Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP210200907
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Cryobiotechnology innovations to help fight the Myrtle rust pandemic. This project aims to mitigate the impacts of Myrtle rust, a disease affecting >380 Australian taxa in the family Myrtaceae, by developing advanced techniques to conserve susceptible species. The project is expected to generate the biotechnology advances necessary to conserve multiple taxa on the brink of extinction, including species important to our emerging native botanicals industry. Expected outcomes for the project include novel protocols for initiating and maintaining sterile tissue cultures and advanced techniques for cryopreservation of susceptible species, providing insurance against extinction and sources of ex situ material for re-establishing the species in safe sites and for research into disease resistance.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2023
End Date: 01-2027
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $710,423.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity | Horticultural Production not elsewhere classified |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ornamentals, Natives, Flowers and Nursery Plants | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
