Code
01SB0909
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 October 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production
Keywords
Meloidogyne graminicola
Cochliobolus miyabeanus
brown spot disease
aerobic rice
Project description
This project is about a collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines about yield decline in aerobic rice and the role of pythium and nematodes in this process. In addition, the aetiology of Cochliobus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot on rice will be investigated together with resistance mechanisms of rice against this pathogen.