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The potential to control insects and other organisms antagonistic to wheat by the up regulation of hydroxamic acids

Reference	BBS/E/C/00004836
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Pickett
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Ruth Gordon-Weeks
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	113,777
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2007
End date	31/03/2010
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The overall objective of the project is to provide the grounding for durable resistance and/or control strategies for pests and pathogens and control of weeds while protecting the biodiversity in the wider environment by a reduction in synthetic toxicant application. Specifically, the combined approach will allow the overall hypothesis that increased levels of HA in wheat play an important role in the plants defence against pests and weeds to be tested. It will also produce a fundamental understanding of the gene expression underpinning production of high levels of HAs and will establish whether this pathway can be manipulated by predictable breeding processes allowing new genetic lines to be created that will be of value to the world wide breeding community. If successful, this pioneering strategy will open the possibility of manipulating other plant secondary metabolite pathways for the improvement of sustainable agriculture.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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