Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1097276

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1097276

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Carbon uptake and water use by plants: is there pre-stomatal control? Society relies on mathematical descriptions of climate change, weather forecasting, crop performance, and other processes in which the control of carbon uptake and water loss by plants forms a basic element. Scientists also use the same element in ascribing sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2), describing vegetation, hydrological and ecological processes. A key physiological assumption in this element is now in doubt and we will test it rigorously and if necessary provide a robust alternative. We will do this by developing a novel 'window' on intact leaf functioning that will reveal the concentration of water vapour and other gases inside leaves.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $729,554.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Field crops |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Field crops | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology

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