Evaluating the potential of Phialophora spp. for the control of take-all disease in wheat

全食性病害，由土传子囊菌Gaeumannyces graminis var.小麦根腐病(Tritici(GGT))是英国乃至全世界危害最大的小麦根部病害。这种真菌侵入根部，破坏维管组织，阻碍植物从土壤中吸收水分和养分的能力。与之密切相关的真菌种类自然存在于农田和草原土壤中，它们具有相当大的潜力来抑制全蚀病，并有助于了解小麦对非致病/内生和致病根入侵真菌的反应。该项目的主要目标是了解和描述胡萝卜属与小麦的相互作用。将利用深入的生物成像分析和比较转录实验来探索在根定殖过程中发生的侵染生物学和分子方面，同时将开展田间试验和受控环境实验，以表征小麦品种维持Phialophora种群的能力。

Take-all disease, caused by the soil-borne ascomycete fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt), is the most damaging root disease of wheat in the UK and worldwide. The fungus invades the roots and destroys the vascular tissue, hindering the plants ability to uptake water and nutrients from the soil. Closely related Phialophora fungal species occur naturally in arable and grassland soils and have considerable potential to suppress take-all disease and to help understand the response of wheat to non-pathogenic / endophytic and pathogenic root invading fungi. The main objective of this project is to understand and characterise the Phialophora-wheat interaction. The infection biology and molecular aspects occurring during root colonisation will be explored using in depth bioimaging analyses and comparative transcriptomic experiments while field trials and controlled environment experiments will be developed to characterise the ability of wheat varieties to sustain Phialophora populations.