Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100115

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210100115

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Feast or famine: how Australian plants stay productive under low phosphorus. Phosphorus (P) is in low supply in soils around the nation, and limits plant production in the Australian landscape, as well as for many tropical forests worldwide. How scarce P restricts photosynthetic capacity has remained elusive. We will determine how Australian plants achieve high phosphorus-use efficiency despite low P concentrations in leaves and soils. We will synthesise knowledge of how plants maintain productivity with low P availability, and inform global models how to represent P biogeochemistry and photosynthesis to improve C-cycle estimates. The understanding of plant photosynthetic and P-saving mechanisms that emerge should provide benefits through improved ecological models and enhanced management of primary production.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2021

End Date: 30-06-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $399,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Ecology | Ecological Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Ecological Physiology | Ecology | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Terrestrial Ecology

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