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Salla Marttila, Education Coordinator
Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU
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PhD courses
Last changed: 18 March 2025
Here you find information about PhD courses relevant for plant breeding, at SLU or elsewhere.
NOVA course in plant pathology: Disease resistance in crop plants and forest trees. 15 April - 27 June 2025 online and 23-28 June 2025 in Tvärminne, Finland. Registration by 11 April 2025.
Genomic selection in plant breeding. 19-23 May 2025 at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. Student fee: 650 euro. Registration by 20 April 2025.
NOVA course in plant breeding: Breeding for Extreme Environments. 5-10 October 2025 at Agricultural University of Iceland. Premeeting online 16 September. Registration by 1 July 2025.
SLU courses in statistics. SLU´s PhD courses in statistics have strong data analysis components. The statistical software used is R. On completion of the course the participants should be able to conduct statistical analysis on their own data independently or with limited help from our consultants.