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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200101885
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
A new route to controlling root system architecture and drought tolerance. This project aims to transform our understanding of the relationship between root architecture and water and nitrogen acquisition, factors critical to determining yield. We have discovered that mutants affected in a peptide hormone receptor have unique root architectural features relevant to acquiring water and nitrogen. The mutants are drought tolerant and their roots are nitrate insensitive. The project aims to define the receptor’s genetic outputs and expects to uncover new ways to improve water and nitrate acquisition and determine if our findings apply to crops. The application of these findings will reduce the severe environmental damage caused by poor nitrogen fertiliser uptake and provide sustainable ways to ensure food security.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2021
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $530,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Summer Grains and Oilseeds not elsewhere classified | Winter Grains and Oilseeds not elsewhere classified |
