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Funded Activity Summary
Molecular switches and genetic consequences of grain retention in cereals. Grain retention at maturity was key for crop domestication and laid the basis for farming. Wheat and barley have evolved a novel mechanism for ensuring grain retention and, although the genes are known, the mechanisms for action are not. Grain dispersal in the wild relatives involves highly targeted changes in the walls of a small number of cells. This project will explore how the two identified genes control this process and clarify their mode of action. The genes ensuring grain retention have been so critical for domestication that the region surrounding them has become genetically fixed. The project will assess the implication of fixation on genetic diversity and develop options to bring novel variation into breeding programs.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2022
End Date: 11-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $417,200.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Barley | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Wheat |
