ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT190100482

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT190100482

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Be(e) friendly venomous spiders! Novel biopesticides from arachnid venoms. The overall aim of this project is to improve global honeybee health by developing novel bee-friendly bioinsecticides as well as treatments against honeybee parasites such as varroa mites and small hive beetles. This project seeks to significantly improve existing insecticidal lead peptides from spider venoms to increase their oral toxicity and make them more pest-specific. Expected outcomes of this project include a panel of biologically degradable venom peptides that are active against selected pest and parasite species and that can be economically produced in large scale. This would not only provide significant environmental, social and economical benefits on a global scale, but also boost the Australian agrochemical research sector.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2020

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $755,270.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Control | Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) | Crop and Pasture Production | Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens) | Biological Control | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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