Integrated approaches to the control of bacterial blight in rice.
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
Rothamsted will link with IRRI to develop integrated strategies for durable crop protection, initially focusing on bacterial blight in rice.
Scientific objectives:
1. Develop monitoring programs that are able to detect the emergence of a virulent blight strain at an early stage. Quantify the incidence of the emerging strain at first detection.
2. Develop spatio-temporal deployment strategies for resistance genes. Quantify the sustainability of disease control.
3. As far as time allows, combine monitoring methods with deployment strategies to maximise the sustainability of control.
This work will lead to first collaborative publications and a project proposal.
Cooperation objectives:
1. Develop strong long-term cooperation between IRRI and Rothamsted Research through significant periods of staff exchange and developing collaborative project proposals.
2. Host a workshop between IRRI and RRes to further develop ‘institute’ links in crop protection.
3. Explore possibilities for wider collaborative research on sustainable crop protection in rice.
Scientific objectives:
1. Develop monitoring programs that are able to detect the emergence of a virulent blight strain at an early stage. Quantify the incidence of the emerging strain at first detection.
2. Develop spatio-temporal deployment strategies for resistance genes. Quantify the sustainability of disease control.
3. As far as time allows, combine monitoring methods with deployment strategies to maximise the sustainability of control.
This work will lead to first collaborative publications and a project proposal.
Cooperation objectives:
1. Develop strong long-term cooperation between IRRI and Rothamsted Research through significant periods of staff exchange and developing collaborative project proposals.
2. Host a workshop between IRRI and RRes to further develop ‘institute’ links in crop protection.
3. Explore possibilities for wider collaborative research on sustainable crop protection in rice.
Planned Impact
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Frank Van Den Bosch (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bourhis Y
(2019)
Translating surveillance data into incidence estimates.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
McQuaid CF
(2017)
Spatial dynamics and control of a crop pathogen with mixed-mode transmission.
in PLoS computational biology
Parnell S
(2017)
Surveillance to Inform Control of Emerging Plant Diseases: An Epidemiological Perspective.
in Annual review of phytopathology
| Description | Key aim of the project was to build relationships with IRRI, Phil Rice and Kasetsart University (Bangkok). This has worked very well and we have as team won a Newton Fund three year project. |
| Exploitation Route | We are now working in the new Newton Project to solve problems relating to the deployment of bacterial blight resistant cultivars. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| Description | BB/GCRF-IAA/17/18 |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/GCRF-IAA/17/18 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | GCRF |
| Amount | £374,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Woodland Heritage |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Woodland Heritage Services |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | epidemiology of pathogens of rice |
| Organisation | International Rice Research Institute |
| Country | Philippines |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | In this collaboration the Rothamsted team develops models and methods that then are applied to the data gathered by the collaborators. Further the Rothamsted team helps guide the monitoring efforts of the collaborators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators do field work, monitoring and experiments in rice crops. They have (I) monitored the emergence and spread of a new virulent bacterial blight strain, (ii) done epidemic detailed assessments in rice fields of the development of bacterial blight epidemics, (iii) tested out new resistant lines. |
| Impact | So far 3 publications. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | epidemiology of pathogens of rice |
| Organisation | Kasetsart University |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In this collaboration the Rothamsted team develops models and methods that then are applied to the data gathered by the collaborators. Further the Rothamsted team helps guide the monitoring efforts of the collaborators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators do field work, monitoring and experiments in rice crops. They have (I) monitored the emergence and spread of a new virulent bacterial blight strain, (ii) done epidemic detailed assessments in rice fields of the development of bacterial blight epidemics, (iii) tested out new resistant lines. |
| Impact | So far 3 publications. |
| Start Year | 2016 |