Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100848

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150100848

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Turning sand into sheep feed - Lebeckia ambigua an agricultural perennial! This project aims to develop nitrogen-fixing legumes adapted to the changing climate. Nitrogen fixation from legumes is worth $3 billion to the Australian agricultural economy, but changing rainfall patterns threaten much of this. One solution is to transition pasture growth to a reliance on perennial plants, which are less affected by unseasonal rain. Lebeckia ambigua is an outstanding perennial legume to begin this change, but its nitrogen fixation is compromised by nodulation failure caused by death of its symbiotic rhizobia. This project intends to improve the survival in acid and infertile soils of the unique rhizobial symbionts the research team has discovered for Lebeckia ambigua in South Africa.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2016

End Date: 12-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $335,834.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Soil Biology | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils | Pasture, Browse and Fodder Crops not elsewhere classified |

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