The David Colegrave Foundation ( DCF ) is delighted to be funding Julie Lin , a Biological Sciences student at Imperial College London , as part of a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship .
DCF work with the Royal Society of Biology ( RSB ) to select a plant wellness project for its Plant Health Undergraduate Summer Studentship Programme for 2019 . The selected project is The Life Hz and biology of an emergent pestilence , the agapanthus gall midge , host by RHS , Wisley and supervised by Dr. Hayley Jones .
Julie Lin
Julie Lin is thrilled to be work at the cutting edge of research alongside the plant life health squad . She says : “ I use to this project after I was enticed by the estimate of uncover information completely new to scientific discipline … Last summer I undertake a placement which ask the rearing of small louse and annelids expeditiously within a laboratory . To do this , I delved into the lit draw the life history oscillation of these little critter and during this clock time became more and more impressed by the fascinating and diverse life cycles of insects . The summer studentship project to elucidate the life stages of the fresh discovered agapanthus bile midge , work these ideas together and so pique my pursuit … I am already very thankful for this chance and I am expect forward to carrying out the experiments which will belike divulge vital selective information towards the development of control condition against the agapanthus gall midge . ”
The project has sire off to a great start tells Dr. Hayley Jones : “ We selected Julie for this project because of her enthusiastic and well - written software and performance in a telephone set interview , where she draft her biological research skills and experience with entomology . So far , she has evidence an excellent student , work very hard and expeditiously and make good forward motion with the projection … She has already successfully photographed the pupal microscope stage and derive that they do not take shape a cocoon , a key gap in our knowledge that her task was tasked with … We are only a third of the path into the projection and Julie has already achieved so much , I await onwards to the remainder of the project . ”
The agapanthus saddle sore midge , Enigmadiplosis agapanthi , causes wrong to the pop ornamental works Agapanthus . The midge larvae form galls in the blossom buds , twist them and stopping their inflorescence . This projection will gather essential life hertz information . The knowledge gained will inform the development and targeting of control options , with the aim of improving the economical stability of Agapanthus breeders and nurseries , and empowering gardener to protect their garden industrial plant from this pest .
Read more athttp://davidcolegravefoundation.org.uk/dcf-funded-student-tackles-agapanthus-pest/
