Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0454036

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0454036

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A comparative study of the distribution and spread of potential molecular markers for Mundulla Yellows disease. Mundulla Yellows (MY), a newly recognised widespread lethal disease of Eucalyptus spp.in Australia, is a serious threat to national biodiversity and conservation. It is contagious, apparently biotic, but the causal agent is unknown. Identification of the cause is essential to establish sustainable control measures. We have detected a range of MY-associated RNAs constituting a disease 'fingerprint'. To identify individual RNAs uniquely associated with MY we aim to compare MY-RNA fingerprints from a range of affected species from different sites and with varying symptoms. Candidate RNAs will be cloned both for establishing molecular diagnostics for MY and identifying the cause.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-2004

End Date: 01-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $180,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Diagnostic Applications | Microbiology | Virology | Infectious Agents

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ornamentals, Australian natives and nursery plants | Forestry | Native forests |

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