PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Balancing Wheat Rust Resilience and Soil Microbial Diversity

Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Earth, environment and agriculture
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805 p.a
Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

About this position

Scientific background: Plant-microbe relationships are shaped by complex, root-exuded metabolites that vary by host genotype and can be augmented to enhance agricultural productivity. In modern agriculture, an emerging, environmentally friendly strategy to enhance resilience to phytopathogens is to disrupt the function of disease susceptibility genes (S-genes), which are targeted by pathogens to promote their growth and infection. However, S-gene disruption often leads to wider changes in the metabolic profile of plants, which can influence colonisation by other pests, pathogens and beneficial

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Applications close on 16 Dec 2026 (34 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTJ373/phd-studentship-balancing-wheat-rust-resilience-and-soil-microbial-diversity

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