PhD Position: Drought tolerance of mixed cropping systems of wheat and herbal plants

As part of the joint project TRIO (Transformative Mixed Crop Systems for One Health), which is funded by the Hessian State Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE), we are looking for a PhD student for four years. The TRIO project is concerned with the climate resilience of mixed crops of wheat and spice plants (caraway, fennel, coriander). The universities of Kassel, Justus Liebig University Giessen and Hochschule Geisenheim University are involved in the project. The position offered here is based at the Institute of Crop Production and Yield Physiology at JLU and will primarily deal with questions of drought stress resilience in mixed crops in comparison to pure wheat crops.
Your tasks at a glance:
- Scientific supervision of field trials on mixed crops of wheat and spice plants
- Collection and evaluation of growth and yield data
- Measurements of photosynthetic performance and gas exchange
- Experimental analysis of the water balance in field crops
- Plant physiological investigation of drought stress reactions including transcriptome aanalyses
- Data evaluation and preparation of publications