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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LX0664436
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants: Functional analysis of high-affinity ammonium transport in plant lines altered in ammonium transport capacity. Improving nitrogen fertiliser use in crop species will benefit Australia and world agriculture by reducing nitrogen-linked environmental pollution. Nitrogen fertilisers can be leached from soils and result in the pollution of ground water, rivers, estuaries and oceans. Using model plant systems we are dissecting the genes and their encoded proteins responsible for ammonium nitrogen uptake into plants. Identifying the in planta function of these genes will allow new breeding approaches to specifically target genes that will improve the efficiency of ammonium uptake and lessen the reliance on the supply of nitrogen fertilizers in modern agricultural crop production.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2006
End Date: 12-2006
Funding Scheme: Linkage - International
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Nutrition | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Plant Physiology | Crop and Pasture Production
