Getting to the roots of black-grass control: Crop-weed allelopathic interactions in Alopecurus myosuroides.

黑草（Alopecurus myosuroides）是英国农作物生产的主要威胁。黑草对除草剂的抗性演变意味着迫切需要开发新的防治策略。人们对化感作用（植物产生生物活性化合物以抑制其竞争对手的生长）的潜力非常感兴趣，以提供控制黑草的新解决方案。你将与一个跨学科的团队合作，探索植物生态和进化的相互作用，化学生态学和土壤生态学。您将在定量生物学、分析化学和土壤宏基因组学的现代方法的基础上发展植物、化学和土壤生态学方面的技能。您将发展有关基本生态相互作用的基本科学知识，并将这些知识应用于英国作物生产中最紧迫的问题之一。您将有机会与英国领先的农场管理咨询公司之一合作，以实现您在农艺田间试验中发现的潜力。

Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) is a major threat to UK crop production. The evolution of resistance to herbicides in black-grass means there is an urgent need to develop novel control strategies. There is much interest in the potential for allelopathic interactions (the production of biologically active compounds by plants to inhibit growth of their competitors) to provide novel solutions for black-grass control. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to explore plant ecological and evolutionary interactions, chemical ecology and soil ecology. You will develop skills in plant, chemical and soil ecology underpinned by modern approaches in quantitative biology, analytical chemistry and soil metagenomics. You will develop fundamental scientific knowledge about basic ecological interactions, applying this knowledge to one of the most pressing issues in UK crop production. You will have the opportunity to work with one of the UK's leading farm management consulting companies to realise the potential of your findings in agronomic field trials.