PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Engineering Fitness in Disease-Resistant Crops

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Earth, environment and agriculture
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

About this position

Engineering crop disease resistance to overcome the growth-defence trade-off Developing crops that are both productive and resillient is one of the major challenges facing agriculture. While disease-resistance genes can protect plants from devastating pathogens, they often come with a hidden cost: reduced growth and lower yields. This PhD will investigate whether engineering biology can overcome this trade-off by precisely controlling when and where resistance genes are expressed. You will study resistance to potato cyst nematodes, one of the UK's most important pests. A resistance locus from

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Applications close on 30 Nov 2026 (18 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/DTJ451/phd-studentship-engineering-fitness-in-disease-resistant-crops

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