Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0882884

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0882884

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Identification of Australian-bred apple and plum varieties with enhanced health attributes. Improved prevention could save Australia $4 billion annually in health care costs, mainly in the area of cardiovascular disease. A higher flavonoid intake has been estimated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by about 20%. Apples are important sources of flavonoids in the diet. The proposed project involves collaboration between the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia and the University of Western Australia. The aim is to identify progeny of both the apple and plum breeding programs that have elite levels of flavonoids and to demonstrate health benefits of a high-flavonoid apple. This could lead to significant benefits to Australian horticulture and to population health.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-08-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $155,200.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition and Dietetics | Preventive Medicine | Nutrition And Dietetics | Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Preventive medicine | Pome fruit | Nutrition |

Other Keywords

Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) | Nutrition | Nutrition And Dietetics | Nutrition and Dietetics | Pome fruit | Preventive Medicine | Preventive medicine

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