Code
01W02411
Duration
15 September 2011 → 30 September 2015
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
M. incognita
M. graminicola
Q-PCR
rice
tomato
AMF
nematode infection
Project description
In this project the plant response in tomato and rice upon rootknot nematode infection and inoculation with endophytes or both will be analysed with molecular techniques (Q-PCR). There is evidence that endophytes such as endommycorhizae enhance the plant defense. We will focus on plant defense and hormone pathways to understand the plant response.