Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0668093
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$115,000.00
Summary
Expansion and enhancement of the South Australian Regional Facility for Molecular Ecology and Evolution and the Australian Centre Ancient DNA. Provision of dedicated instruments for contemporary and ancient/fragmentary DNA analyses will provide numerous opportunities for innovative research solutions in basic biology, archaeological, agricultural, biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences. No similar combination of facilities currently exists in the Australian region severely curtailing an ....Expansion and enhancement of the South Australian Regional Facility for Molecular Ecology and Evolution and the Australian Centre Ancient DNA. Provision of dedicated instruments for contemporary and ancient/fragmentary DNA analyses will provide numerous opportunities for innovative research solutions in basic biology, archaeological, agricultural, biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences. No similar combination of facilities currently exists in the Australian region severely curtailing and jeopardising the quality of current and proposed research programs. The facilities will underlie innovative approaches to research in National Research Priorities 1 and 4 - An Environmentally Sustainable Australia and Safeguarding AustraliaRead moreRead less
Genetic variation in the Cotesia flavipes complex of parasitic wasps: towards the effective biological control of stem-borer pests. This project will determine the genetic variation among world populations of the parasitic wasp Cotesia flavipes, as a prelude to the preemptive biological control of stemborer pests of sugarcane in Australia. These pests currently do not occur in Australia, but are found in crops across New Guinea and Indonesia, so that their incursion into Australia is highly lik ....Genetic variation in the Cotesia flavipes complex of parasitic wasps: towards the effective biological control of stem-borer pests. This project will determine the genetic variation among world populations of the parasitic wasp Cotesia flavipes, as a prelude to the preemptive biological control of stemborer pests of sugarcane in Australia. These pests currently do not occur in Australia, but are found in crops across New Guinea and Indonesia, so that their incursion into Australia is highly likely in the future. The results of this project will clarify the taxonomic status of C. flavipes-like species in Australia and provide the means, using molecular markers, to select host strains of this wasp suitable for the control of specific stemborer speciesRead moreRead less