october 2021 – september 2025
Laura Martinez
I am researching parasitoid resistance on potato aphids (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) of strawberry crops. My project will include:
-Sampling potato aphid populations in strawberries to determine their genotypic diversity
-Assessing parasitoid resistance on potato aphids to their main parasitoid species
-Investigating the genetic diversity of the most common parasitoid species used for potato aphid control
-Exploring the potato aphid endosymbiont community composition as it has been linked with parasitoid resistance in other aphids
-Performing a field survey to understand the dynamics and interactions of potato aphid genotypes with different parasitoids species