Project Number: 6615-22430-001-03
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: Jun 01, 2001
End Date: May 31, 2006

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research project is to identify the volatiles produced by plants in response to a variety of different types of pathogens and to determine how wide a range of pathogens plants can detect and respond to by releasing volatile compounds.

Approach:
Corn, pepper, and tobacco plants will be infected with pathogens and volatiles released by the plants in response to the infection will be collected and analyzed. The ability of the plants to detect pathogens at early stages of infection, and to detect spores or non-infectious pathogens will be determined. Also, factors that affect the ability of plants to detect and respond to pathogens will be studied. These investigations will be coordinated with molecular biology studies of plant response to pathogens in which Arabidopsis will be the experimental plant. The goal is to determine whether sentinel plants can be developmed that will detect pathogens and report their presence before outbreaks of disease can occur.

Project Team

Teal, Peter - Peter Consuelo DE Moraes - Research Entomologist (352)374-5788

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003   FY 2002

Related National Programs

Crop Protection & Quarantine (304)