AGRE-0005 Novel Antifungal Proteins Applications in Crop Protection

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ECLAIR Cluster V - Biological Pest Control : Integrated Crop Protection & Biological Control : Plant Genetics

AGRE-0005 Novel Antifungal Proteins Applications in Crop Protection 1 January 1991 - 1 January 1991

A number of projects funded under the ECLAIR programme, although not directly producing a non-food product from agricultural raw material, are of relevance to crops in general since they aim to develop new methods of pest and disease control, which could reduce cost of raw material production, as well as offering environmental advantages. This Item covers AGRE-0005 aimed to discover novel antifungal proteins of plant origin and develop these for commercial use in crop protection, as part of an integrated approach to disease control. This was done by the transgenic expression, in the target crop, of genes encoding the antifungal protein.

Contacts

Coordinator

• J VANDERLEYDEN / K.U. Leuven F.A. Janssens Laboratory of Genetics / BELGIUM

EC Scientific Officer

• Joaquim AZCON BIETO / European Commission DG XII E-2 SDME 8/27 / BELGIUM