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We have 38 plant protection PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
plant protection PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 38 plant protection PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Priming of long-term defence against insect pests in forest tree
Defence priming is a rapid way of increasing resistance against damaging insect pests or diseases that can be applied to any plant system. Read more
Primed for Protection: Cell Wall Modifications in Plant Defense and Long-Term Immunity
This PhD project explores a cutting-edge area of plant immunity by investigating how plant cell wall (CW) modifications contribute to both immediate and long-lasting immune responses. Read more
ACCE+ DLA programme: Invisible diversity in a changing world: How do soil microbes affect plant drought tolerance?
The ACCE+ DLA is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more
Predicting fungicide resistance evolution: combining theoretical and experimental approaches (Ref: CTP-SAI-085)
The predictability of evolution by natural selection is one of the big questions in evolutionary biology. It also has enormous practical importance in crop protection. Read more
Plant Nematology
Introduction. The Plant Nematology Laboratory is an internationally recognised group working to understand the interactions between parasitic nematodes and their plant hosts. . Read more
One Crop Health PhD Programme - Boosting beneficial root Bacteroidota for sustainable wheat production
Background. Wheat is one the world’s most important crops and has undergone extensive breeding to produce modern polyploid cultivars that are dependent on high levels of environmentally damaging agrochemicals. Read more
One Crop Health PhD Programme - Towards a mechanistic understanding of disease suppressive soils
Current agricultural systems are unsustainable. Crop diseases cause estimated yield losses of 20-40% annually. Disease is likely to increase with climate change and loss of agrochemicals, hence alternative methods of crop protection are essential. Read more
Using AI to predict novel interactions at the plant-pathogen interface.
Extracellular interactions between plants and pathogens hold an intriguing molecular battlefield involving many important components of extracellular immunity that remain to be discovered and used for crop protection. Read more
One Crop Health PhD Programme - Smart weeding: Ecologically guided precision management of arable plant biodiversity
Background. Current weed management on farms is typified by a ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to arable plant species (weeds), underpinned by significant herbicide use. Read more
One Crop Health PhD Programme - Capturing the true predatory interactions driving crop protection
Background. Carabid beetles are predatory insects, extensively proven to contribute significantly to control of a range of agricultural pests. Read more
Iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticle crystallisation and transformation during radioactive effluent treatment: Application to the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant
Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. The treatment of radioactive effluents is a key process in the decommissioning of nuclear sites in the UK and worldwide. Read more
'Guardians from the Grass’; Harnessing fungal endophytes to suppress plant parasitic nematodes of potatoes (Ref: CTP-SAI-081)
Globally, ca.374 million tons of potatoes are produced per annum, providing a staple food that is rich in carbohydrate, protein, fibre and vitamin C (FAO, 2024). Read more
CR2025_14: Hydro-Ecological-Sediment feedbacks for improving coastal wetland Restoration (HES-Res)
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. Read more
CR2025_14: Hydro-Ecological-Sediment feedbacks for improving coastal wetland Restoration (HES-Res)
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. Read more
The Inside Story: Exploring and exploiting the cabbage stem flea beetle endosymbiont microbiome as a potential means of crop protection. BBSRC SWBio DTP PhD studentship 2025 Entry
Supervisors. Lead Supervisor. Dr David Withall (Rothamsted Research). Additional Supervisors. Professor Chris Bass (University of Exeter), Ian Clark (Rothamsted Research), Dr Bram Kuijper (University of Exeter), Dr Godfrey Apangu (Rothamsted Research). Read more