DP727 - Australian Invasive Species and Pest Genome Partnership

Research Investment

Researchers: Tom Walsh (Principal investigator)

Brief description Australian researchers and pest species managers are developing chemical, biological and genetic control strategies directed at native and invasive pest species. However, many critical species with environmental, agricultural and public health impacts lack good quality reference datasets such as genomes of relevance to Australia, associated population data and pipelines for downstream use and analysis of data assets. The aim of this project is to deliver reference quality data assets for Australian pests and invasive species to facilitate the development and uptake of modern genome-based approaches to the management of these species. The ultimate beneficiaries will be the Australian people who will benefit from reduced public health risks and the reduction of impacts these species.

Amount 499,000.00 AUD

Scheme National Data Assets Australian Data Partnerships Program