Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0989223

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989223

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mechanisms and management of inducible tolerance to synthetic insecticides and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-formulations in Australian populations of diamondback moth. Insects have a cunning ability to respond to damaging environments by evolving genetic resistance or mobilising metabolic tolerance mechanisms. Recent observations of inducible tolerance to synthetic and biopesticides, which can be transmitted to offspring by a maternal effect has the potential to cause ecological and economic problems in agricultural production. We will use field-collected Diamondback moth (DBM), a major insect pest in canola and brassica vegetable crops, to investigate the genetic implications of inducible tolerance for the integrated management of DBM and for the design of new resistance management strategies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2010

End Date: 07-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $120,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Vegetables | Grain legumes | Biological sciences |

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