Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP160101307
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Developing eucalypt plantations for pharmaceutical flavanone production. The project aims to produce the tools and knowledge required to establish plantations of mallee eucalypts for the production of pinocembrin and structurally related flavanones. This is important because these flavanones have been shown to have a range of medicinal applications, including treatment of diseases of the central nervous system. The research plans to focus on producing and establishing trees with improved flavanone content and growth rates, and on understanding the biochemical mechanisms that underlie flavanone production and structural modification. Expected outcomes include supporting the development of profitable plantations in rural Australia and the establishment of plantations more widely in southern Australia, especially on marginal land.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2017
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $421,854.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Integration of Farm and Forestry | Forestry not elsewhere classified |
