My area of research is Nematology, it is a scientific discipline concerned with the study of plant parasitic nematodes; they are microscopic worms that live in the soil. They are an important crop pest in the world and in our country. The nematodes also can be vectors of other plant pathogens, like viruses.
In my PhD thesis I am studying the interaction between plant parasitic nematodes, plant viruses and plant. Specifically, I want to study the epidemiology of Xiphinema americanum and Tomato ringspot virus on stone fruit crops. These nematodes are difficult for their identification, so I will work with different methods for the nematodes identification, morphology and morphometric characterization and molecular analysis. For the identification of virus strains, I will work with molecular analysis. Later, I will do virus transmission test on indicator plants and I will determinate the transmission efficiency for each virus strains and its vector nematode, on stone fruit crops.
I like much my current research but it represents too much work and the next years it will take me a lot of time. I would like to have more time to enjoy the life, I need days with 34 hours or a little bit more jajaja. That is life of the students!!! :)
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