PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Selamawit Araya Kidane, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ”Plant-parasitic nematodes of the Ethiopian food security crop enset (Ensete ventricosum) - occurrence, distribution, characterisation and management" on 24 March 2021.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Planteparasittiske nematoder hos enset (Ensete ventricosum) - Forekomst, karakterisering, distribusjon og forvaltning av nematodene i denne kulturplanten som er viktig for matvaresikkerheten i Etiopia"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Improving and increasing enset (Ensete ventricosum) production in Africa: an evaluation of cultural, biotic and abiotic constraints”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Wednesday 24 March at 12.15
Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/67084643594
Evaluation committee:
Prof. Em. Richard A. Sikora, University of Bonn
Ass. Prof. Laura Cortada-Gonzalez, University of Ghent
Researcher Dag-Ragnar Blystad, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Prof. Trine Hvoslef-Eide, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Scientist Daniel Coyne, IITA
Co-supervisor: Researcher Solveig Haukeland, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Prof. Beira H Meressa, Jimma University
The general audience is invited to participate via Zoom.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2021:32, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1803-5