Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560794

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560794

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancement of plant proteinase inhibitors for the protection of crop plants against insect attack. The aim of this project is to characterise the interactions between various known plant proteinase inhibitors and the major digestive enzymes of insects by structural and dynamic studies and to utilise mutational studies to design new inhibitors that more effectively bind to target proteinases. The outcomes will be the knowledge to design specific inhibitors to give optimal inhibition of specific insect proteinases. This knowledge will lead to novel approaches to protect economically important crops, such as cotton, from insect pests in Australia - potentially saving tens of millions of dollars per annum in chemical pesticide use and enhancing crop production in Australia and internationally.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 21-06-2005

End Date: 20-06-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $251,704.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cotton | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Control of pests and exotic species |

Other Keywords

Control of pests and exotic species | Cotton | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Enzymes | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Structural Chemistry

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