Breeding for resistance: Diagnostic toolkit for predicting variation in plant defence compounds in Eucalyptus

抗性育种：预测桉树植物防御化合物变异的诊断工具包

• 批准号: LP0667708
• 负责人: Prof William Foley
• 金额: $ 30.15万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2009-06-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0667708
• 关键词: Breeding; resistance; Diagnostic; toolkit; predicting

Pulp and timber from plantations are important for Australia's economic and environmental future. However, we must ensure that these plantations are grown sustainably. One area of concern is the current reliance on pesticides to control herbivores of plantation eucalypts. The work proposed here aims to use existing ecological findings together with early access to the genome of Eucalyptus to develop ways of using the natural resistance of Eucalyptus as an alternative to chemical pesticides. The work will also help us to understand how eucalypts produce the distinctive odours that are so characteristic of Australian landscapes.

种植园的纸浆和木材对澳大利亚的经济和环境未来至关重要。但是，我们必须确保这些种植园的可持续发展。 一个令人关注的领域是目前依赖农药来控制种植园的食草动物。 本文提出的工作旨在利用现有的生态学研究结果以及桉树基因组的抢先体验，开发利用桉树天然抗性作为化学农药替代品的方法。 这项工作还将帮助我们了解euclets如何产生独特的气味，这是澳大利亚景观的特点。