Expression profiling of giant cells induced in host plant roots by root-knot nematodes

根结线虫每年在澳大利亚造成超过4亿美元的作物损失。用有毒的化学杀线虫剂来控制是昂贵的，而且会污染地下水。这项研究对澳大利亚社区的好处是：（i）它将确保澳大利亚研究人员处于植物线虫学研究的最前沿，（ii）它提供了重要的本地和国际联系，将刺激研究产出，（iii）将产生关于植物如何应对线虫攻击的新知识-这将产生新的知识产权，这将导致更好的控制方法和更低的成本，从而支持农村社区，减少环境污染。

Root-knot nematodes cause crop losses of over $400 million per annum in Australia. Control by toxic chemical nematicodes is expensive and can pollute groundwater. Benefits from this research for the Australian community are: (i) it will ensure that Australian researchers stay at the forefront of research in plant nematology, (ii) it provides significant local and international linkages that will stimulate research outputs, and (iii) new knowledge will be generated on how plants respond to attack by nematodes - this will generate new intellectual property, leading to better control methods and reduced costs that will support rural communities, and reduce environmental pollution.