Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880206

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0880206

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Selective secretion: a novel mechanism of protein trafficking and its role in Phytophthora pathogenicity. Agriculturally important crops and over 3,000 Australian native plants are susceptible to diseases caused by Phytophthora, fungus-like pathogens that live in the soil. Economic losses exceed $200m pa and natural ecosystems are being destroyed on a vast scale. Phytophthora control depends upon a limited number of chemical inhibitors to which resistance has already emerged. New control strategies are urgently needed. This research will investigate a novel mechanism for release of infection material recently discovered in Phytophthora cells, and will increase our understanding of how Phytophthora infects host plants, providing vital information required for the development of new, environmentally-safe inhibitors.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction | Plant Pathology | Mycology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of pests and exotic species | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Control of pests and exotic species |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Control of pests and exotic species | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Mycology | Plant Pathology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

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