Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0211611

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0211611

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Benign strategies to engineer nematode resistance in plant crops. Applications to other plant pests. Control of plant pests relies on the heavy use of chemical insecticides that cause an extraordinary impact on the environment. Some insect pests have been controlled by the production of toxins (like BT) by the plant. We will combine newly discovered RNA interference and genomics methods to develop innovative solutions to nematode resistance and insect control. Our methods can be tailored to any pest with wide or narrow spectrum of action and does not require the production of toxins by the plant. The novelty of our approach will generate a large amount of intellectual property.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $586,634.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Horticultural crops |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Production | Field crops | Horticultural crops | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds)

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