Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1092856

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1092856

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functional diversity in root systems that are critical for water and nutrient acquisition by Australian monocotyledons. Specialised root structures facilitate water and nutrient acquisition in grass-like sedges, a major vegetation type on nutrient-poor, intensely weathered soils in Australia. The project will enhance our understanding of key root structures and functional traits for water and nutrient acquisition in various habitats. The identification of such structures and traits will contribute to Australia's excellent international reputation in this discipline. Increased fundamental insight into the strategies of perennial monocotyledons in Australian ecosystems will be directly relevant to difficult cases of landscape restoration on skeletal soils with widely varying water availability and thus addresses the National Research Priority: An Environmentally Sustainable Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $527,264.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ornamentals, Australian natives and nursery plants | Biological sciences | Environmental and resource evaluation not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Environmental and resource evaluation not elsewhere classified | Ornamentals, Australian natives and nursery plants | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Terrestrial Ecology

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