Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100217

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE140100217

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Harnessing Mendel’s workhorse: meiotic crossovers for genetic diversity in crop breeding. Introducing genetic diversity from wild species into elite lines of wheat and barley may increase their resistance to the stresses they are exposed to in the field. Modern breeding cultivars could capture up to ten times more genetic variation. This project aims to gain fundamental insights into the genetic and environmental factors that limit the rates at which new genomic combinations can be made. This will transform wheat and barley breeding methods, unlocking available genetic diversity to produce new varieties.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2014

End Date: 11-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $395,220.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Genetics not elsewhere classified | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Barley | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Wheat |

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