Applications for 2018 have now closed. Please check this page again in early 2019 for information about applying for the next Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship programme.

The projects below will take place over the summer of 2018. We are grateful to Defra, BSPP and N8 AgriFood for funding this programme.

An investigation into the plant pathogenic oomycete community in the Lagan river, Belfast – the utility of the baiting technique Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast		Characterisation of novel viruses detected in material bought on eBay Fera, York
Developing new tools for interrogating cereal invaders John Innes Centre, Norwich		Developing tools for pre-symptomatic disease detection in strawberry NIAB EMR, Kent
Factors affecting potato variety tolerance in the management of potato cyst nematodes (Globodera spp) Harper Adams University, Shropshire		Getting straight to the point: Predicting the starting location of an epidemic following its first discovery University of Salford
Linking high risk pests of woody species to host plant diversity in Britain Coventry University		The consequences of underground plant-to-plant signalling for aphid fitness University of Manchester
Understanding R. solanacearum pathogen resistance evolution against Pseudomonas biocontrol agent University of York

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