Project

Uncover diversity, barcoding and metabarcoding of plant-parasitic nematodes

Code

01D05918

Duration

01 October 2018 → 30 September 2022

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Wim Bert

Fellow

Phougeishangbam Rolish Singh

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
- Crop science
- Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified
- Other agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences not elsewhere classified

Keywords

taxonomy phylogeny plant-parasitic nematodes new species diagnostics barcodes COI gene DNA-metabarcoding

Project description

This PhD aims at studying diversity, biology and diagnostics of plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) around the world in light of their efficient management in agricultural fields. Comprehensively delimited species and newly described species will be linked to the most informative and efficient molecular barcodes. DNA-metabarcoding will be optimized for PPN, including a density estimation.