Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343160

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343160

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

THE MECHANISMS OF PHOTOPROTECTION IN PLANTS - A GENOMICS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL APPROACH. Coping with adverse environmental conditions is central to plant survival in nature so understanding the photoprotective mechanisms of light acclimation is important for crop improvement. Therefore, effective acclimatory mechanisms at whole plant, cellular and molecular levels are essential to accommodate short and long-term exposure to potentially photodamaging full sunlight and environmental stresses, such as drought and temperature extremes that lead to plant death or greatly reduced crop yields due to free radical damage. This project brings together a unique cross-disciplinary expertise in biophysics, biochemistry, physiology and genomics to elucidate the known mechanisms and identify unknown factors in photoprotection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nutrition | Land and water management | Field crops not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Field crops not elsewhere classified | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Land and water management | Nutrition | Plant Physiology

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