Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP240101821

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP240101821

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Funded Activity Summary

Predatory protists: natural weapons for soil-borne pathogen control. This project aims to understand the mechanistic interactions of predatory protists and fungal pathogens and develop innovative biotechnologies using the protists to suppress soil-borne pathogens. By directly preying on fungal pathogens or activating plant-beneficial bacteria to combat them, the soil predatory protists will be identified, cultivated and utilised to improve disease management. Expected outcomes of this project will include a mechanistic understanding of the contribution of protists to pathogen suppression and an innovative, protist-based disease management tool. The novel technologies developed in this project have potentials to benefit Australian agriculture and land management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2024

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $513,285.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial ecology | Agricultural land management | Soil sciences | Soil biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Agricultural land management | Expanding Knowledge In the Agricultural, Food and Veterinary Sciences | Microbial ecology | Soil biology | Soil sciences | Soils | Terrestrial Biodiversity

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