Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210103010

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210103010

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Australia's native sorghums: a model for testing plant adaptation theories. This proposal tests an emerging theory that allocation of resources by plants to growth or defence are interrelated, not alternatives as currently assumed. Like many crops, sorghum produces toxic cyanide, especially during droughts but its wild relatives make much less. This project aims to discover why cyanide is so common in domesticated plants and why levels increase with stress. This has important implications for developing crops that are high yielding and also climate resilient. Expected outcomes include full genome sequences for all of Australia’s unique native sorghums, confirmation of new theories on the interrelationships between defence and growth and identification of new traits vital for developing the crops of the future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-04-2021

End Date: 19-04-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $436,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Sorghum |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding) | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Physiology | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Sorghum

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