Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100498]Researchers: ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) , Jayakumar Bose (Future Fellowship)
Brief description Targeting chloroplasts to enhance crop salt tolerance. Yield losses in crop plants due to increasingly saline soils are linked to the effects of salt on chloroplasts. By comparing chloroplast water- and salt-transport mechanisms of closely related salt-loving and salt-sensitive plants, this Fellowships aims to discover how chloroplasts maintain function in saline conditions. Novel biophysics and molecular techniques will be used to characterise transporters in model plants, and proof-of-concept complementation experiments aim to confer salt tolerance on sensitive plants. These fundamental insights are likely to lead to rapid, step-change improvements in salt tolerance, especially in agriculturally relevant crops, to benefit Australia’s agri-industry and ensure food security in the future.
Funding Amount $802,000
Funding Scheme ARC Future Fellowships
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100498
- ARC : FT210100498