Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0776937

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0776937

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding and avoiding transgene silencing in sugarcane. Sugarcane is one of the world's major crops for food (sugar) and fuel (ethanol, electricity co-generation). It is one of the most appealing target crops for metabolic engineering aimed at renewable biomaterials and biofuels. Australia has invested strongly to achieve scientific leadership in gene technologies in our major export crops including sugarcane. Field tests show that development of methods to avoid unstable expression or 'silencing' of introduced genes is now a critical requirement for practical application. The current project emerges from industry recognition of the need to understand and avoid transgene silencing. The methods developed using sugarcane are expected to have rapid applicability for wider benefits in agriculture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 24-12-2007

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $899,925.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural Biotechnology | Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from plants | Sugar | Field crops not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology | Field crops not elsewhere classified | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Primary products from plants | Sugar

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