An eDNA molecular diagnostic tool for soil microbial biosecurity (Old ID 27431)
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
We intend to sample sterilising footbath units on banana farms for the presence of a pathogenic soil-borne fungus that causes Panama disease in bananas. If successful this method would replace visual inspection of farms for biosecurity monitoring of the disease allowing for identification of farm infection long before traditional methods. We aim to adapt existing environmental DNA and quantitative PCR methods for this application.
Date
25 Nov 2021 - 30 Jan 2023
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
soil -borne pathogen;biosecurity monitoring;fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense;portable qPCR;Diagnostic Method;Panama Disease
Funding Body
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Amount
16156.36
Project Team
N/A