Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0879393

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0879393

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Targeting of lipid transfer proteins and other secreted plant defence proteins by pathogen effectors. Australia depends on plant products for much of its export income and plant diseases are a continual threat to these earnings. New insights into plant disease resistance mechanisms will provide new opportunities to find solutions to disease problems. Often this involves transfer of knowledge gained in simple model plant systems to more complicated crop plant systems. Work on the role of lipid transfer proteins in the tomato model system will advance our knowledge of fundamental disease and disease resistance processes and ultimately enable technological innovations to improve disease resistance, reduce pesticide usage and lower crop production costs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2008

End Date: 31-10-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $170,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction | Plant Pathology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified | Plant Biology | Plant Pathology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

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