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MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES TO DEVELOP SCAB RESISTANCE

Objective

Project #1: Characterize and Map Barley Genes that Respond to Fusarium graminearum Infection. Identify and characterize barley genes that respond to F. graminearum infection and trichothecene accumulation. Project #2: Identify Barley Genes that Respond to Deoxynivalenol. Identify and characterize barley genes that respond to DON accumulation. Project #3: Rapidly Identify and Test Scab Resistance Genes. Functionally characterize regulatory genes that respond to trichothecene accumulation and genes that encode enzymes that detoxify trichothecenes, and further test the function of NFX-1 and UDP-glucosyltransferase genes. There are two major objectives in the proposed work including: (1) rapidly test genes for FHB resistance/susceptibility; and (2) characterize the function of the NFX-1 and UDP-glucosyltransferase genes.

Investigators
Fravel D R
Institution
University of Minnesota
Start date
2009
End date
2014
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
0500-00053-003-17G
Accession number
416506
Categories
Natural Toxins
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