Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0562111
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Accelerating the genetic improvement of grain legumes for Australia by developing doubled haploid technology for field pea and chickpea. Doubled haploid technology is used in many broad acre crop species to accelerate cultivar development and create homozygous populations for genetic mapping. Field pea and chickpea have been unresponsive to this technique but a recent breakthrough by UWA researchers has resulted in haploid pro-embryos from in vitro cultured immature pollen. A barrier to further embryo maturation has been identified, which we propose to overcome using powerful microscopy tools to elucidate haploid embryology processes. This information will be applied to develop world-first in vitro doubled haploid protocols for these species, which will facilitate the development and accelerated delivery to industry of better adapted, high yielding cultivars.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2005
End Date: 01-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $370,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Agricultural Biotechnology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Cell Development (Incl. Cell Division And Apoptosis) | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified
