BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship: Dissection of distinct pathogenesis-related developmental processes in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

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The overall objective is the comparative analysis of distinct pathogenesis-related developmental processes in M. grisea. This will be achieved by: 1) Use of mutants and cytological approaches to carry out a comparative analysis of the genetic requirements for the early stages of pathogenesis-related development on leaves and roots. 2) Large scale mutagenesis screen for mutants defective in plant infection. 3) Functional analysis of a predicted RNA-binding protein that is required for plant infection.