PhD school of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology â Udine
PhD school of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology â Udine
PhD school of Agriculture Science and Biotechnology â Udine
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<strong>PhD</strong> <strong>school</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agriculture</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> – <strong>Udine</strong> University - Italy<br />
Plant physiology & biochemistry<br />
team leader : pr<strong>of</strong>. Angelo Vianello, full pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> plant biochemistry<br />
topics <strong>of</strong>fered for thesis:<br />
Programmed cell death in grape cell cultures in relation to their capacity to produce anthocyanins.<br />
Purification <strong>and</strong> characterization <strong>of</strong> flavonoid transporters in grape.<br />
Oxidative stress in recalcitrant seeds.<br />
Evolutionary relationships <strong>of</strong> permeability transition in mitochondria from plants <strong>and</strong> other<br />
organisms.<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> light irradiance on plant organs stored at low temperature.<br />
Recombinant DNA technologies<br />
team leader : pr<strong>of</strong>. Stefano Marchetti, associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> plant genetics<br />
topics <strong>of</strong>fered for thesis<br />
Transcriptional pattern <strong>of</strong> artificial promoters in view <strong>of</strong> their use in molecular farming <strong>of</strong> plants.<br />
Regulatory effects on transgene expression exerted by leader composition <strong>and</strong> structure.<br />
Codon usage <strong>and</strong> DNA structure in the design <strong>of</strong> artificial coding sequences.<br />
Production <strong>of</strong> antibodies <strong>and</strong> antibodies fragments in plants.<br />
Production <strong>of</strong> human lysosomal enzymes in plants.<br />
Viticulture<br />
team leader : pr<strong>of</strong>. Enrico Peterlunger, full pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> viticulture<br />
topics <strong>of</strong>fered for thesis<br />
Water relations <strong>and</strong> secondary metabolites <strong>of</strong> grapes<br />
Grapevine genome organisation <strong>and</strong> functioning<br />
Grapevine breeding for resistance to downy <strong>and</strong> powdery mildew<br />
Canopy management for grape quality<br />
Vegetable crops & greenhouses<br />
team leader : dr. Luisa Dalla Costa, senior researcher <strong>of</strong> horticulture<br />
topics <strong>of</strong>fered for thesis<br />
Conservation agriculture: effect on crop yield, crop nutrition, plant completion with weeds,<br />
nutrients leaching in vegetable crops.<br />
Onion <strong>and</strong> other Allium crops: interesting local l<strong>and</strong>races in Friuli.<br />
Phaseolus germplasm lines maintained at the University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Udine</strong> Genebank (BaGAV, FAO code:<br />
ITA368), evaluated in multi-location field trials for yield <strong>and</strong> quality traits.<br />
Leaf vegetables: a comparison among agronomic techniques such as traditional soil cultivation,<br />
organic practice, biodynamic cultivation <strong>and</strong> soilless culture.<br />
Main steps in the evaluation <strong>of</strong> the research activity <strong>of</strong> the <strong>PhD</strong> c<strong>and</strong>idates :<br />
Intermediary evaluation :<br />
- First year: state <strong>of</strong> art, literature research, experimental outline<br />
- Second year: preliminary experimental results<br />
- Third year: advanced experimental results<br />
Admission to final examination :<br />
- pre-evaluation <strong>of</strong> the thesis by two reviewers external to <strong>Udine</strong> University<br />
- evaluation by the <strong>PhD</strong> <strong>school</strong> Collegium<br />
Final examination :<br />
- thesis evaluated by the Thesis Committee composed by members external to <strong>Udine</strong><br />
- thesis defended in public in the presence <strong>of</strong> the Thesis Committee<br />
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