Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666434

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0666434

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functional genomics approaches to the mechanisms of starch mobilisation in Arabidopsis. Starch is a key carbon and energy reserve that underpins plant growth. This in turn underpins much of Australia's $60 billion agriculture industry. Starch also provides most of the calories in the human diet and is a renewable commodity supporting manufacturing industries. Dependence of society on starch will increase as it becomes used more for novel materials and for bio-ethanol production, which in turn will create new jobs in the rural economy. A major quality problem in cereal grain is pre-harvest starch breakdown caused by warm wet weather triggering events associated with germination. By understanding starch metabolism in plants we will be better able to manage and enhance growth of crop plants, starch production and seed quality.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2006

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $920,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Cell Metabolism | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from plants | Field crops |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Cell Metabolism | Field crops | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Primary products from plants

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