MSc STUDENT-BIOTECHNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY(TWO(2) YEARS FIXED TERM CONTRACT)
Agricultural Research Council
Pretoria
On-site
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Full time
Responsibilities
- Identify and screen rhizobia and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from underutilized legumes.
- Screen for beneficial plant-soil microbe interaction traits.
- Conduct glasshouse and/or field screening trials involving rhizobium/rhizobacterial inoculation.
- Investigate soil characteristics in relation to legume rhizobium interactions.
- Study the molecular characterization and identification of selected elite strains.
- Publish research outputs on internationally recognized peer reviewed journals