Location: Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory
Project Number: 8042-21000-300-002-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 30, 2020
End Date: Sep 29, 2024
Objective:
Objective 1: Using bioinformatics resourses of the Cooperator, identify new and emerging diseases in alfalfa and sugar beet.
Objective 2: Using bioinformatics recourses of the Cooperator, identify gene-candidates associated with alfalfa rand sugar beet resistance to biotic stresses.
Approach:
Objective 1:
1) Next generation sequencing (NGS) of alfalfa samples collected from different locations across the USA (ARS).
2) Computational analysis of NGS data (Cooperator).
Objective 2:
1) NGS of alfalfa and sugar beet accessions resistant and susceptible to disease-causing pathogens (ARS).
2) Transcriptomic, proteomic and functional analysis of NGS data (Cooperator).
