Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220100479

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE220100479

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Funded Activity Summary

Delivering defences: using fungi to enhance plant resistance to herbivory. This project will identify how the diversity of beneficial fungi in the soil is affected by agricultural management, and will reveal how these fungi govern the ability of plants to defend themselves from insect herbivores. Through innovative field surveys and experimentation, this project will generate new knowledge in the key areas of soil ecology and plant defence. This will allow us to exploit these soil fungi to enhance crop protection while simultaneously conserving soil ecosystems. Effectively boosting plant defence in this way will reduce reliance on ecologically damaging pesticides, promote soil biodiversity, and ensure the sustainability of crop production into the future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2022

End Date: 31-12-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $453,582.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Ecology | Invertebrate Biology | Community Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Community Ecology | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Ecology | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils | Invertebrate Biology | Microbial Ecology

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