Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559687

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559687

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Manipulation of apoptosis-related genes to generate novel disease resistances in banana. Bananas are one of Australia's most important fruit crops. However, the industry is continually threatened by numerous diseases including yellow and black Sigatoka, Fusarium wilt and bunchy top. Control of these diseases currently requires either extensive pesticide treatments or complex agronomic procedures, of which most are ineffective, expensive or environmentally damaging. The aim of this project is to utilise a novel strategy to generate transgenic bananas with resistance to these diseases. The benefit will be both economic and environmental as implementation should significantly reduce or eliminate pesticide use. Importantly, this strategy can potentially be extrapolated to many other crops.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-03-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Horticultural Production | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Tropical fruit | Horticultural crops |

Other Keywords

Horticultural Production | Horticultural crops | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Tropical fruit

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