Building better Brassicas: Understanding disease resistance mechanisms across the Brassicaceae

打造更好的十字花科植物：了解十字花科植物的抗病机制

• 批准号: FT130100604
• 负责人: Prof Jacqueline Batley
• 金额: $ 58.41万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT130100604
• 关键词: Building; better; Brassicas; Understanding; disease

Brassica species are important crops producing cooking oil, vegetables and biofuel, grown in diverse environments with a high economic and export value. Blackleg disease, caused by the fungus Leptospheria maculans, is the most important disease of brassica crops world-wide. The newly available brassica genome sequence provides the resources to study the co-evolution of this plant and pathogen. This project will characterise the evolution and conservation of resistance genes in wild and cultivated brassicas, using next-generation sequencing technology, to assess their potential for crop improvement. An understanding of the evolution of genes responsible for resistance will lead to improved plant protection strategies for brassica crops.

甘蓝物种是生产食用油，蔬菜和生物燃料的重要农作物，它们在具有较高的经济和出口价值的各种环境中生长。由真菌leptospheria maculans引起的黑腿疾病是全球胸前作物最重要的疾病。新近可用的芸苔基因组序列提供了研究该植物和病原体共同进化的资源。该项目将使用下一代测序技术来表征野生和栽培胸腔中抗性基因的演变和保存，以评估其改善作物的潜力。对负责抗性基因的演变的理解将导致改善木制作物的植物保护策略。