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| + | <p align="justify"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid"> Aphids</a></b>, those pesky little green plant-sucking bugs, can pose serious threats to a farmer's proceeds. Not only is <b>physical damage</b> to the crops caused by the sucking a problem, but aphids also transmit harmful <b>viruses</b> to the plants. The magnitude of crop loss for the farmers is difficult to quantify as it varies with aphid species, crop species, location, year and many other factors, but it <b>can run in the millions</b>. Farmers try to control the aphid infestation with the use of <b>insecticides</b> but this is ineffective and contested. Aphids become resistant to insecticides quite rapid and insecticides also have a negative effect on their natural predators. That is why we, the <b><a href="http://www.kuleuven.be/kuleuven/"> KU Leuven </a> iGEM 2013 team</b>, decided to do something about this in a sustainable way by using an insecticide-free controlling mechanism. With <b>E.coligy: Plants with BanAphids</b> we will teach E.coli cells to hack into insects <b>signaling systems</b> to drive off the aphids and attract their <b>natural predators</b>, such as the ladybug</p> | ||
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Revision as of 12:26, 30 August 2013
Secret garden
Congratulations! You've found our secret garden! Follow the instructions below and win a great prize at the World jamboree!
- A video shows that two of our team members are having great fun at our favourite company. Do you know the name of the second member that appears in the video?
- For one of our models we had to do very extensive computations. To prevent our own computers from overheating and to keep the temperature in our iGEM room at a normal level, we used a supercomputer. Which centre maintains this supercomputer? (Dutch abbreviation)
- We organised a symposium with a debate, some seminars and 2 iGEM project presentations. An iGEM team came all the way from the Netherlands to present their project. What is the name of their city?
Now put all of these in this URL:https://2013.igem.org/Team:KU_Leuven/(firstname)(abbreviation)(city), (loose the brackets and put everything in lowercase) and follow the very last instruction to get your special jamboree prize!
Aphid Biology 101
Aphids, those pesky little green plant-sucking bugs, can pose serious threats to a farmer's proceeds. Not only is physical damage to the crops caused by the sucking a problem, but aphids also transmit harmful viruses to the plants. The magnitude of crop loss for the farmers is difficult to quantify as it varies with aphid species, crop species, location, year and many other factors, but it can run in the millions. Farmers try to control the aphid infestation with the use of insecticides but this is ineffective and contested. Aphids become resistant to insecticides quite rapid and insecticides also have a negative effect on their natural predators. That is why we, the KU Leuven iGEM 2013 team, decided to do something about this in a sustainable way by using an insecticide-free controlling mechanism. With E.coligy: Plants with BanAphids we will teach E.coli cells to hack into insects signaling systems to drive off the aphids and attract their natural predators, such as the ladybug
