Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL230100030

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Funded Activity Summary

A walk on the wild side: understanding disease resistance across plants. Plants are in constant battle with pests and pathogens. Wild species host genetic diversity, providing sources of disease resistance, while the narrow genetic base of crop varieties leads to an increasing reliance on the unsustainable application of chemical fungicides. Here I will apply the latest genomics approaches to characterise disease resistance gene diversity across the plant kingdom. Comparison of gene diversity within and between plant families will improve our understanding of resistance gene evolution in wild species and the impact of domestication and breeding on resistance gene diversity. Translation of this knowledge will support breeding for crop resilience, leading to durable resistance and more sustainable crop production

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2023

End Date: 30-06-2028

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $3,320,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sequence analysis | Genetics | Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests diseases and weeds) | Genomics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Canola | Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests diseases and weeds) | Expanding Knowledge In the Agricultural, Food and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Genomics | Sequence analysis

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