ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100326

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130100326

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Identifying novel salinity tolerance mechanisms by spatial and temporal analysis of lipids in barley. Agrifood production faces the dual challenges of an increasing world population and the threats of abiotic stresses arising from climate change and the erosion of arable land. Cereals, the major food crops, are poorly adapted to tolerate most abiotic stresses, including salinity. This project applies new technologies investigating spatial and temporal biochemical mechanisms a model cereal, Hordeum vulgare (barley), utilises to adapt and tolerate salinity. The aims are to investigate the role of specifically plasma membrane lipids modulating either signalling pathways or membrane fluidity that impacts on adaptation during salinity. The results will provide new leads for the development of cereal germplasm with increased salt tolerance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2014

End Date: 31-03-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $872,240.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Analytical Biochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Barley |

Other Keywords

Analytical Biochemistry | Barley | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Physiology

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