Award details

Development and commercial exploitation of a novel fungicide designed to combat resistance in agriculture

Reference	BB/M022161/1
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Simon Avery
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Nottingham
Department	School of Life Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	113,548
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/06/2015
End date	31/10/2016
Duration	17 months

Abstract

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Summary

Fungi can be devastating as pathogens of food-crops, of humans and as food spoilage organisms. There is great potential value in new, effective treatments for controlling fungal growth. Through previous BBSRC-funded work, we discovered a novel combination of two agents with greatly amplified inhibitory action against fungi. Combination treatments are highly sought as they counter drug resistance and use smaller amounts of active agents. Our subsequent Pathfinder project has identified a very promising commercial path for exploiting this technology: as a fungicide to help preserve food crops. The agricultural fungicide market was forecast to be worth $12,125 million in 2014, and is growing. Through the Pathfinder, four important agri-chemical companies have formally expressed their interest in our findings and in potential development of a new fungicide. This Follow on Fund proposal combines key technical work with commercial development in order to take the technology towards market.

Committee	Research Committee B (Plants, microbes, food & sustainability)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Microbiology, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Follow-On Fund (FOF) [2004-2015]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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