Code
01W03713
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- General biology
- Microbiology
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production
- Veterinary medicine
Keywords
sweetpotato
pest insects
Cylas puncticollis
crop protection
weevils
RNA interference
insecticidal dsRNAs
biotechnology
Project description
This projects aims to protect African sweetpotato cultivars against damage by the African sweetpotato weevils of Cylas puncticollis with use of biotechnology, specifically RNA interference.