Project Number: 6217-21220-006-03
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Aug 31, 2006
End Date: Aug 30, 2011

Objective:
Disease resistance research can be accelerated by testing plant progenies for their reaction to pathogens under greenhouse conditions. The main objective of this research is to improve our existing methods of evaluating disease reaction under greenhouse conditions. In this project, host plants will be inoculated with fungal pathogens under various post-incubation conditions to identify resistant reactions. Information obtained from this study will assist in defining experimental conditions for obtaining a realistic disease reaction to identify resistant host reaction and thus accelerating disease resistant breeding programs.

Approach:
In this project, peanut plants and other rotational crops (e.g. wheat) will be tested in the greenhouse for their reaction to fungal pathogens. Disease reaction on inoculated plants will be quantified. Identification of an improved screening method will greatly enhance our progress to produce disease resistant germplasm and breeding lines.