Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150100694
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Exploring genetic diversity to identify new heat tolerance genes in wheat. This project aims to improve the selection and development of heat-tolerant wheat varieties. Heatwaves seriously reduce wheat yields worldwide, and the situation will worsen with climate variation. This project aims to apply a broad genetic scan to identify the main chromosome regions controlling heat tolerance at the sensitive flowering stage in Australian and European wheat varieties. It is expected that this knowledge will deliver crucial breeders’ tools to select heat-tolerant varieties. The project also aims to identify genes most likely to control tolerance at these chromosome locations using gene expression profiling data, trait associations and knowledge of heat-tolerance genes from other species. It is expected that these genes will reveal molecular mechanisms of heat tolerance and create new opportunities to engineer superior levels of tolerance in cereals.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2016
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $517,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches) | Plant Physiology | Genetics | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Wheat |
