Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100959

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE240100959

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Funded Activity Summary

Unlocking The Agricultural Potential Of The Dark Genome. Sustaining competitive agricultural production in the face of climate change demands more resilient, diverse, and adaptable crop varieties. Studies on the genes of crop plants have had huge benefits for agriculture, but genes themselves make up only a tiny fraction of the genome. It has until recently been impossible to assemble the 'dark' space between genes. Using ultra-modern barley genomes, this project aims to harness information from the dark genome to (i) discover new genes with agricultural importance, (ii) illuminate invisible genomic features that can slow down plant breeding programs, and (iii) identify opportunities to transfer useful new genes into the cultivated gene pool.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2024

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $375,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Crop and pasture production | Bioinformatic methods development | Crop and pasture improvement (incl. selection and breeding) | Genomics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Barley | Bioinformatic methods development | Climate Adaptive Plants | Crop and pasture improvement (incl. selection and breeding) | Crop and pasture production | Expanding Knowledge In the Agricultural, Food and Veterinary Sciences | Genomics

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