Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0558067
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Cellulose-based composites as models for primary plant cell walls of cereals and grasses. Cereals and grasses are the lynchpins of the Australian Agri-Food industry. Cell walls provide shape, form and barrier properties to the plant and are the basis for both post-harvest mechanical properties and direct nutritional benefits. There is as yet no validated model for the molecular assembly, architecture and mechanical behaviour of cereal/grass cell walls. This project aims to derive such a model, so that predictions can be made concerning the effects of tailoring either plant composition (e.g. at the gene level) or post-harvest treatment in order to achieve desired plant or food properties. The findings will also be relevant to understanding how individual features of cell walls affect digestibility and nutritional properties.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2006
End Date: 04-2009
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $245,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Biology | Fermentation, Biotechnology And Industrial Microbiology | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Plant Physiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Wheat | Barley | Grain mill products, starch and starch products (incl. sugar, bakery products) |
