Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0989050

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0989050

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Regulation of Plant Development by Small RNAs. Understanding the roles of small RNAs and their pathways is a new field of research that is giving, and will continue to give profound insights into how multicellular organisms regulate gene expression at a genomic level. Research in this area has already led to RNA interference technology, by which almost any gene can be switched off, and there is considerable potential for other gene silencing and trait modification technologies to emerge. The project will yield insights into fundamental biological processes which are expected to engender applications in agriculture and biotechnology. It will maintain and enhance Australia's position in this area.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2009

End Date: 12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $720,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Gene Expression | Genome Structure | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from plants | Field crops | Horticultural crops |

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