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We have 16 Agricultural Sciences (pathogen) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Agricultural Sciences (pathogen) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 16 Agricultural Sciences (pathogen) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Effects of extreme weather events and livestock excreta management on the viability and transfer of pathogens to watercourses.
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the Red-ALERT CDT, hosted by Bangor University for entry in September 2025. Read more
Boosting genetic immunity of pea against downy mildew pathogen (ARORA_J25CASE)
Pea (Pisum sativum) is an essential crop for sustainable agriculture, valued for its nitrogen-fixing capabilities and as a key source of plant-based protein. Read more
PhD Opportunity - Mechanics of multifactorial stress responses in plants – How do abiotic stress signals integrate with pathogen immunity?
'TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK INSTITUTION WEBSITE'. Outline. Plants have the innate ability to respond to pathogens together with multiple abiotic stress challenges, but such responses often come at a cost to plant productivity and water use. Read more
A view from inside; how pathogen effectors choregraph organelles to suppress plant immunity and promote colonisation
Biotic stress contributes disproportionately to crop losses, accounting for more than of 25% of global yield. Thus, developing novel approaches to restricting pathogen infections of crops and consequently improving yields must be a key futurey objective for food security. Read more
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Funded PhD SWBio DTP- Closing the Door: Understanding the Role of cGMP Signalling in Plant Immune Defence Against Pathogen Entry
Stomata, the pores on leaf surfaces, are vital for regulating CO2 uptake and water loss, playing a key role in plant responses to environmental stresses. Read more
Funded PhD - Wound Entry and Vascular Immunity: How Bacterial Plant Pathogens Enter and Colonise Plants Through Wounds
Wounding of plants by environmental stresses such as wind, rain, or sandstorms creates entry points for bacterial pathogens, which exploit these wounds to infect plants, spread through vascular tissues, and suppress immunity. Read more
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Funded PhD SWBio DTP *AP- Developmental specificity of subcellular dynamic responses to Colletotrichum higginsianum infection of Arabidopsis thaliana
Project description. Pathogens are responsible for reducing global crop yields of major crops by around 20% annually. Read more
Development of effective phage cocktails for precise crop protection measures
Crop production plays a crucial role in ensuring global food security and maintaining economic stability, especially with the global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, necessitating a 70% increase in food production. Read more
Understanding genetic mechanisms of complex traits to improve potato breeding
Cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum) plays a crucial role in addressing world food security. With the need to feed a growing population under rapidly changing climatic conditions comes the need to develop better adapted potato varieties. 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
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Harnessing symbionts for control of vector borne disease in agriculture
Insects vector globally important diseases in agriculture, posing significant economic burdens and threatening food security. Virus transmission by sap-sucking insects account for nearly half of all plant pathogens, leading to >£24 billion in global annual costs. 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
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
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Funded PhD SWBio DTP- Re-engineering of amino acid metabolism and protein synthesis in wheat via CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the metabolic regulator, GCN2
Host institution. Rothamsted Research (Harpenden) Submit applications to this project to University of Bristol. Project description. Read more
China Scholarship Council: Exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in insect pest saliva
Sap-feeding insect pests cause significant economical damage to crops globally. While probing and feeding these insects secrete saliva inside their hosts which contains a wide range of molecules, including proteins, RNA, and metabolites. Read more
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