Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771413

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0771413

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

What limits CO2 diffusion inside leaves? Dissecting the diffusion path with Arabidopsis mutants. Human induced increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is now generally accepted as contributing to global warming. Forecasting our future impact relies on models of terrestrial photosynthesis which use a signature in the atmosphere created by plants when they discriminate against the heavy stable isotope of carbon during photosynthesis. Discrimination between isotopes is affected by carbon dioxide diffusion within leaves and key steps in this process will be identified through the use of Arabidopsis mutants. Better representation of this process in models will improve estimates of terrestrial photosynthesis and climate change forecasts

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-07-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Membrane Biology | Global Change Biology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Other environmental aspects | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Climate change | Global Change Biology | Membrane Biology | Other environmental aspects | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology

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