Research Projects
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- Biological control of cyst nematodes by indigenous fungal parasites
- Biology and effective management of wireworm
- Decline of PCN Population densities in the absence of a host crop
- Determination of the interaction between the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis and Rhizoctonia solani of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum)
- Development of a new assay for nematode viability
- Distribution of potato cyst nematodes in England and Wales
- Dynamics and DNA profiles of PCN populations on different potato cultivars, with and without nematicide treatment
- Identification of microbes degrading nematicides and the development of a diagnostic assay for nematicide persistence in soil
- Improved diagnostics for the identification of potato cyst nematodes
- Improving the efficiency of granular insecticide/nematicide application
- Interactions between potato plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, potato cyst nematodes and nematicide
- Movement of PCN foci by cultivation
- Novel methods for nematicide application
- Plant extracts for insect and nematode control
- Remote sensing of crop damage caused by potato cyst nematodes
- Spatial application of nutrients through trickle-irrigation to ameliorate damage caused by potato cyst nematodes
- Trap-cropping to reduce population densities of potato cyst nematodes
