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Postgraduate Training

Kew 's Seed Conservation Department provides taught modules and research opportunities for MSc and MRes programmes at the Universities of Birmingham, Sussex and Bedforshire, and currently supports 27 PhD students from 15 different countries:

Student Country Working Title
Crawford, Andrew Australia

Ex situ seed conservation in Australia : factors affecting seed longevity

 

Soanes, Jessica 

Australia

Overcoming dormancy and determining the effect of storage conditions on the viability of Australian orchid seeds

 

Tuckett, Renee

Australia

Biogeography and seed ecology of vernal pools in Western Australia

 

Kruger, Masego Botswana

Impact of environmental pollution on seed and seedling quality

 

Gaméné, Christiane Burkina Faso

Ex situ conservation strategies for Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa seeds

 

Chen, Hong-Ying

China

Role of reactive oxygen species in orthodox and recalcitrant seed longevity

 

Xia, Ke

China

Biogeography and seed desiccation tolerance in Fagaceae

 

Carasso, Valentina

Italy

Towards the ex situ conservation of Frittilaria tubiformis var moggridgei

 

Mattana, Efisio

Italy

Ex situ conservation of the most threatened endemic species of Sardinia ( Italy )

 

Abulaila, Khalid

Jordan

Ecology and storage physiology of terrestrial orchid seeds in Jordan

 

Andrianaivo, Oliva Andrianoelina

 

Madagascar

Genetic diversity and seed biology in Dalbergia

Chanyenga, Tembo

Malawi

Influence of population fragmentation on seed production, development, viability and subsequent natural regeneration of Widdringtonia whytei on Mulange Mountain

 

Sanogo, Sidi

Mali

Savannah species seed conservation

 

Mong, Christian

Norway

Seed germination and dormancy across environmental clines

 

Naidoo, Sershen South Africa

Conservation biotechnology of Amaryllidaceae seeds

 

Newton, Rosemary UK

The potential for long-term conservation and subsequent ultilization of Amaryllidaceae seed

 

Roach, Thomas UK

Reactive oxygen species and seed quality

 

Claessens, Susanne UK/NL

Molecular and biophysical dissection of changes in dormancy in Sisymbrium officinale and Arabidopsis thaliana

 

Ison, Jennifer L. USA

Effects of non-random sampling of Prairie species on the genetic diversity of seed collections

 

 
Recently completed
Gray, Rowena Australia Biochemical basis of seed survival
Hamilton, Kim Australia Development of sustainable conservation technologies for selected Australian fruits
Hoyle, Gemma Australia

Maternal environment effects on seed germination in Australian native species

 

Kochanek, Jitka Australia

Maternal environment and provenance effects on the longevity of Australian native seeds

 

Cleiton Jose, Anderson Brazil Molecular basis of seed desiccation tolerance in Talauma ovata (Magnoliaceae)
Vieira, Carlos Vinicio Brazil

The re-induction of desiccation tolerance in germinated seeds of Tabebuia impetiginosa Mart

 

Sina, Sibidou Burkina Faso Reproduction et diversité génétique chez Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G.Don
Mondoni, Andrea Italy

Seed ecophysiology in Italian rare and endemic species in the genera Anemone and Silene

 

Nyamongo, Desterio Kenya Maternal environment effects on seed germination and dormancy in Vernonia galamensis
Muthoka, Patrick Kenya

Comparative longevity studies in the genus Euphorbia

 

Rakotondranony, Guy Madagascar Contribution à l’étude Ecologique et Economique d’un palmier endémique de Madagascar, le Ravenea rivularis en vue de l’élaboration d’une stratégie de gestion durable de ses peuplements naturels (cas d’Ilakaka)
Golding, Janice South Africa

Measuring / predicting persistence potential of rare plants from South-central Africa using life history traits

 

Butler, Laura UK Minimising variability in seed development, quality and maturity for ex situ biodiversity conservation
Bird, Annette UK Thermal methods and comparative longevity in the genus Ranunculus
Birtic, Simona UK

Programmed cell death in seeds

Webster, Rachel UK Molecular and biochemical basis of heat shock responses in Carica papaya seeds
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