Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1096717

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1096717

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Discovery of the molecular mode of action of karrikins in plants. Karrikins are a newly-discovered family of naturally-occurring plant growth regulators that stimulate seed germination and seedling vigour. They were discovered in smoke and while they are centrally important in fire ecology they have far wider significance since species from non-fire-prone regions also respond to karrikins. Our research will discover how karrikins work at the molecular level in plant cells. Our discoveries will be applied to improve growth of crop plants, to stimulate germination of weeds so that they can be eradicated, and in restoration ecology to revegetate degraded land such as minesites. Australia's world-leading position in this new important research area will be enhanced.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Rehabilitation of degraded areas | Field crops | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Field crops | Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction | Rehabilitation of degraded areas

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