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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170100430
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Stomata functioning in halophytes for improved plant stress tolerance. This project aims to determine how halophytes balance photosynthesis and water loss under extreme soil conditions. Salinity and drought affect crop production. Plants’ ability to balance carbon dioxide uptake and water loss through stomata determines how they cope with stressors. Halophytes can achieve this balance at conditions that normally kill 99% of crops, but how they do so is unknown. This project will characterise the transport systems mediating stomata function in halophytes and contribute to understanding the molecular and physiological basis of their operation. This should allow breeders to use this trait to improve crop performance under conditions of extreme salinity and drought.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $446,500.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding)
