Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130104227

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP130104227

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reconstructing wheat evolution using ancient DNA. The domestication of wild grasses by farmers was a step change in human history; it led to the emergence of modern cereals and with them, western civilisation. This project will apply modern DNA sequencing methods to 5000-year-old cereal seeds to reconstruct the history of wheat, barley and other crops, and identify lost ancient forms and diversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $443,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Barley | Grain Legumes | Wheat |

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