ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT140100103

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT140100103

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Crops for a phosphorus-scarce future: plant adaptation to fluctuating phosphorus availability. Phosphorus is commonly used on farmland to ensure high yields. However, rock phosphate reserves are declining and leaching of phosphorus from farmlands into native vegetation and water bodies causes significant environmental degradation. As a result, more phosphorus-efficient farming systems are urgently required. Many Australian native plants have adapted to low phosphorus soils and fast fluctuations in phosphorus availability. This project aims to investigate plant adaptations to phosphorus fluctuations and the potential for storing phosphorus when it is abundant for later use. This should aid development of crops with improved phosphorus fertiliser-use efficiency in anticipation of a phosphorus-scarce future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $887,482.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Soil Biology | Crop and Pasture Nutrition

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Nutrition | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Soil Biology

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