Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140100666
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Mechanisms and evolution of plant water management. This project proposes a new approach to understand the evolution and physiology of stomatal function, and how this interacts with xylem evolution to determine whole-plant water management. Using a combination of membrane-level, and whole-leaf physiological techniques, this project will focus on mechanisms of stomatal closure in diverse plant species. Specific stomatal and xylem responses to water stress will be mapped together onto the gymnosperm clade to reveal co-evolutionary linkages between xylem and stomatal physiology. By combining physiological data with evolutionary patterns among major land plant lineages this project will produce a mechanistic framework for interpreting the drought ecology of all plant species.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $348,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Physiology | Ecology | Ecological Physiology | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
