The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop systematicstrategies for encapsulation within liposomes to ensure efficient andeffective delivery of therapeutics to fight plant…

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded Baylor University $240,353 under the Cooperative Agreement program "Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care" (CFDA 10.025) to develop strategies for encapsulating therapeutics within liposomes to deliver plant pathogen treatments. Activities include synthesizing liposomes in three size classes to carry surrogate-labeled therapeutic payloads and loading the liposomes with the payloads. The liposomes will then be tracked after delivery to Asian citrus psyllids and citrus plants to evaluate uptake and internal migration. The award period is from June 15, 2022 to June 14, 2023.

The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop systematicstrategies for encapsulation within liposomes to ensure efficient andeffective delivery of therapeutics to fight plant pathogens.activities will include synthesis of liposomes in three size classes tocarry therapeutic payloads. Liposomes, of appropriate size class, willbe loaded with surrogate labeled therapeutics. Surrogate labeledtherapeutics will be tracked after delivery to asian citrus psyllids andcitrus plants to evaluate uptake and internal migration.