Code
01D05918
Duration
01 October 2018 → 30 September 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology
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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.