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Horizontal gene transfer: a role for plasmodiophoromycete root parasites
Reference
GM114191
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Euphemia Mutasa-Gottgens
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Michael John Adams
,
Dr Michael Asher
Institution
Rothamsted Research
Department
Applied Crop Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
317,740
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/10/2001
End date
01/10/2004
Duration
36 months
Abstract
The Plasmodiophorales are soil-borne obligate plant parasites with a wide host range including major arable crops and weeds. They infect by means of motile zoospores which inject their cytoplasm into the host cytoplasm, possibly facilitating horizontal DNA transfer. It has already been shown that host DNA can be taken up by Plasmodiophora brassicae, hence this project aims to investigate the extent and frequency of such events within the Plasmodiophorales, and to determine if exchange with the host occurs as a potential route for horizontal transfer between plant species. Isolates of parasites specific to brassicas (Plasmodiophora brassicae), cereals (Polymyxa graminis) and sugar beet (Polymyxa betae) will be used as model organisms for the proposed study.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Gene Flow in Plants and Microorganisms (GM1) [2000]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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