A & L Laboratories Canada Inc.

$30,000.00 CAD

≈ 5 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2022-2023
Agreement period
November 14, 2022 – September 30, 2023
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2022-2023-Q4-998957

Published purpose

The tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging disease threatening tomato industry by deteriorating fruit quality, reducing shelf life and making fruits unmarketable from 30% to 70%. ToBRFV can overcome all known genetic resistance genes resulting in all commercial tomato varieties being susceptible to the virus. Efforts to manage ToBRFV currently focus on using certified seed and maintaining strict biosecurity and sanitation practices. We have developed some attenuated ToBRFV strains that will be tested for the efficacy to protect tomato plants from the infection of wild-type ToBRFV in a commercial greenhouse.

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