Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100103]Researchers: Megan Ryan (Future Fellowship )
Brief description Crops for a phosphorus-scarce future: plant adaptation to fluctuating phosphorus availability. Phosphorus is commonly used on farmland to ensure high yields. However, rock phosphate reserves are declining and leaching of phosphorus from farmlands into native vegetation and water bodies causes significant environmental degradation. As a result, more phosphorus-efficient farming systems are urgently required. Many Australian native plants have adapted to low phosphorus soils and fast fluctuations in phosphorus availability. This project aims to investigate plant adaptations to phosphorus fluctuations and the potential for storing phosphorus when it is abundant for later use. This should aid development of crops with improved phosphorus fertiliser-use efficiency in anticipation of a phosphorus-scarce future.
Funding Amount $887,482
Funding Scheme ARC Future Fellowships
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100103
- ARC : FT140100103