Project Number: 5442-21220-023-44
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Jun 01, 2006
End Date: May 31, 2009

Objective:
To develop genomic resources for S. sclerotiorum and P. sativum through the random sequencing of expressed genes.

Approach:
Pure cultures of S. sclerotiorum and pea infected with S. sclerotiorum will be used to created libraries of expressed sequence tags. We will use a pilot-scale cDNA sequencing project to provide the first foray into gene diversity of the white mold pathogen and the host-pathogen interaction with P. sativum. 3000 ESTs will be generated for S. sclerotiorum grown in culture.