General Objective: Establish the relationships of microbial communities of the rhizosphere and physicochemical factors of the soil associated with bud rot from the analysis of microbiomes in African palm Elaeis guineensis and its O x G hybrids, oriented to future agroecological management plans of the disease. .
Specific objectives
- To determine the soil microbiome in palm crops associated with healthy and bud rot conditions in both E. guineensis inbred lines and O x G hybrids.
- Identify pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms from the rhizosphere of E. guineensis palm and O x G hybrids associated with bud rot.
- Analyze the interrelationships between soil microbial communities associated with PC and physicochemical factors for the orientation of guidelines for agroecological management of the disease.
Participating Institutions:
ESPOL, USFQ, UDLA.
Participants:
Director of the Daynet Sosa del Castillo project.
- Maria Fernanda Ratti Torres
- Hector Antonio Leon Reyes
- Wilson Arturo Vasquez Castillo
- Fernando Xavier Rivas Romero
- Lizette Veronica Serrano Mena
- Noelia Nathaly Barriga Medina
- Maria Sol Llerena Llerena
- Darío Xavier Ramírez Villacís
Awarded budget: $38250,00
Project status: In progress.
