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化学杀菌剂，针对阔叶树和园艺作物的经济上重要的疾病。它解决了杀菌剂耐药性、食品中的化学残留、脱靶效应和环境危害等行业挑战。它建立在突破性的“BioClay”平台上，使用粘土颗粒作为非转基因作物保护提供病原体靶向RNA。一个专家多学科团队联合科学，商业和社会许可证途径，确保行业和消费者的吸收推进$60B澳大利亚农业。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认证。

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.