Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
Plants are central to life on this planet. They produce the oxygen we breathe, are the main source of our nutrition along with fibre and bioenergy. Plants are also a rich source of pharmaceutical and other novel products. The rapidly increasing demand of food and fibre together with the requirement for sustainable energy such as biofuels requires extensive research and training of experts in different areas of plant sciences. The central aim of the Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences (DPPS) is to meet these challenges and to train world-class experts in the fields of basic and translational plant sciences including plant biology and associated biotic interactions, plant production and other applications such as bioenergy to fulfil the ever growing needs for well qualified and highly motivated researchers in modern plant sciences and its industrial applications in Finland and globally.
The doctoral programme aims to train scientific researchers in the following themes:
- molecular plant biology
- genetics, genomics and breeding
- physiology and biochemistry
- developmental biology
- pathology and biotechnology
- plant production
- ecophysiology
- systematics
- bioenergy
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Pedro Aphalo
- Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
- Sensory and Physiological Ecology of Plants (SenPEP)
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme - University Lecturer
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Fred Asiegbu
- Department of Forest Sciences - Professor
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Jon Atherton
- Ecosystem processes/ Jaana Bäck
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Equipment
National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure
Kristiina Himanen (Manager)
Facility/equipment: Core Facility
Projects 2017 2022
PLAGE: Genetic diversity, conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources
Poczai, P., Amiryousefi, A., Cseh, A., Karsai, I., Balla, K., Kiss, T., Bányai, J. & Illés, K.
01/09/2017 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
Della: Image-based phenotyping of dwarfing Bzh spring turnip rape
Niemelä, T., Pavicic, M. & Himanen, K.
Project: Research project
Publications 2004 2019
A Festetics rejtély: A Genetika Története és Festetics Imre Elfeledett Hagyatéka
Poczai, P., 2019, Yeloprint Kft. 159 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
CRK2 enhances salt tolerance by regulating callose deposition in connection with PLDα1: CRK2 cell biology in salt stress
Hunter, K., Kimura, S., Rokka, A., Tran, C., Toyota, M., Kukkonen, J. P. & Wrzaczek, M., May 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Plant Physiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Dual RNA-seq analysis provides new insights into interactions between Norway spruce and necrotrophic pathogen Heterobasidion annosum s.l.
Kovalchuk, A., Zeng, Z., Ghimire, R. P., Kivimäenpää, M., Raffaello, T., Liu, M., Mukrimin, M., Kasanen, R. A. O., Sun, H., Julkunen-Tiitto, R., Holopainen, J. K. & Asiegbu, F. O., 3 Jan 2019, In : BMC Plant Biology. 19, 2, 17 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Effect of water deficit stress on seedling biomass and physio-chemical characteristics in different species of wheat possessing the D genome.
Pour-Aboughadareh, A., Omidi, M., NAGHAVI, M., Etminan, A., MEHRABI, AA., Poczai, P. & BIAT, H., 2019, (Submitted) In : Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
ELIMÄKI locus is required for mechanosensing and proprioception in birch trees
Helariutta, Y., 2019, (Submitted) In : Nature plants.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities 2012 2019
BMC Plant Biology (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)3 Mar 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)30 May 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Plant Journal (Journal)
Paula Elomaa (Reviewer)23 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Member of doctoral thesis committee
Jaakko Tapani Hyvönen (Supervisor)7 Feb 2019 → …
Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference
Paula Elomaa (Speaker: Presenter)12 Jan 2019 → 16 Jan 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Prizes
File
Improving estimates of carbon assimilation and light use by forests by scaling processes from leaf to canopy levels
Twinkle Solanki (Recipient), 6 Jan 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Prize for presentation from Ph.D. student, Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development 2019
Teng Zhang (Recipient), 21 Jun 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
The best bids of The Wholesale Market and Teurastamo area Testbed Innovation Competition
Tin-Yu Lai (Recipient), Chi-Chuan Chen (Recipient), Omar El Daghar (Recipient) & Kaja Koppang (Recipient), 19 Dec 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
Transmittance of spectral irradiance by climate screens and nets used in horticulture and agriculture
Robson, T. M. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Oct 2018
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1561317, https://zenodo.org/record/1561317
Dataset
Press / Media
Interview (Symbionts and changing environment: Lichen diversity and photobiont associations in tropical mountain ecosystems)
Jouko Rikkinen & Ulla Kaasalainen
26/02/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview (Avokado ei ole ilmaston ystävän ruokaa)
18/02/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miten ihmeessä puu kasvaa paksuutta jopa tuhat vuotta? Suomalaiset kasvitieteilijät ratkaisivat 150 vuotta vanhan arvoituksen
29/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Suomalaiset selvittivät puun paksuuskasvun salat
29/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media