Thesis supervisor: Éva Várallyay
belső konzulens: Erzsébet Kiss
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Gödöllő NAIK-MBK Abbreviation of location of studies: MBK
Description of the research topic:
Apricot orchard of Hungary shows drastic decline in the last few years which were often connected with the widespread presence of phytoplasma (Ca p prunorum). Beside this pathogen presence of new viruses were described by our group causing problems not only on apricot, but also in apple orchards. Metagenomics approaches based next generation sequencing techniques can reveal the presence of all pathogens present in the plant showing symptoms. Presence of bacteria and fungi can disclose by direct genome sequencing, while RNA seq and small RNA NGS can be used to describe viral pathogens in the investigated sample. Further investigation of the complex infections can answer the question which pathogen in which combination cause symptoms leading to severe loss in crop yields. With these new sensitive techniques we can survey not only our orchards but collections of varieties. Our results will also give information about the variants or strains present in our country. This detailed information would help us not only to plan plant protection strategies, but find new avenues to prevent their spread and minimise their damage.
Required language skills: English Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): English Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2018-05-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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