Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773649

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773649

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Plant transformation: exploiting anti-apoptosis genes for very high efficiency transformation. Crop improvement through genetic modification depends on the ability to transform target species. The most desirable method is Agrobacterium mediated transformation. However, plant species and cultivars differ significantly in their ability to be efficiently transformed by Agrobacterium. This is particularly true for the economically important cereals. We have discovered that anti-apoptosis genes, which inhibit programmed cell death, dramatically increase the Agrobacterium transformation efficiency in bananas and sugarcane. We will utilise this information and develop the use of these genes to increase the efficiency of transformation in those crops and cultivars that are difficult to transform using Agrobacterium.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural Biotechnology | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Gene Expression |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sugar | Tropical fruit | Barley

Other Keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology | Barley | Gene Expression | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Sugar | Tropical fruit

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