Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00188
Global transcriptional effects of UV-B and insect plant stressors on interactions between Arabidopsis and rhizosphere bacteria.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor R Preziosi, The University of Manchester, Life Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr MA Kertesz, The University of Manchester, Life Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr CM Bray, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr PG Gallois, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- The University of Manchester, Life Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Community Ecology
- Environmental Genomics
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Abstract:
- We will use a simple model ecosystem to build a global view at the transcriptome level of how interactions between plants (Arabidopsis) and rhizosphere bacteria (Pseudomonas) are altered by biotic stressors (aphids and caterpillars) and by abiotic stressors (UV-B). Plant and bacterial gene expression in stressed and unstressed ecosystems will be examined by whole-genome microarray analysis, and correlated with phenotypic and fitness changes in all three components of the insect-plant-rhizobacteria ecosystem. We anticipate the discovery of potential mechanistic pathways by which environment and global gene expression interact to affect fitness, and the identification of novel genes involved in plant-rhizosphere interactions. The project will also produce valuable new tools for the statistical treatment of environmental genomics data.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00188
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Environmental Genomics
This grant award has a total value of £457,888
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £191,829 | £4,789 | £131,369 | £30,168 | £99,734 |
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