Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160103436]Researchers: Belinda Medlyn (Chief Investigator) , Prof Roderick Dewar (Chief Investigator) , Remko Duursma (Chief Investigator) , ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) , Prof Mathew Williams (Partner Investigator)
Brief description To grow or to store: Do plants hedge their bets? This project aims to resolve a long-standing question about the function of perennial plants: how much of the carbon taken up by photosynthesis is used immediately for growth, and how much is kept in reserve as insurance against future stress? This question is important to our understanding of how plants respond to stresses such as severe drought, and yet lack of data and theoretical modelling currently hampers our ability to answer it. By applying novel data analysis and modelling tools to recent experimental results, the project plans to test hypotheses for how plants allocate carbon between growth and storage in response to stress. Insights from the project may underpin better management of Australia’s vulnerable ecosystems.
Funding Amount $428,100
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160103436
- ARC : DP160103436