Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102505

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102505

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Breaking the nexus: more biomass in cereal grain. Grain yield is controlled by complex, regulated genetic networks or quantitative trait loci (QTLs) derived from natural variations in many crop plants. Yield is a product of the three major parameters: panicle number, grain number and grain size, trade-offs are commonly observed between grain number and size. There is evidence to suggest it is possible to improve grain size without altering overall biomass. With the genomic and genetic resource tools at hand. This project will elucidate the genetic architecture of grain size, and manipulate the key loci to generate more biomass in the grain, minimising or eliminating the adverse impact on seed number. This will maximise harvestable yield without imposing increased demand for water and nutrients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 30-09-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $611,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Genomics | Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Sorghum | Wheat |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Crop and Pasture Production | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Genomics | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Sorghum | Wheat

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