Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0667635
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Phytochemistry Of Thrips Resistance In Potato And Its Influence On Acquisition And Transmission Of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. TSWV causes multi-million dollar losses to the Australian potato industry, which is the countries largest and most valuable vegetable commodity and an important source of income and employment for rural communities. Development of TSWV epidemics relies on the activity of vector thrips acquiring virus from infected plants and transmitting it to healthy potatoes. Deployment of thrips resistant potato would greatly assist disease control. This project will determine the efficacy of thrips resistance in reducing TSWV epidemics and identify the chemical basis of resistance, which could be used as a screening tool for potato breeding, and could form the basis of a synthetic chemical tool for thrips prevention in potato and other crops.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2006
End Date: 06-2009
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $255,875.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Horticultural Production | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Analytical Spectrometry
