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Exploitation of natural plant biodiversity for the pesticide-free production of food

Reference	BBS/E/J/0000A252
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor James Brown
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Lesley Boyd, Dr Christopher Ridout
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	660,126
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/10/2005
End date	31/03/2011
Duration	66 months

Abstract

The aims of the project are to improve knowledge of the forces involved in the evolutionary genetics of plant pathogenic fungi. The specific objectives are (1) to measure the fitness costs of virulence and of fungicide resistance in these fungi and the interactions of these fitness costs with significant environmental variables, (2) to investigate the role of local and systemic induced resistance in responses to fungal disease, (3) to study the consequences of long-distance dispersal of spores for the population genetics of fungi in Europe, especially the distribution of virulences corresponding to resistance genes used in plant varieties. The diseases to be studied are powdery mildew of barley and wheat (Blumeria graminis, synonym Erysiphe graminis) and septoria tritici blotch of wheat (Mycosphaerella graminicola).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Microbiology, 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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