Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100148

Funded Activity Summary

Molecular mechanisms underlying extensive replacement of phospholipids by galactolipids and sulfolipids in Hakea prostrata during leaf development. Proteaceae that live on the most nutrient-impoverished soils in the world have an exquisite ability to minimise the amount of phosphorus in cellular membranes of mature leaves by replacing phosphorus-containing lipids with those lacking phosphorus. The project will investigate if this also occurs in the roots and discover the molecular basis for this minimisation that does not compromise plant functioning. The outcomes will be an improved understanding of how these plants function with such low tissue phosphorus concentrations and the identification of molecular markers that will be valuable to screen crop plants for increased phosphorus-use efficiency, leading to decreased consumption of dwindling and expensive phosphorus fertiliser reserves.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $470,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Mining Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Mining Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Physiology | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified

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