ComPASS - Compaction-driven mechanisms of Plant Adaptations and Signalling: the role of ethylene in root responses

Official occupation: ph.d., naturvidenskab og teknik. Employment conditions: Almindelige vilkår. Employer CVR: 31119103.

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• Public Sector, Education & Impact (occupation evidence).
• Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Agroecology programme.
• The position is available from 1 January 2027 or later.
• You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title ComPASS - Compaction-driven mechanisms of Plant Adaptations and Signalling: the role of ethylene in root responses Research area and project description The overarching objective of the project is to provide a fundamental understanding of how physical processes occurring in the vicinity of root tips influence root growth via ethylene signalling.

The project entails laboratory experiments during which plants/genotypes of different ethylene sensitivity will be grown under controlled conditions on different soils. The soils will be chosen in order to cover a range of textures and bulk densities (compaction treatments).

After the growth period, pots will be scanned with X-ray CT to characterize root traits and root-soil physical interactions (root-soil contact, rhizosphere structure) non-destructively in 3D1 …