Code
01W04514
Duration
01 August 2014 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Microbiology
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production
Keywords
Radopholus similis
weevil
banana transformation
Project description
RNAi constructs will first be tested in vitro against Radopholus similis and Cosmopolites sordidus, 2 important pests on banana in Uganda.
The most efficient constructs will than be introduced in banana.