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Identification of genes required by the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea for proliferation in distinct plant tissues

Reference0014811
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Anne Osbourn
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of East Anglia
DepartmentSainsbury Laboratory
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 94,308
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 08/01/2001
End date 09/11/2002
Duration22 months

Abstract

Although plant diseases are characterised by the part of the plant that is affected, surprisingly little is known about the genes that condition the ability of pathogens to colonise different plant tissues. Recently we have shown that the foliar pathogen Magnaporthe grisea (which causes blast disease on leaves of cereals and grasses) can infect cereal roots and cause lesion formation. Here we propose to characterise the genetic components required for infection, proliferation and disease development of M. grisea in distinct plant tissues.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative ROPA 2000 (ROPA2000) [2000]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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