Grants and Contracts Details
Description
Responsibilities of Dr. Schardl and coworkers at the University of Kentucky
will be as follows:
1. Transform Neotyphodium sp. Lpl andN: coenophialum with cloned and
altered DMA W gene copies to cause mutations that inactivate the gene or
interfere with its expression.
2. Introduce modified endophytes into perennial ryegrass and tall
fescue, then screen for endophyte presence and stability.
3. Increase seeds of plants with the modified endophytes to supply
material for nematode and mouse-feeding studies and for maintenance of the
germplasms.
4. Evaluate endophyte transmission in plants with modified
endophytes versus wild-type endophytes.
5. Evaluate anti-insect activities of plants with modified endophytes,
wild-type endophytes and no endophyte.
6. Grow plants and provide leaf material for chemical analysis.
7. Conduct mass spectrometry analysis of indole alkaloids from plants
with the modified and wild type endophytes.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/1/00 → 8/31/05 |
Funding
- West Virginia University: $118,519.00
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