Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560386

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560386

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New strategies to save the Critically Endangered plant Grampians Pincushion Lily (Borya mirabilis, Liliaceae/Boryaceae) from extinction. The Grampians Pincushion Lily (Borya mirabilis) is Critically Endangered (only 7 remain). Efforts to increase its population and range and maintain or enhance its genetic diversity by standard methods have had only modest success so far. The aim of this proposal is to create more innovative methods in a deeper, more research-based approach to solving these problems by using greater knowledge and understanding of its biology and reproduction. In particular, plant tissue culture and molecular biology will allow us to devise more effective approaches and potentially create methods that could be applied to other endangered species, particularly Borya and its relatives.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 16-08-2005

End Date: 15-08-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $72,444.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Land And Parks Management | Environmental Science and Management | Botany Not Elsewhere Classified | Conservation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Botany Not Elsewhere Classified | Conservation | Environmental Science and Management | Land And Parks Management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas

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