{"id":18293,"date":"2014-07-04T07:21:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-researchers-step-closer-disease-resistant-wheat\/"},"modified":"2014-07-04T07:21:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:21:38","slug":"curtin-researchers-step-closer-disease-resistant-wheat","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-researchers-step-closer-disease-resistant-wheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin researchers a step closer to disease resistant wheat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Â鶹ֱ²¥ researchers have developed a new technique that will help combat yellow spot \u2013 arguably Australia\u2019s most costly wheat disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yellow spot, known overseas as tan spot, causes national wheat crop losses of $212 million, plus control costs of $463 million per year. <\/span><\/p>\n

With funding support from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Dr Caroline Moffat along with her team at Curtin\u2019s Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have \u2018deleted\u2019 an important gene in a strain of the yellow spot fungus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Moffat said the team removed the ToxA gene from the fungus, a gene which is responsible for a major toxin that the yellow spot pathogen secretes to kills wheat cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a world-first achievement for yellow spot. The gene deletion capability is an extremely powerful new tool for yellow spot researchers and will accelerate the development of resistant varieties,\u201d Dr Moffat said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe deletion now allows us to identify different toxins produced by the fungus which have so far been masked by ToxA. These other toxins may hold the key to a more robust source of resistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To increase the research into yellow spot, the CCDM has also launched its \u2018Stop the Spot\u2019 campaign, calling for wheat growers to send in infected leaves for analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Mark Gibberd, Director of the CCDM, said a widespread sample collection across the country will provide frontline surveillance for shifts in virulence, pathogenicity mechanisms and biosecurity risks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe really hope growers get behind this campaign, so that Dr Moffat and her team can recover current strains of the fungus and are best placed to combat the disease and achieve breakthroughs, just like this one,\u201d Professor Gibberd said. <\/span><\/p>\n

By taking part in the campaign, growers will be the first to know about new research outcomes, with combined results to be distributed towards the end of the cropping season.<\/span><\/p>\n

To get involved or for more information, growers can visit <\/span>www.stopthespot.com.au<\/span><\/span><\/a> and request sampling kits. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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