in plants – investigating the role of myosin receptors

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences
The growing global population requires the development of novel strategies to sustainably increase food production. Organelle movement is dynamic and linked to changes in cell size, plant biomass and in response to factors which affect food production such as pathogens (Perico and Sparkes, New Phytol. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Sparkes
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Investigation of RNA secondary structure in plant transposable elements

Durham University Department of Biosciences
Transposable elements (TEs), often referred to as jumping genes, are mobile genetic elements that can be found ubiquitously across the tree of life. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Cho
 17 May 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Elucidating the fate of iron and copper based nanofertilizer in soil-plant system using isotope labelling and synchrotron techniques

Queen Mary University of London School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Nanotechnology is a rapidly advancing enabling technology with the potential to revolutionize modern life. More recently, the application of nanotechnology in agriculture has garnered significant attention due to its high potential to facilitate sustainable agriculture and enhance food security. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing synthetic microbial communities for the control of pea downy mildew

University of Worcester Research School
Demand for food production is increasing due to growing global population, reduced land availability for agriculture, concern over the effects of the environment on agriculture, and decreasing yield reliability because of climate change. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Tor
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mitigating the impact of environmental stress on the quality and sustainability of malting barley

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
Climate change is challenging our ability to reliably grow crops. This PhD will be focused on the impact this is having on our capacity to produce a sustainable supply of malted barley for use within the brewing and distilling industries. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Alexander
 30 April 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Leveraging plant biomechanics under hostile environments

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team:  Dr Siul Ruiz, Dr Sharif Ahmed, Dr James Le Houx, Prof Tiina Roose. Project description. The UK food-related activities contribute to a staggering quarter of a trillion pounds (>10% of UK GDP in 2022). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Ruiz
 31 August 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Self-funded PhD- Exploring the Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogen Entry and Colonization in Plants through Wounds

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences
How bacterial pathogens enter and colonise plant via wounds?. Wounding of plants by hard wind, hail, heavy rain, sand storms, and frost is common in nature. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Buscaill, Dr A Bailey
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Self-funded PhD in Biology: Engineering Gene Regulatory Networks To Enhance Crop Disease Resistance

University of York Department of Biology
Lead supervisor: Prof K Denby . Co-Supervisor: Dr B R Lichman. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Denby, Dr B R Lichman
 30 June 2024  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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BOOSTING C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY ALTERING PEP CARBOXYLASE

Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
ABOUT THE PROJECT. The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) is offering a research scholarship to a highly motivated PhD candidate to work within a research group addressing how to improve the primary carboxylase of C4 photosynthesis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RS Sharwood
 30 April 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BARIToNE: Improving barley climate resilience using a candidate gene approach (Project code 24H)

The James Hutton Institute PhD Opportunities
Supervisors. Lead supervisor - Dr Martin Balcerowicz, University of Dundee. Second supervisor - Dr Craig Simpson, James Hutton Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Balcerowicz, Dr C Simpson, Ms G MacDonald
 31 May 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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BARIToNE: Improving barley climate resilience using a candidate gene approach (Project code 24H)

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences
Supervisors. Lead supervisor - Dr Martin Balcerowicz, University of Dundee. Second supervisor - Dr Craig Simpson, James Hutton Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Balcerowicz, Dr C Simpson, Ms G MacDonald
 31 May 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fungal disease risks under landscape homogenisation: tracking fungal transmission across plant-pollinator networks using contemporary and historic museum specimens

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences
Leverhulme funded PhD position on Plant-Pollinator Holobionts. Supervisor. Dr Richard Gill, Dept. of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Imperial College London (ICL). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Gill
 30 April 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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