Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449856

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0449856

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Ion transporters regulating plant adaptive responses to salinity and the modes of their control by compatible solutes in plant cells. Plants respond to saline conditions by a significant elevation in the level of compatible solutes in the cytosol. It appears that these solutes are not directly involved in conventional osmoprotection, but instead have a regulatory role in cell metabolism. This project will apply a range of state-of-the-art biophysical and molecular techniques to investigate the modes of control exercised by compatible solutes over the activity of major plasma membrane transporters involved in plant adaptive responses to salinity. The work will substantially advance our understanding of salt tolerance and will provide a sound basis for genetic engineering of salt tolerant crops.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2004

End Date: 10-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $210,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Plant Nutrition | Plant Growth And Development | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other cereals | Biological sciences |

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