Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773893

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773893

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dissecting the Indigo Pathway in Natural Indigo Producing Plants: Intricate Pathway Engineering for the Generation of Blue-Fibre Cotton. Australian cotton growers must maintain a sustained competitive advantage in the future to compete within the global cotton market by commanding higher margins for specialty cotton lint over and above current revenues. Development, via biotechnology, of naturally-colored, 'blue' lint cottons is the technical goal, where novel environmentally-benign textile products could be produced without the use of toxic synthetic dyes or caustic dyeing processes. Success will provide a unique opportunity to re-establish an Australian cotton/textile industry by allowing direct participation in the development, branding and marketing of novel Australian textile products, generating potential revenue upwards of $10B/year.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2007

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural Biotechnology | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cotton | Cotton lint and cotton seed | Other fibre processing and textiles |

Other Keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology | Cotton | Cotton lint and cotton seed | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Other fibre processing and textiles | Plant Physiology

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