Primary Recipient

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$200,481.00

Award Date

2/24/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Using tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Arabidopsis thaliana (a small flowering plant native to Europe, Asia and northwestern Africa) as experimental model systems, the researcher will study the mechanism by which plants defend themselves against attack b