Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0774063
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Calcium compartmentation in leaves: testing an integrated model of water and calcium transport with cell specific functional genomics. Calcium is a vital nutrient to animals and humans and its storage in vegetation is important for its accessibility. We believe this storage is linked to water flow in the leaf by a novel mechanism. This project will provide fundamental understanding of the cell type-specific processes involved in calcium storage and water flow in plants. High calibre PhD and Honours students will be educated to maintain the momentum of international excellence within Australia in the field of plant nutrient relations. The increase in understanding will allow future work to improve calcium availability and water use by plants to the benefit of agricultural productivity and quality of life.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 12-2011
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $873,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Transgenesis | Plant Biology | Gene Expression | Plant Physiology
