For a student in Master 1 in agriculture interested by laboratory activity 

6 months: between July 2017 and February 2018

Based in: FRANCE (South East) in Portes-lès-Valence

The fourth largest seed company in the world, LIMAGRAIN is an international cooperative group created and directed by French farmers. As a creator and producer of plant varieties, Limagrain markets field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.
HM-CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group LIMAGRAIN, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide.

Integrated in the SeedTechnology Research team, you will participate to a project which target is to optimize the industrial film-coating process of various vegetable seeds.

In that frame, your main missions will be to:

• Synthetise the current situation in our industrial seed treatment department
• Survey on available bibliographic data
• Build experimental designs
• Realise film-coating process
• Analyse results (in particular with statistics)

PROFILE :

• Use of phytochemical products
• Observation qualities
• Work autonomy
• English speaking and reading

Please send your references (CV, motivation letter) by mail to:

François Dacher
francois.dacher@hmclause.com
SeedTechnology Research Project leader 
HM-CLAUSE
ZI LA Motte
Rue Louis Saillant
BP83
26802 PORTES LES VALENCE
FRANCE