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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220102785
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Finding the missing links in salt and water transport in plants. Grain crops and horticultural plants use proteins called aquaporins to move water across cell membranes, but a group of these proteins can also transport some important nutrient ions as well as toxic sodium ions. This project aims to reveal the molecular pathways that regulate water and ion transport via aquaporins using advanced techniques in biophysics and molecular biology. These results will provide novel insights into how plants coordinate and adapt to changing water and salt conditions, addressing a missing link in how ions and water move in and out of plant vacuoles. Benefits include an expanded, innovative range of targets for plant breeding programs to improve plant productivity in our changing climate.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2022
End Date: 06-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $489,236.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Barley | Wine Grapes | Wheat
