AIR1-CT92-0695 Resistance Mechanisms Against Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

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	Contract No	AIR1-CT92-0695
	Total Cost	388 000
	EC Contribution	388 000
	Start Date	01/11/1992
	Duration	48 months

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OBJECTIVE:

The use of Arabidopsis as a model host plant will allow a molecular approach to address fundamental issues in plant-nematode interactions. The small genome size, the well-developed genetics, the ability to analyze large numbers of mutants, the possibility to use transgenic plants (e.g. for gene tagging and gene testing) and the massive effort that the international plant research community is investing in Arabidopsis research will greatly stimulate and advance our knowledge in this area and may lead to the development of resistant crop varieties.

Next to Arabidopsis, all groups will also continue their present research on crop plants and nematode genetics to ensure that new findings can directly be related to crops that are of economic importance to the EC.

It is the objective of this programme to bring together those EC laboratory that have a track record in plant-nematode research and that will benefit from a broader dissemination of information between the groups involved. To stimulate this transfer, a majority of groups will make use of a versatile model host plant (Arabidopsis) and will connect to the Arabidopsis research groups established within the ECBRIDGE programme. Contact with several key Arabidopsis research groups are established and support the nematode/Arabidopsis research but do not participate in this programme. As this is the first time that a large number of nematology groups are working with a common model system, it is expected that at the end of the concerted action programme more permanent relations will be established between groups involved.

Resistance mechanisms against plant-parasitic nematodes

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Coordinator

• Dr Stephan A. OHL / Zeneca Mogen NETHERLANDS