Omics contribution to plant-microbe interaction

• Grant number: 21/13293-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2021
• End date: March 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Marie-Anne Van Sluys
• Grantee: Bruno Weiss
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/17545-8 - Genes, genomes & transposable elements contribution to plant-microbe interaction: a sugarcane study case, AP.BIOEN.TEM

Abstract

This project will address the microbiome and transcriptome aspects of plant-microbe interactions under pathogenic, non-pathogenic and mixed interactions. The organisms under study are different varieties of sugarcane, a pathogenic bacterium and a growth-promoting bacterium. (AU)