Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0883808

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0883808

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

eSorghum as a bio-fuel feedstock for arid environments. Increasing fuel costs, finite resources and the need to develop more carbon neutral and cleaner fuels have created a need for renewable sources. Ethanol and future generation biofuels (butanol and more energy-rich alcohols) can be extracted from biomass sources. Sorghum is an ideal bioenergy feedstock in the hotter, drier areas of Northern Australia, where starch (grain), sugar and lignocellulose (stover) can be amassed in this water efficient plant. Identifying and manipulating the genes to enable the improvement of sorghum as a dedicated bioenergy crop, will enable the increased efficiency of the Australian biofuels industry and create sustainable rural industries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-01-2009

End Date: 30-06-2015

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $1,177,246.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary products from plants | Other cereals | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal) |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Production | Other cereals | Plant Biochemistry And Physiology | Plant Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Primary products from plants | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

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