Award details

Integrated approaches to the control of bacterial blight in rice.

Reference	BBS/OS/NW/000020
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Frank van den Bosch
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	150,000
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2015
End date	30/09/2017
Duration	29 months

Abstract

Rothamsted will link with IRRI to develop integrated strategies for durable crop protection, initially focusing on bacterial blight in rice. Scientific objectives: 1. Develop monitoring programs that are able to detect the emergence of a virulent blight strain at an early stage. Quantify the incidence of the emerging strain at first detection. 2. Develop spatio-temporal deployment strategies for resistance genes. Quantify the sustainability of disease control. 3. As far as time allows, combine monitoring methods with deployment strategies to maximise the sustainability of control. This work will lead to first collaborative publications and a project proposal. Cooperation objectives: 1. Develop strong long-term cooperation between IRRI and Rothamsted Research through significant periods of staff exchange and developing collaborative project proposals. 2. Host a workshop between IRRI and RRes to further develop ‘institute’ links in crop protection. 3. Explore possibilities for wider collaborative research on sustainable crop protection in rice.

Summary

Rothamsted will link with IRRI to develop integrated strategies for durable crop protection. IRRI will contribute their expertise on experimental research on rice crop protection and Rothamsted will contribute their expertise on mathematical modelling to support the research at IRRI. The post-doc and the PI leading this twinning award will visit IRRI to work on the project. The post-doc will work at IRRI for protracted periods of time. This will enable to develop close collaborations and will help develop project proposals. Scientific objectives, 1. Develop monitoring programs that are able to detect the emergence of a virulent blight strain at an early stage. Quantify the incidence of the emerging strain at first detection. 2. Develop spatio-temporal deployment strategies for resistance genes. Quantify the sustainability of disease control. 3. As far as time allows, combine monitoring methods with deployment strategies to maximise the sustainability of control. This work will lead to first collaborative publications and a project proposal.

Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Newton Fund - Initial Awards (NFIA) [2017]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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