PlantHealth students find master thesis in a great variety of companies and positions.
Here you can find an overview of the Master Thesis carried out in the last years.
MASTER THESIS REPORT 2025
| COUNTRY | INSTITUTION | MASTER THESIS |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Side effects of botanical biopesticides against pepper vectors on Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) |
| Costa Rica | The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) | Agroecological Transition in Coffee Production: Field-Based Experimental Evaluation of Alternative Control Methods for Hemileia vastatrix and Hypothenemus hampei in Costa Rica |
| Germany | Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) | Pathogenicity and molecular identification as well as fungicide sensitivity of Sclerotinia spp. isolates associated with Sclerotinia stem rot in oilseed rape |
| Germany | Georg-August University Göttingen (UGOE) in cooperation with BASF | Xylem uptake of systemic fungicides for control of Verticillium longisporum in oilseed rape |
| Belgium | Ghent University | Optimising the SYNCAS CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system in Tetranychus evansi (tomato red spider mite) to enable targeted genome modifications and functionally validate pesticide resistance mutation in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel gene, responsible for pyrethroid resistance |
| Germany | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE) | Behavioral and Chemical Profiling of Attracap® Formulation with Molecular Characterization of Agriotes obscurus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) |
| France | Université Littoral-Côte d’Opale | Evaluation of the biostimulant and protective capacities of fractions from macroalgae cultures from the French coast. |
| Belgium | Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech | Potential applications of the nematode-bacteria complex as a novel approach for the control of wireworms (Agriotes spp.). |
| France | INRAE Bioger - AgroParisTech - University of Paris Saclay | In search of hidden resistance Acquisition and exploitation of data for the identification of varieties that are sources of resistance to yellow rust in wheat |
| France | INRAE, AgroParisTech, Centre d'Etudes biologiques Chizé | Optimizing epidemiological surveillance networks of foliar pathogens of wheat by integrating protocolled and participatory data |
| Germany | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) | Exploring Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Wheat and Barley Through Transient Gene Silencing and Overexpression Approaches |
| Sweden | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) | Coupled Omics (Integrative Transcriptomic and Metabolomic) Insights into Differential Resistance of Potato Cultivars Against Early Blight |
| Sweden | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) | Exploring the Biocontrol Potential of Aureobasidium pullulans Against Anthracnose Disease in Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Across Europe |
| Spain | Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC) | Characterization of the infection process of forest species by Xylella fastidiosa strains through molecular analysis and physiological stress indicators |
| Spain | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) | Biological control potential of a spider Ostearius melanophygius |
| Spain | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) | Leveraging artificial intelligence in the ongoing fight against mealybug species |
| Italy | Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD) | RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in Halyomorpha halys and Its Non-Target Effects on Trissolcus japonicus |
| Spain | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) | Characterization of Aspergillus vine canker disease of table grape in Spain |