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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE140100505
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Is plant organisation the fountain of eternal youth? The decline in performance at advanced ages, senescence, affects life quality, lifespan and productivity. It is believed that this phenomenon is universal, including all species from microbes to humans. Yet, some plants do not exhibit senescence. This project will identify the mechanisms that enable plants to escape senescence. Using a unique global demographic database, the project will determine whether, how and when senescence has evolved across 850 plant species. It will also experimentally test how drought, nutrients and resprouting affect senescence in two mallee Eucalyptus species in the Simpson Desert. This research will provide new insights into the evolution of senescence and will elucidate how some plants escape a supposedly unavoidable fate.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 03-2016
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $394,620.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population Ecology | Life Histories | Plant Physiology | Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Natural Hazards in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales
