Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103090

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103090

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Engineering the plant mitochondrial electron transport chain for tolerance of environmental stress. Plants often face hostile environments that place them under stress. Reactive oxygen molecules produced under these conditions act as signals to activate defense mechanisms, but also cause cell damage. Mitochondria are subcellular compartments involved in energy production and are essential for plant growth and development, but they have also been implicated in the response of plants to environmental stress, and in production of reactive oxygen molecules. This project will investigate special features of plant mitochondria that ameliorate oxidative stress. Potential outcomes include crops better able to cope with environmental stress.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 30-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $387,095.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

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