Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451923

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451923

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Disruption of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis: A Novel Control Method for Pestiferous Fruit Flies by. Fruit flies from the genus Bactrocera are economically important worldwide. B. tryoni, (Queensland fruit fly) is the most damaging horticultural pest in Australia and B. oleae (olive fly) is a major European pest. These flies use chemicals of similar but distinct structure for communication and particularly for finding mates. This research will examine the pathways and enzymes these flies use to synthesise sex pheromones. We propose that understanding the chemical and biochemical steps employed by the flies will allow us to design inhibitors to prevent pheromone production and thus provide a novel, species specific method for controlling fruit flies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-03-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Enzymes | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Organic Chemical Synthesis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Crop and animal protection chemicals | Biological sciences | Chemical sciences

Other Keywords

Biological And Medical Chemistry | Biological sciences | Chemical sciences | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Enzymes | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Organic Chemical Synthesis

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