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202m: Molecular and genetic studies of aphid resistance in crucifers

Reference	BBS/E/H/00031420
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor David Pink
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Warwick
Department	Warwick HRI
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	193,924
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/2000
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Insects are important plant parasites that limit sustainable agricultural and horticultural production. Different germplasm from defined plant species is known to respond differently to its insect parasites; plants may be susceptible or resistant. The identification and exploitation of genes in plants conferring resistance to their insect parasites provides major opportunities for the more sustainable control of insects to produce safe quality food while protecting the environment. The identification and characterisation of mutant lines in Arabidopsis, with defined responses to aphid parasites, will provide the tools to search for genes for insect parasite resistance and then to compare these with those already known for disease resistance. There is already considerable knowledge of the genes for resistance to plant diseases which will help fast- track the identification and comparison of genes for resistance to insect parasites. This research will identify the genes and gene products involved in plant resistance and will provide the opportunity to produce new products through genetic manipulation. It will increase understanding of plant-parasite interactions more widely. The biologically-based approaches to insect pest control that will result will lead to cleaner and environmentally sustainable production systems by minimising pesticide usage thereby leading to reduced environmental impact and improved quality of life. Outputs include publications in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. Markers, maps, probes and potentially gene sequences will be produced which will further the understanding of the resistance in plants to their parasites and could be used in the production of plant material resistant to parasites either through genetic modification or plant breeding. The identification and exploitation of genes in plants conferring resistance to their insect parasites provides major opportunities for the exploitation of IP. The approaches in this research could result in the identification of novel genes for resistance with considerable potential either as probes for locating homologous genes in Brassica or for use in clean-gene technology in transgenic plants.

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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	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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