Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101897

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150101897

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Evolution of stripe rust virulence. Fungal crop pathogen epidemics lead to severe yield losses worldwide, impact national economies and individual human lives. Wheat stripe rust fungal epidemics caused by new virulent races can lead to 80 per cent reduction in yield. This project aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms leading to newly virulent races by whole genome, epigenome and transcriptome comparison of several wheat stripe rust races. This project aims to fundamentally advance our understanding of evolutionary forces driving virulence and specification at the whole (epi-)genome level in important fungal crop pathogens. This will promote new crop protection strategies important for local and global food security in an ever-changing environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2015

End Date: 29-09-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $341,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) | Plant Pathology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Wheat |

Other Keywords

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) | Evolutionary Biology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Plant Pathology | Wheat

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