PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Harkingto Harkingto, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis "Alfalfa adaptation to a northern climate: Characterization of genetic materials and development of high-throughput aerial phenotyping and genomic prediction " on July 3rd, 2026.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Tilpasning av luserne til nordlig klima: Karakterisering av genetisk materiale og utvikling av høygjennomstrømnings luftbåren fenotyping og genomisk prediksjon"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Natural and artificial selection in outcrossing crop species: mechanisms and breeding implications”
Time and place: Friday July 3rd, SKP151, Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP), NMBU
Trial Lecture: 10:15
Public defense: 12.15
You may also attend this event via Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/67130117309
Evaluation committee:
Dr. Hilde Muylle, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
Dr. Alf Ceplitis the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Dr. Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Åshild Gunilla Ergon, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Sahameh Shafiee, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Helga Amdahl, Graminor
Co-supervisor: Dr. Nelson Nazzicari, CREA
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those who would like to have access to the thesis, please email phd-biovit@nmbu.no.
Name of PhD candidate: Harkingto Harkingto
July 3rd – Harkingto Harkingto (BIOVIT)
