Code
01SC4824
Duration
01 October 2024 → 30 September 2028
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Crop science
- Agricultural plant production not elsewhere classified
- Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology
Keywords
faba bean
protein content
controlled environment
vertical farming
breeding
Project description
This PhD research aims to optimize the environmental and genetic parameters that enable the production of high protein faba bean seeds in a controlled environment. Extensive screening of these traits over a range of environmental conditions and genetic backgrounds allows to pinpoint one or more hotspots in the genotype-by-environment interaction space that facilitate the exploitation of faba bean.