Tasks

• Collaboration in the project “ABBAonFire” – An innovative treatment approach based on natural tailocins for fire blight control in organic pome fruit orchards
• Implementation of laboratory studies to determine effects of natural tailocins on Erwinia amylovora, the causative agent of fire blight, and on non-target organisms (bees)
• Studying the interaction of plants and insect pollinators as vectors of phytopathogens and their natural antagonists