Wheat Defence

Wheat Defence Framework Data Initiative

Wheat disease is estimated to cause annual losses of over $900 million to the Australian wheat industry which constitutes almost 20 per cent of the total wheat crop.

As part of the wheat project, Bioplatforms Australia convened a consortium of Australian wheat pathogen researchers to generate new ‘omics data and develop a genetic understanding of pathogen interactions with wheat. These datasets cover a diverse range of wheat pathogens of importance to Australia and underpin new research on the mechanisms of pathogen infection and plant resistance. The datasets are supporting new molecular breeding strategies seeking improved disease protection and resistance.

The Bioplatforms Australia Framework Data Initiative, led by Dr John Manners (CSIRO), involved partners from Australian National University, Curtin University, NSW Department of Primary Industry, Charles Sturt University, CSIRO and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

Project Details

  • Project Contacts

    Andrew Gilbert
    T: 02 9850 8281 | agilbert@bioplatforms.com

  • Project acknowledgements and citation

    Project DOI: https://doi.org/10.25953/xtb9-jq53

    Authors: The Wheat Defence Initiative Consortium

    Funding: Bioplatforms Australia, enabled by NCRIS, and the Wheat Defence Initiative Consortium

    Keywords: wheat pathogens, genomics, transcriptomics, dataset resource, reference genomes

    Years active: 2010 – 2015

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    Acknowledgements

    We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Wheat Defence Initiative consortium in the generation of data used in this [publication]. The Initiative is supported by funding from Bioplatforms Australia, enabled by the Commonwealth Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

     

These datasets cover a diverse range of wheat pathogens of importance to Australia and underpin new research on the mechanisms of pathogen infection and plant resistance.
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