Becktell Lab Update 2020: Supplies to help determine the bioactivity and mode of action of petunia sucrose esters against the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans

The BIOSINQ funding that I received for the 2019-2020 academic year ($795) was used to help pay for a vacuum manifold for solid phase extraction of multiple SPE columns at one time (see picture below).  The vacuum manifold allows us to process 12 columns at one time and was only used one time in the spring of 2020 (before we were shut down due to COVID-19).  However, this equipment will continue to be used to purify extracts from petunias and will make our extraction efforts much more efficient! We are working to understand the mechanism of action of lytic compounds in the petunia extracts that result in the lysis of zoospores of the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans. 

 

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Dr. Margot Becktell