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NAZV QK1920412
Mycoviruses as potential agents in the protection of spruce stands against honey fungus

General Information

  • Project Title:
    Mycoviruses as potential agents in the protection of spruce stands against honey fungus
  • Project Title in the Original Language:
    Mykoviry jako součást potenciálních biopreparátů v ochraně smrkových porostů proti václavkám
  • Project No.:
    QK1920412
  • Provider:
    MZE - Ministry of Agriculture (MZe)
  • Programme:
    QK - Program for Supporting Applied Research of the Ministry of Agriculture for the Period 2017 - 2025, ZEMĚ (2017 - 2025)
  • Start of the Project:
    01. January 2019
  • End of the Project:
    31. December 2021
  • R&D Category:

    VV – Experimental Development

  • Main Scientific Field:
    40102 - Forestry
  • Secondary Scientific Field:
    40402 - GM technology (crops and livestock), livestock cloning, marker assisted selection, diagnostics (DNA chips and biosensing devices for the early/accurate detection of diseases) biomass feedstock production technologies, biopharming
  • Additional Scientific Field:
    40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

The Goals of the Solution

  • The Goals of the Solution:
    The purposes of Subprogram II. are fulfilled with the objectives of the project. The aim of the project is to identify and isolate the mycovirus in honey fungus of genus Armillaria and its potential use in the biological control of spruce stands against honey fungus. Another objective is to test mycovirus efficacy in both laboratory and field experiments. Furthemore the populations of Armillaria using molecular and genetic methods and their correlation with virus will be tested.
  • Keywords:
    honey fungus; spruce stands; Picea; Armillaria; mycovirus; plant protection; global warming

Beneficiary

  • Beneficiary:
    University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice / Faculty of Agriculture and Technology
  • Researcher:
    prof. Ing. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D.
  • Other Researchers:

    Dr. Leticia Botella Sanchez, Ph.D.
    Mgr. Tomáš Tonka, Ph.D.

„This project is implemented with financial support from the Ministry of Agriculture, National Agency for Agricultural Research.“

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