Cel The objectives of the project are to control the spread of lethal Yellowing-type diseases in Africa and determine the relationship between diseases in Africa and the Caribbean region. There are two components: 1. Laboratory-based research on development of detection and diagnostic techniques and comparison of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLO) from different regions. Nucleic acid based diagnostic techniques (DNA probes and RAPD analysis) will be developed by the European partners for field use bY African partners. The proposed work Will take advantage of DNA probes and amplification techniques specific for LY MLO that have recently been developed at the University of Florida, USA, who have agreed to collaborate in this work but are not formal partners in this proposal. 2. An African Network of field-based research on the etiology and control of LY. This will concentrate on etiological studies to determine relationships between diseases in different regions and monitor their distribution, and on applied control strategies including resistance screening trials, initiation of breeding-progeny selection, vector identification, training of scientific workers and farmer extension. The two components will interact in the following ways: - The MLO etiology of unknown diseases of coconut in Africa will be confirmed (eg Awka wilt, Nigeria, and lethal disease, Mozambique). - The possibility that different strains of the pathogen exist in East and West Africa and the Caribbean will be tested. Tests will be developed to predict the susceptibility of coconut varieties in different regions. - Tests will help identify MLO in insect vectors and alternative host plants. This will facilitate study of disease epidemioloav and ecoloav. - European labs will provide on-the-job training and technolonv transfer in modern diagnostic techniques. There will be a focus for collaboration between African and Caribbean research groups. Training and support for local extension services will ensure that new'knowledge about the disease and techniques for managing it will become available to farmers. -----se Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acidsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomology Program(-y) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Temat(-y) Data not available Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator Natural Resources Institute Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Central Avenue Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB Chatham Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Linki Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (5) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 34032 Montpellier Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Civ. Station Cocotier 'Marc Delorme' Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 01 Abidjan Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Ministry of Agriculture Ghana Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Accra Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych National Coconut Development Programme Tanzania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Dar es-Salaam Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres West Common AL5 2JQ Harpenden, Herts Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
