Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880847

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0880847

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Fingerprinting the soil microbial metagenome. The understanding of the impact of current farming systems on soil biology is in its infancy. Technology previously used to examine soil biology only investigates a very small percentage of all soil organisms. We will use an innovative new technology (DArT) to rapidly gain an overview of all soil microbial biodiversity. We will then evaluate the impact of agricultural practices on that biodiversity, firstly based on our long term trial site exhibiting common farming practices, and then by a broader regional survey. Our longer term goal is to find microbiological indicators of healthy soil through a vastly improved ability to determine a wide range of beneficial and disease organisms to identify sustainable farming practices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 30-06-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $160,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Biology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Soil Sciences | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Grain legumes | Field crops | Wheat |

Other Keywords

Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified | Conservation And Biodiversity | Field crops | Grain legumes | Soil Biology | Soil Sciences | Wheat

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