BLIGHTSENSE - Development of a rapid biosensor system for in-field detection of potato late blight pathogens

BLIGHTSENSE - 开发用于现场检测马铃薯晚疫病病原体的快速生物传感器系统

• 批准号: 102084
• 金额: $ 58.15万
• 依托单位: SOILESSENTIALS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=102084
• 关键词: BLIGHTSENSE; Development; rapid; biosensor; system

Potato late blight is one of the world's most destructive crop diseases, with £3.5Bn annual losses globally in an industry suffering stagnant yields for the last decade. This project will develop a rapid acoustic biosensor device for in-field identification of air-borne sporangia of Phytophthora Infestans (causal agent of late blight), to meet the compelling need for improved disease management & control. Soil Essentials (SE), a precision-farming SME, together with University of Cambridge (UC), the James Hutton Institute (JHI), Mylnefield Research Services (MRS) & Syngenta (SG), will develop an integrated diagnostic tool for early pathogen detection, by coupling low-cost, antibody-coated acoustic sensing consumables with a proven spore-trap. The proposed innovation, enabled only by the interdisciplinary convergence of state-of-the art acousto-electronics, smart materials, biochemistry, late blight epidemiology, advanced ICT & precision agriculture, will enable optimised disease control, reducing potato crop waste & fungicide costs, improving marketable yield & quality. As a platform technology, it can be easily adapted to detect other crop & livestock pathogens for wider agricultural impact.

马铃薯晚疫病是世界上最具破坏性的作物病害之一，在过去十年中，全球马铃薯产业的产量停滞不前，每年损失35亿英镑。该项目将开发一种快速声学生物传感器设备，用于现场识别晚疫病病原菌（Phytophthora Infestans）的气传孢子囊，以满足改善疾病管理和控制的迫切需要。Soil Essentials（SE）是一家精密农业中小企业，与剑桥大学（UC）、詹姆斯赫顿研究所（JHI）、Mylnefield研究服务公司（MRS）和先正达（SG）合作，将通过将低成本、抗体涂层声学传感耗材与经验证的孢子捕捉器相结合，开发一种用于早期病原体检测的综合诊断工具。拟议的创新，只有通过最先进的声电子学，智能材料，生物化学，晚疫病流行病学，先进的信息通信技术和精准农业的跨学科融合才能实现，将优化疾病控制，减少马铃薯作物浪费和杀菌剂成本，提高可销售的产量和质量。作为一种平台技术，它可以很容易地适用于检测其他作物和牲畜病原体，以产生更广泛的农业影响。