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Number of Opportunities Available: 1 Primary Supervisor - Professor Diane Saunders Every year fungal pathogens destroy 10–23% of all major calorie and commodity crops. Traditionally, to limit fungal disease outbreaks resistance genes have been introgressed into crops, which is a slow process,...
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-on training in cutting-edge techniques. The candidate will be working in an international environment and will interact with maize researchers across Germany as part of the Cereal Stem Cells Systems Consortium
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Fusarium graminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), and the English grain aphid (Sitobion avenae), one of the most economically important pests of cereal crops. FHB causes substantial
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. Understanding how appressoria develop and how the host leaf is penetrated is important to devise strategies to prevent rice blast disease and other important cereal diseases. This PhD project will investigate
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, you will: Run controlled decomposition experiments to quantify N, P, and K release from key cover crop species (cereals, brassicas, legumes, and mixtures) under UK conditions. Establish multi-year field
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, you will: Run controlled decomposition experiments to quantify N, P, and K release from key cover crop species (cereals, brassicas, legumes, and mixtures) under UK conditions. Establish multi-year field
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Fusarium graminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), and the English grain aphid (Sitobion avenae), one of the most economically important pests of cereal crops. FHB causes substantial
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primarily plant-based and largely centered on cereals, supplemented only sparingly, and often insufficiently, by animal products. Meat is commonly assumed to have been a luxury, mainly consumed by privileged
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Mediterranean diets are generally described as primarily plant-based and largely centered on cereals, with a limited and often insufficient supplementation of animal products. Meat is commonly assumed to have
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brings on board more than 20 industrial partners from across the barley, potato and cereals sectors. The programme will support resilient, sustainable production and will deliver benefits across crop