Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0990385
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Protecting the Australian chickpea industry through knowledge of the current Ascochyta rabiei fungal population and risk to resistance breeding strategies. Australian chickpea is highly vulnerable to epidemics of Ascochyta blight, which may cause total crop failure. This project will help to maintain Australia's position as a major global chickpea producer through maximising the life span of current resistance genes to A. rabiei. and determining the applicability of other potential resistance sources. The knowledge that will be generated regarding the pathogen's potential to overcome host resistance is imperative for developing future disease management strategies, especially since more aggressive isolates exist outside Australia. The project findings will feed directly into the National Australian Chickpea Breeding Program.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2009
End Date: 12-2013
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $90,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Gene Expression | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics | Plant Pathology
