Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01141
Vertical transmission of baculoviruses in Lepidoptera.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Cory, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), NERC CEH - Oxford
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K Wilson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D O'Reilly, Syngenta Ltd (Bracknell), UNLISTED
- Grant held at:
- NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), NERC CEH - Oxford
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental biotechnology
- Abstract:
- Pathogens have evolved a number of mechanisms to ensure persistence when host densities are low, including long-term survival in the environment, reservoir hosts and vertical transmission. One of the least understood of these mechanisms is vertical transmission. However, this may be the only feasible mechanism by which pathogens of mobile insect pests can persist. Determining the importance of vertical transmission has been constrained by the paucity of suitable methods for detecting low-level infections. However, the development of the highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has opened up new possibilities for the study of pathogen ecology. In this proposal we develop and test PCR-based techniques to determine the prevalence of vertical transmission of a nucleopolyhedrovirus in a tropical migratory species, the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01141
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £57,584
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £25,987 | £6,075 | £13,568 | £11,954 |
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