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Vacancy: PhD Researcher, biological control of powdery mildew fungi by mycophagous predators
Exciting PhD position available at the Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture of Wageningen Research in Bleiswijk, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Entomology of Wageningen University.
Post-doc Position: Microbial Control
Interferenza con la trasmissione di Xylella fastidiosa attraverso strategie di manipolazione comportamentale
Bando D.R. n.3142 del 04/09/2023
Scadenza: 16/10/2023
Rapporto di lavoro: Assegnista di ricerca
Programma di ricerca: 07.299
Titolo assegno: Interferenza con la trasmissione di Xylella fastidiosa attraverso strategie di manipolazione comportamentale
URL pica: https://pica.cineca.it/uniba/2023-pr-07-299/domande
Area scientifico disciplinare: Scienze agrarie e veterinarie
Settore/i scientifico disciplinare/i: AGR/11 AGR/12 BIO/05 BIO/11
Importo: € 22.535,67
Durata: 24 mesi
Sede: Dip.to di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti
Post-doctoral fellowship Xylella fastidiosa
Disruption of Xylella fastidiosa transmission through behavioral manipulation.
The main goal of the project is to evaluate the impact on the transmission dynamics of Xylella fastidiosa to olive by Philaenus spumarius of techniques and tools alternative to pesticides and based on the concept of behavioral manipulation of the insect vector.
The candidate will conduct lab and semi-field trials assessing the effect on the fastidious bacterium acquisition/inoculation rates of:
i) attractive and repellant visual cues either alone or in combination with plant-emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
ii) intra- and inter-specific substrate-borne vibrations;
iii) natural enemies with different ethological and ecological traits.
The research will be conducted in the frame of the SOS project (Development of sustainable control strategies of Philaenus spumarius and Xylella fastidiosa transmission), funded by MASAF (Italian Ministry of Agriculture).
Contact: Daniele Cornara (Assistant Professor, University of Bari), daniele.cornara@uniba.it
Position: Post-doctoral fellowship
Duration: 2 years
Annual gross salary: 27.800,00 Euros
Place of employment: University of Bari (Bari, Italy), https://www.uniba.it/it/ricerca/dipartimenti/disspa
Call opening (estimated): October 2023
Starting contract date (estimated): December 2023