Last database update for these data: 2006-11-07 - Data extracted on 2008-10-16 from the database.
| Name: (German) | Institut für Resistenzforschung und Pathogendiagnostik |
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| Name: | Institute of Resistance Research and Pathogen Diagnostics - BAZ - Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
| Type: | Research unit |
| Head: | Thomas Kühne (Director) |
| Address: | Theodor-Roemer-Weg 4 |
| Postal code: | D-06449 |
| City: | Aschersleben |
| Country: | Germany |
| Phone: | +49-3473-87 90 |
| Fax: | +49-3473-87 92 00 |
| Legal entity: | No |
| Domains: | ResistVir | All domains |
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| Permanent scientists: | 4.0 | 8.0 | Permanent other than scientists: | 4.0 | 14.0 | PhD students: | 0 | 0 | Postdoc positions: | 1.0 | 2.0 | Total scientists: | 5.0 | 10.0 | Total: | 9.0 | 24.0 |
| Organizations, centres or groups on which depends this group: | Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants - Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
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| Viruses | Host plants | Crops | Vectors |
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| Potato virus Y | Nicotiana tabacum Solanum tuberosum |
Potato Tobacco |
Myzus persicae |
| No: | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1: | Molecular biology | Cloning of viral RNAs/DNAs, sequencing with own facilities, gene expression (E. coli) and protein purification |
| 2: | Serology | Institute owns facilities for rabbits and mice, virus purification, production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, testing, scFv |
| 3: | Experimental facilities | Field testing : resistance testing under field conditions (located at Quedlinburg, dry climate, highly fertile soil) |
| 4: | Experimental facilities | Greenhouse testing: resistance testing under greenhouse (partially climatised) and climate chamber conditions |
| 5: | Imaging | Electron microscopy: Institute owns scanning and transmission electron microscopes, acces to different kinds of light microscopes in other institutes of BAZ |
| 6: | Molecular biology | Molecular markers: facilities and expertise in usage of different marker techniques (institute owns PAAGE-based techniques, in co-operation with IER of BAZ testing with capillary equipment) |
| 7: | Plant virology | Infection techniques with fungal virus vectors: infection of cereals with Polymyxa graminis |
| 8: | Plant transformation and tissue culture | Transgenic plants: generation and testing of transgenic plants (particle bombardment, Agrobacterium gene transfer) |
| 9: | Plant transformation and tissue culture | Induction of mutants by radiation: X-ray source, can be used from IGK of BAZ |