“Discovery of necrotrophic fungal pathogen-Botrytis cinerea induced small RNAs in tomato”
Principal Investigators: Hailing Jin, UCR Plant Pathology and Microbiology; R.Bruce Cary, LANL; Cliff Han, LANL
$100,000
“Investigation of small RNAs produced during infection of tomato by the root pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici”
Principal Investigators: Katherine Borkovich, UCR Plant Pathology and Microbiology; Isgouhi Kaloshian, UCR Nematology; Cliff Han, LANL
$100,000
“Understanding the mechanism of plant virus-vector interaction through the use of new imaging technologies”
Principal Investigators: James Ng, UCR Plant Pathology and Microbiology; James Werner, LANL
Funding awarded: $100,000
“Identification of Host Pathogen Interaction Network of Bacteria Type III Secreted Effectors by a High Throughput Surface Display Yeast Two Hybrid System”
Principal Investigators: Wenbo Ma, UCR Plant Pathology and Microbiology; Hong Cai, LANL
Funding awarded: $99,966
“Nanowire Based Sensor Array for Plum Pox Virus”
Principal Investigators: Nosang Myung, Wilfred Chen, and Ashok Mulchandani, UCR Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Andrew Bradbury, LANL
Funding awarded: $70,000