Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0452084
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Evolution of microgastroid parasitic wasps and their symbiotic viruses - a major group of biological control agents. Microgastroid wasps represent a huge assemblage of species that are parasitic in lepidopteran (moth) larvae and are a major group of biological control agents of agricultural pests. They also possess a unique association with a group of symbiotic viruses that when introduced into a host, block its immune response. This project will elucidate the evolutionary relationships among wasps and viruses employing morphology, sequence data and information on mitochondrial genome organisation as a basis for investigating the level of cophylogeny between these partner organisms, and to provide a framework for studies on wasp-host interactions at a molecular level.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2004
End Date: 12-2007
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $210,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of pests and exotic species | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Control of pests and exotic species |
