Cel During their life cycle, plants are exposed to microbes in soil and leaf surfaces that can cause disease and result in crop losses and pathogen spread. Even though chemical treatment and genetic engineering have been successfully applied to combat disease, it is increasingly being recognized that understanding the natural co-evolution of plants with pathogens will provide new leads for pest regulation and, potentially, anticipate evolving pathogen strategies to evade recognition and cause disease. This new perspective requires understanding fundamental questions in the co-evolution between plants and pathogens using a combined genetic and molecular approach, and studying natural populations of plants that may be locally adapted. During the co-evolution with pathogens, plants have evolved mechanisms to distinguish foe from a benign or potentially beneficial microorganism and to induce appropriate defense reactions and anti-microbial molecules. However, activation of pathogen defense is likely costly for the plant as evidenced in growth defects exhibited by plants with constitutive activation of immune responses. As consequence, a proper balance between growth, reproduction and immune response had to be achieved during evolution, leading to an inducible immune system influenced by environmental fluctuations. The recent discovery of temperature-dependent hybrid incompatibilities in Arabidopsis thaliana allows at identifying genetic components at the intersection between plant immunity and the environment. Studying the molecular and genetic basis for such incompatibilities should provide novel insights into mechanisms underlying temperature regulation of plant immunity and local adaptation shaping genetic variation of immune-related genes. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologygenetic engineeringnatural sciencesbiological sciencesevolutionary biologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineimmunologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG - Marie-Curie Action: "Career Integration Grants" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-CIG - Support for training and career development of researcher (CIG) Koordynator UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Wkład UE € 100 000,00 Adres GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 08007 Barcelona Hiszpania Zobacz na mapie Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Xavier Gutierrez (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
