PhD Candidates

Linking local and landscape scale trophic interactions for plant-induced biological control of insect pests.

Risk of Zika virus introductions for the Netherlands (ZikaRisk).

Seed potato quality: technology and supply systems in Chencha, Ethiopia.

Alternatives to slash and burn for smallholder farmers through integrated crop-livestock-tree systems in the Brazilian Amazon.

Learning from excellent organic farmers.

Improved crop management systems for sustainable cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa.

Natural Resource Management Intervention Effects on Watershed Dynamics And Ecosystem Services for Learning and Observatory Watersheds in Amhara region, Ethiopia.

Effects of CA storage nad MAP on chilling injury in tomato fruit.

Developing ware potatoes with improved quality for sustainable chain development in southern Ethiopia.

Promoting recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem services in degraded agro-forested landscapes, Chiapas, Mexico.

Enhancing Farmer Credit Access: Facilitating Network Collaboration through Digital Information System.

Genetic diversity in Thioalkalivibrio stimulated through environmental stress.

High-precision dendroprovenancing of oak and pine wood from Atlantic Iberia.

Technical and institutional innovations in arid zones: Groundwater-based agriculture in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan.

Evaluation and redesign of water harvesting systems in the context of climate change: a case study of the wadi Oum Zessar watershed, south-eastern Tunesia.

Molecular ecology and biofitness of Helicoverpa armigera baculovirus in cotton-cotton bollworm system.

The potential role of tropical forest management and wood product use for climate change mitigation.

Biological control of the new invasive pest species Spotted Wing Drosophila.

Sustainable intensification of cereal-based agro-ecosystems through crop-livestock integration and diversification in the Terai and Mid-hills of Nepal.

Understanding the process of valley floor gully formation and development to reduce reservoir sedimentation, The case of Northwest highlands of Ethiopia.

Integrating information on soil forming processes in digital soil mapping.

Degradation, transformation and stabilization of composted organic matter by microorganisms (fungi, bacteria) and soil fauna.

Analyzing trajectories of change, Investment risks, and potential for cooperation in surface water resource management for sustainable intensification of farming systems in Southern Bangladesh.

Maize yield gaps and their mitigation in Ethiopia: an integrated assessment

Physiological and ecological strategies of soil bacteria belonging to the phylum Acidobacteria.

Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Calamus javensis Blume complex (Arecaceae, Calamoideae)

Assessing the effects of micronutrient enriched fertilizers on yield and grain nutrient concentration of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Uganda.

Assessment of a prototype decision support tool for nutrient management within the framework of functional land management at community level.

Smart Monitoring: integrating innovative ecotoxicological water quality assessment.

Tipping the system: the difficult transition from chemical towards natural pest control in agriculture.

Negotiating over parental care: how do parents react to each other?

Emerging plant diseases: reducing the impact of Alternaria species on potato production.

Exploiting positive plant-soil feedbacks through understanding root traits and trade-offs.

Black soldier fly (Hermetia illuscens L.) larvae as alternative source of animal feed.

Carbon cycling in deep-sea sponges.

Eye-in-hand sensing and Visual Servo Control for a Sweet-Pepper harvesting robot.

Statistical integration of heterogeneous omics data sets using network reconstruction technology.

Linking smallholders to formal markets: Consequences of and options of Business models for Pro Poor Sourcing by Multinational Enterprises for the enabling environment of entrepreneurship of Smallholder farmers.

eDNA-based aquatic biodiversity and water quality assessment.

Migratory connectivity between Arctic breeding grounds and oceanic wintering grounds of seabirds.

Comparative metabolism in Thioalkalivibrio.

Landscape history in Marqués de Comillas: actors, policies, and colonization dynamics.

Tracking disturbance: understanding the roel of forest disturbance and recovery on forest carbon cycle dynamics inferred by flux-data, remote sensing and modelling.

The maintenance of male-dimorphism in a mite.

Optimal management of energy resources in greenhouse crop production systems.

GAP monitor: Developing global community-based crowdsourcing approaches to support monitoring and assessment of yield gaps.

Exploring multi-functional alternative landscape designs for intensive coffee systems in Costa Rica.

A family of genes that determine susceptibility of plants to herbivores as novel targets for resistance breeding.

Fast carbon losses through fire in tundra and boreal forests.

Agrorobotics in open field food production.