PhD Studentship: Hidden Pest-Pathogen Alliances: Unravelling the Mechanisms of Aphid-Fungal Coo[...]

Position Details

Supervisor: Prof Rumiana Ray (University of Nottingham)

Secondary Supervisors: Dr Hadrien Peyret (University of Nottingham), Dr Dong-Hyun Kim (University of Nottingham), Prof Toby Bruce (Keele University)

Subject Area: Plant Health, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Resilience

Research Title: Hidden Pest-Pathogen Alliances: Unravelling the Mechanisms of Aphid-Fungal Cooperation on Wheat

Location: UK Other

Closing Date: Monday 17 August 2026

Reference: SCI3070

Research Description

Wheat underpins global food security, providing a major source of calories for both human consumption and animal feed. However, crop productivity is increasingly threatened by plant diseases, insect pests, climate change, and growing pressure to reduce chemical inputs. Understanding how multiple biological threats interact within crops represents one of the major challenges facing sustainable agr...