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Plant Health & Seeds

Current research projects

Diagnostic scheme for the identification of European potato cyst nematode (PCN) populations
The identification, status and potential damage of root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne spp. in Northern Ireland
Optimising control of potato late blight with effective use of fungicides and cultivars for conventional and reduced input systems
Improving the detection and control of fungal and bacterial pathogens of potato tubers
Management of diseases and weeds of cereal crops grown under organic conditions
Epidemiology and control of apple canker caused by Nectria galligena
New plant defence genes: their identification, characterisation and application
The basis of potato cyst nematode resistance in Solanum species

Scientific preparedness for emergencies - contingencies

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