PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Investigating the ‘cry-for-help’ Effect in Wheat

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

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

About this position

Soil microbial associations with roots are highly complex and incredibly important for healthy plant growth. Consequently, plants secrete diverse metabolites to attract/repel key microorganisms from the surrounding soil. Plant-recruited microbes contribute to plant health in multiple ways, including nutrient solubilisation, growth promotion and pathogen antagonism. Recent evidence suggests that plant roots actively recruit beneficial microbes in response to pathogen attack, the so-called ‘cry-for-help’ effect. While we understand the broad principles of the cry-for-help effect, many details of

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