Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01140
Molecular ecology of host specificity in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Young, University of York, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of York, Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Physiology
- Environmental Genomics
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- The selection of partners in the legume root-nodule symbiosis is mediated by species-specific chemical signals. We aim to understand how the diversity of signals from its host plants influences genetic polymorphism in Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. The specific objectives are to: 1. identify the chemical constituents of legume root exudates responsible for activation of nodulation genes in the rhizobium 2. describe genetic differences in the response of bacterial strains to these signals; 3. determine which polymorphic amino acid substitutions in the NodD receptor protein(s) are responsible for these differences.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01140
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £236,155
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £115,132 | £1,873 | £52,601 | £13,588 | £52,961 |
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