Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170102902

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170102902

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Protein trafficking pathways in fungal rust pathogens of plants. This project aims to investigate protein trafficking pathways in fungal rusts of plants. These are devastating diseases that cause major losses in agricultural crops including wheat. Little is known of how these fungi form long and intimate relationships with plants to extract their nutrients. Using both model and agriculturally important fungi, the project will try to identify proteins that are transferred within the fungus and to the plant host to modify the infection. It will also identify fungal proteins needed to deliver trafficked proteins to plants. These discoveries ultimately may be translated into control strategies for these costly diseases.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-04-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $356,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Protein Trafficking | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified | Bioinformatics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Wheat

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified | Bioinformatics | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Protein Trafficking | Wheat

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