Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103863

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103863

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Are plants wasting water in the dark? This project aims to measure stomatal conductance to water vapour in the dark in economically important species to understand how conductance is regulated in the dark, and its adaptive significance. Leaves of most plants continue to lose water in the dark because stomata remain open. No photosynthetic carbon fixation can occur in the dark so water-use efficiency is reduced, and this reduction influences crop yield, forest growth, catchment water yield and climate feedback. Existing mechanistic models of stomatal conductance will be extended to include responses in the dark, and aim to be used to predict the reduction in potential daytime water loss (which is coupled to carbon gain) due to nocturnal stomatal conductance for crops and forests.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $313,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Maize | Grain Legumes | Wheat |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology | Grain Legumes | Maize | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Wheat

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