Biocontrol of plant diseases Hydroponic pathology Environmental biotechnology Molecular biology and virology Integrated disease management Panama disease of bananas Plantation tree pathology White rust of sunflower Forestry/ tree pathology Soilborne disease Phytonematology Probiotics and Food Biotechnology A survey and study of the plant pathogens reducing yields of indigenous food crops and the transmission and control of these pathogens Postharvest technology and food safety Microbial Evolution and Diversity