ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT150100162

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT150100162

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unlocking a new hormone signalling system to increase plant performance. This project seeks to discover new ways to improve crop productivity by investigating a recently identified chemical signalling pathway in plants that affects seed germination, seedling growth, leaf development and water use. The aims are to identify unknown signalling compounds that work through this pathway, to discover the molecular regulators of the pathway, and to examine how it operates in different plant species. The project also plans to exploit this pathway to find inhibitors of premature seed germination that afflict crops such as wheat and barley. The intended outcomes are a better understanding of how plants grow and new strategies for boosting plant performance in the field. Specific potential applications include reducing plant water use, regulating seed germination, and encouraging early seedling establishment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2016

End Date: 20-08-2020

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $689,052.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified

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