Assistant Researcher

**Responsibilities and tasks**:
**1. Coordination of phytopathology activities**
- Coordinate with phytopathology local and global teams for executing research and routine disease testing trials at the station.
- Smooth conduction of the disease resistance screening trials as per demand in open field and tunnel conditions.
- Assist in development of disease phenotyping protocol for new pathogens as per need.
- Pro-actively engage in disease diagnosis and management at station and support commercial team members
- Coordinate with external teams to conduct screening trials as per the need of projects.

**2. Conduct field experiments for disease screening**
- Conduct field experiments for disease screening - fungal, bacterial, viral and nematode diseases.
- Design the experiments to collect the data as per project needs
- Maintain good quality trials for clear results and also to rescue resistance material for seed multiplication.
- Disease diagnosis techniques - field level and in laboratory for verification of the disease.

**3. Conduct artificial inoculation assays**
- Conduct the artificial inoculation assays for insect mediated viral diseases and also for the foliar and soil borne
- fungal, bacterial and nematode diseases
- Develop the bench test and sick plots for various disease screening activites as per need.
- Securely maintain different disease cultures for artificial inoculations.

**4. Work independently for collection and analysis of data for all trials conducted at R&D station.**
- Collection of data from various disease screening trials and breeding evaluation trials conducted at station.
- Data analysis to interpret the results
- Work independently but also in close contact with other local and international colleagues, especially with pathologists and breeders.
- Need based out station visits along with commercial team to collect disease data.

**Profile**:

- Master’s degree in Plant Pathology (any related) and combined with experience in vegetable crop diseases.
- Must be fluent in Thai & English for Local and international team communication
- Skills - Entrepreneurial attitude, Innovative, Strong interpersonal skills, Flexible

**Salary**: ฿25,000.00 - ฿30,000.00 per month