Pre-breeding for durable resistance to rust diseases in hexaploid wheat
Lead Research Organisation:
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Department Name: Centre for Research
Abstract
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Publications
Casassola A
(2015)
Changes in gene expression profiles as they relate to the adult plant leaf rust resistance in the wheat cv. Toropi.
in Physiological and molecular plant pathology
Casassola A
(2024)
Transcriptional profiling identifies the early responses to Puccinia triticina infection in the adult plant leaf rust resistant wheat variety Toropi
in Plant Pathology
Pennington HG
(2019)
The fungal ribonuclease-like effector protein CSEP0064/BEC1054 represses plant immunity and interferes with degradation of host ribosomal RNA.
in PLoS pathogens
Z. A. Pretorius; M. Ayliffe, R. L. Bowden, L. A. Boyd, R. M. DePauw, Y. Jin,
(2017)
Achieving sustainable cultivar of wheat volumes 1 and 2
| Description | This Partnering award has resulted in the successful application to the BBSRC-Embrapa Pump-Priming award. It has supported the short placement of 2 PhD students at NIAB, the 1st having successfully completed their PhD. |
| Exploitation Route | We have submitted a proposal to the BBSRC-Embrapa Wheat call. This is application was successful. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| URL | http://www.niab.com/pages/id/377/Dr_Lesley_Boyd |
| Description | This Brazil-UK Partnering award has now reached its end date. Two Brazilian PhD students have spent 6 months working in the UK, and staff from NIAB have visited with researchers in Brazil. This Partnering award supported a collaboration between NIAB and Brazilian partners that led to the successful Embrapa Wheat award, a collaboration that is ongoing. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | BBSRC-Embrapa |
| Amount | £536,246 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/N01622X/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | BBSRC-Embrapa pump-priming |
| Amount | £29,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/N004477/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Stimulated discussion Led to new partners added to UK-Brazilian collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | New collaboration established between Boyd LA and Marcia Chaves, Embrapa-Wheat, Passo Fundo, and Jose Martinelli, UFGRS, Brazil |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |