Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$629,748.00

Award Date

3/28/2010

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Powdery mildew fungal pathogens penetrate the plant cell wall and develop a feeding structure named the haustorium to steal photosynthetate from the host cell. The haustorium is encased by an enigmatic extra-haustorial membrane (EHM) believed to be derive