Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190102185 [ 2019-03-27 - 2024-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Andrew Borrell (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Ian Godwin (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Lee Hickey (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Lee Hickey (Chief Investigator) ,  ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by)
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Brief description Cereal blueprints for a water-limited world. This project aims to demonstrate that key developmental genes in cereals can be manipulated to design plant architecture for specific resource-limited environments. Producing more food with less water is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. This project expects to increase understanding of how shoot and root systems can be uncoupled to enhance crop adaptation in water-limited environments using an accelerated genome editing approach. An expected outcome of the project is enhanced drought adaptation for cereals in a dry world. This should provide significant benefits to farmers and consumers in Australia and worldwide.

Funding Amount $590,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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