Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP240102441

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP240102441

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Control of crop-microbe symbiosis by new plant hormones. This project aims to discover how plants use hormone-like chemicals, called butenolides, to control symbiotic relationships with soil fungi. It will use multidisciplinary and collaborative techniques to establish how butenolide metabolism affects the diversity of fungal colonisation. Expected outcomes of this project include a deeper understanding of how plants regulate the competency of roots to host symbiotic fungi, and how this affects plant growth. As such, it will generate knowledge of how cereals such as barley could be modified to improve their nutrient use efficiency. Benefits of this project include the potential to reduce fertiliser inputs, thereby improving the competitiveness and environmental impact of Australian agriculture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2024

End Date: 12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $520,376.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant developmental and reproductive biology | Plant cell and molecular biology | Plant biology | Plant physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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