Code
3S001717
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Phytopathology
- Plant biochemistry
- Plant cell and molecular biology
- Plant immunology
- Plant morphology, anatomy and physiology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology
Keywords
Crazy root disease
tomato plants
Agrobacterium
Project description
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an important crop for Belgium and The Netherlands. The rootstocks commonly used in greenhouses, however, are susceptible to Agrobacterium strains causing crazy root disease.