Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0669161

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0669161

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Novel technologies to resolve interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, phosphate fertilisers and root disease in wheat production. Soils in Australia are often phosphate (P) deficient. Fertiliser P costs ~$1.5 billion pa, yet much is wasted because of fixation in soils. This waste must be stopped and soil reserves unlocked, because supplies of rock phosphate for fertiliser manufacture will run out in the next ~70 years. We will investigate the potential of combining two approaches to maximise P fertiliser use by wheat - application of new, fluid fertiliser formulations and soil management to increase populations of beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that have large effects on the way plants absorb P from soil. A new DNA-based method to monitor AM fungal communities will be applicable both in agricultural management and studies of AM fungal biodiversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-2006

End Date: 10-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $200,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Biology | Plant Nutrition | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Land and water management | Control of pests and exotic species |

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