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.

油菜是生产食用油、蔬菜和生物燃料的重要农作物，生长在不同的环境中，具有很高的经济和出口价值。黑腿病是由真菌黑斑病引起的，是世界范围内最重要的十字花科作物病害。新获得的油菜基因组序列为研究该植物与病原菌的共同进化提供了资源。该项目将利用下一代测序技术描述野生和栽培甘蓝中抗性基因的进化和保护，以评估它们在作物改良方面的潜力。了解与抗性有关的基因的进化将有助于改进对油菜作物的植物保护策略。