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Dante Adorada
PhD Student
School
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
Location Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
Phone 02 6933 2749
Fax 02 6933 2812
Email dadorada@csu.edu.au
Project
Investigating Pseudomonas fuscovaginae causing the sheath brown rot disease on rice in Cambodia and Australia
Summary
Rice remains the most important food crop for majority of the world population. In Cambodia symptoms consistent with bacterial sheath brown rot in rice crops that affects productivity were observed (Cother et al., 2009). However, several isolates did not possess characteristics consistent with Pseudomonas fuscovaginae and still needs to be characterized. Under the ACIAR project, efforts are being made to identify this unknown pseudomonad.
Information from the ACIAR project has indicated this disease is highly prevalent, and while this disease is not as prevalent in Australia, it pose a threat to the industry with the potential to affect rice exports. The disease as caused by P. fuscovaginae in Australia was first reported in 2009 by Cother et al. This project aims at investigating the pathogen’s identity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and diversity for effective management of the disease.
Supervisors
Dr Gavin Ash, Dr Ben Stodart
Funding source
CSU Postgraduate Research Scholarship, ACIAR