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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200102467
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Leaves in 3D: photosynthesis and water-use efficiency. This project aims to develop leaf anatomical ideotypes with improved photosynthesis and water-use efficiency for wheat, rice, chickpea and cotton using novel three dimensional imaging and modelling techniques. This project expects to generate new understanding of the role of leaf anatomy on leaf function. Expected outcomes of this project include the world's first 3D spatially-explicit, anatomically accurate model of leaves of crop plants to allow virtual experiments identifying optimized anatomy for improved photosynthetic performance. Benefits to the agricultural industry include increased crop productivity and water-use efficiency to meet future global food demand and to make the most of Australia's limited water resourcesFunded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2020
End Date: 09-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Applied Statistics | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Cotton | Grain Legumes | Wheat |
