Location: National Programs
Project Number: 0500-00053-004-010-G
Project Type: Grant
Start Date: Apr 21, 2016
End Date: Aug 20, 2019
Objective:
The goal of our project is to identify genes harboring functional variation that contributes to variation in important pathogen traits (pathogenicity, mycotoxin production, measures of fitness) within F. graminearum (Fg) populations to provide targets for pathogen control.
Approach:
"1. Phenotype isolates from two sets from the over 500 isolates genotyped in our FY14-15 project, one set from a small geographic region (New York state), and a second set composed of isolates chosen to represent the full genetic diversity of the previously genotyped isolates from the US.
2. Perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of the above traits, taking into account population structure. Polymorphisms associated with pathogen traits will be compared to the results of the scans for natural selection from our FY14-15 project as well as aggressiveness or mycotoxin production QTL identified by other groups through biparental mapping strategies."
