Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP200100064

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP200100064

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Plant cyclotides as novel sustainable tools for crop protection . This project between the University of Queensland and Syngenta, a top-tier agricultural biotech company, aims at developing new crop protection technologies based on peptides. Insecticides are essential to meet the 60% increase in food production goal set by the UN but long-term exposure to traditional insecticides can harm beneficial pollinating insect populations. Expected outcomes include an exciting new insecticide technology based on natural plant defense peptides, the cyclotides, which has potential to revolutionise crop protection, leading to safer products for the environment. Benefits from the technology include a reduction in toxic insecticide residues, precision targetted applications and agrichemicals that degrade without trace.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-09-2021

End Date: 14-09-2024

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $417,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) | Crop and Pasture Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Food Safety |

Other Keywords

Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Food Safety

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