ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

该中心的目标是开发和商业化一种创新的生物替代品，以替代化学杀菌剂，针对大面积和园艺作物的重大经济疾病。它解决了杀菌剂耐药性、食品中的化学残留物、脱靶效应和环境危害等行业挑战。它建立在突破性的“生物粘土”平台上，利用粘土颗粒作为非转基因作物保护来传递病原体靶向RNA。一个多学科的专家团队将科学、商业和社会许可途径结合起来，确保工业和消费者接受，推动澳大利亚农业发展600亿美元。该中心转化为提高生产力，市场准入和增强澳大利亚食品的环境证书。

The Hub aims to develop and commercialise an innovative biological alternative to chemical fungicides targeting economically significant diseases of broadacre and horticultural crops. It addresses industry challenges of fungicide resistance, chemical residues in food, off-target effects and environmental harm. It builds on ground-breaking ‘BioClay’ platform to deliver pathogen targeting RNA using clay particles as non-genetically modified crop protection. An expert multidisciplinary team uniting science, commercial and social licence pathways ensures industry and consumer uptake advancing $60B Australian Agriculture. The Hub translates to increased productivity, market access and enhanced environmental credentials of Australian food.