Crop seed quality refinement with beneficial microbes

利用有益微生物改善作物种子质量

• 批准号: 2307164
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2307164
• 关键词: Crop; seed; quality; refinement; beneficial

Royal Holloway University of London's (RHUL) Seed Science and Technology Group lead by Prof Gerhard Leubner is focused on improving crop seed quality and seedling performance by innovative seed refinement technologies. We have longstanding experience in seed technologies including priming with biologicals, coatings and pellets, and beneficial microbes. Our group has a solid track record in integrating multidisciplinary science and engineering approaches, and in collaborating with seed industry in applied projects. The broad expertise for this represented by Prof Leubner and the group's biomaterial engineer Dr Tina Steinbrecher reaches from molecular seed physiology of abiotic stresses (heat, cold, drought) and seed-microbe interaction to seed biomechanical engineering and material science. The project into the application and delivery of beneficial microbes to agriculture and horticulture via the refined crop seeds requires a multidisciplinary approach. Crop seeds, without or with coatings or pellets, are stored in their dry state in a company warehouses and its most important to prevent or delay seed aging during storage as it compromises seed quality by reducing seed vigour and eventually even seed viability. Seed-applied beneficial microbes are exposed to the same storage conditions and must be able to withstand and survive the prolonged dry storage. This survival depends on the natural state of a particular beneficial microbe, as well as its microenvironment inside or attached to the natural (seed coat, embryo, etc.) or artificial (pellet mass, film coating, etc.) structures of a particular crop seed. Adjusting the seed and microbe application technologies to achieve the highest product resilience and quality requires understanding of the underpinning mechanisms of the beneficial interaction. The PhD project into innovative refinement technologies for seed application of beneficial microbes will benefit from the collaboration between RHUL's world-leading Seed Science and Technology Group and Croda's leading internationally leading seed enhancement company Incotec. Prof Leubner's and Dr Steinbrecher's Seed Biology Course attracts excellent students to register for this teaching module which runs in autumn term of their final year. The multidisciplinary RHUL-Incotec supervisory team offers superb training and exposure to a dynamic academic and industrial environment. This includes a well equipped laboratory, a group with diverse expertise, an organised postgraduate teaching and training programme at RHUL and excellent placement possibility at the Incotec industrial partner site. Prof Leubner and Dr Steinbrecher have an established track record in successful collaborative doctoral training together with industry partners relevant to food security and agritechnologies.

由 Gerhard Leubner 教授领导的伦敦皇家霍洛威大学 (RHUL) 种子科学与技术小组致力于通过创新种子精炼技术提高作物种子质量和幼苗性能。我们在种子技术方面拥有长期的经验，包括生物制品底漆、包衣和颗粒以及有益微生物。我们的团队在整合多学科科学和工程方法以及在应用项目中与种子行业合作方面拥有良好的记录。 Leubner 教授和该小组的生物材料工程师 Tina Steinbrecher 博士代表了这方面的广泛专业知识，从非生物胁迫（热、冷、干旱）的分子种子生理学和种子-微生物相互作用到种子生物力学工程和材料科学。通过精制作物种子将有益微生物应用于农业和园艺的项目需要采用多学科方法。农作物种子，无论是否带有包衣或颗粒，都以干燥状态储存在公司仓库中，最重要的是防止或延迟储存过程中种子的老化，因为它会降低种子活力，甚至最终影响种子活力，从而影响种子质量。种子施用的有益微生物暴露在相同的储存条件下，并且必须能够承受并在长期干燥储存中存活。这种生存取决于特定有益微生物的自然状态，以及特定作物种子的天然（种皮、胚等）或人工（颗粒团、薄膜包衣等）结构内部或附着的微环境。调整种子和微生物应用技术以实现最高的产品弹性和质量需要了解有益相互作用的基础机制。有益微生物种子应用创新精制技术的博士项目将受益于 RHUL 世界领先的种子科技集团与 Croda 领先的国际领先种子强化公司 Incotec 之间的合作。 Leubner 教授和 Steinbrecher 博士的种子生物学课程吸引了优秀的学生报名参加最后一年秋季学期的教学模块。多学科的 RHUL-Incotec 监督团队提供一流的培训并让他们接触充满活力的学术和工业环境。这包括设备齐全的实验室、拥有多元化专业知识的团队、RHUL 有组织的研究生教学和培训计划以及 Incotec 工业合作伙伴工厂的绝佳安置机会。 Leubner 教授和 Steinbrecher 博士与食品安全和农业技术相关的行业合作伙伴在成功的博士合作培训方面有着良好的记录。