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Identification of genes required for late blight resistance in plants using novel virus-based gene silencing technology
Reference
9810762
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Sir David Baulcombe
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of East Anglia
Department
Sainsbury Laboratory
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
131,354
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/11/1998
End date
01/11/2000
Duration
24 months
Abstract
Virus-induced gene silencing will be exploited to clone genes in Nicotiana benthamiana that confer resistance against late blight. Plants will be infected with a library of PVX constructs carrying inserts of N. benthamiana mRNAs. Failure of these plants to recognise the protein of P. infestans that elicits the resistance reaction will indicate that there has been suppression of genes required for late blight resistance. To clone these genes the inserts will be recovered from the infecting virus used as probes in N. benthamiana genomic libraries. The isolated genes will be used to transfer late blight resistance into potato and tomato.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
ROPA 1998 (ROPA1998) [1998]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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