Dear colleagues,
I would be very grateful if you could help spread the below advertisement for a doctoral student at SLU Alnarp (Sweden).
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas on beforehand,
Johan
PhD position in epidemiology and resistance development (4 years)
Project Description
Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection from disease that occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to infection through e.g., vaccination, thereby reducing the likelihood of infection for individuals who lack immunity. The concept of herd immunity was developed within the science of human epidemiology and has never been fully explored in relation to plant populations.
The first aim of this project is to investigate whether herd immunity can be obtained in crop plantations through speckled use of 1) resistant cultivars, 2) biological control (Aureobasidium pullulans) and 3) chemical fungicides. The second aim is to investigate whether use of these speckled measures creates selection mosaics with evolutionary micro-refuges for the pathogen, thereby preventing it from evolving counter-resistance. Strawberry plantings infected by Botrytis cinerea (causing grey mould) will be used as model system.
The PhD student will be responsible for a large mesocosm experiment, in which susceptible or resistant strawberry plants will be subjected to speckled application of biological or chemical fungicides. Disease development in the plants, as well as resistance evolution in the pathogen, will be studied over four years.
Online application system: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=7524&rmlang=UK
Johan A. Stenberg
Professor
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Protection Biology
PO Box 190, SE-234 22 LOMMA
Visiting address: Sundsvägen 14
Tel: +46 40 41 53 78
johan.stenberg@slu.se, www.slu.se/stenberg
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