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Cereal blueprints for a water-limited world (2019-2024)

Abstract

This Project aims to demonstrate that key developmental genes in cereals can be manipulated to design plant architecture for specific resource-limited environments. This addresses one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today - producing more food with less water. 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 this Project is enhanced drought adaptation for cereals in a dry world. This should provide significant benefits to farmers and consumers in Australia and worldwide.

Experts

Professor Andrew Borrell

Professorial Research Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Andrew Borrell
Andrew Borrell

Professor Ian Godwin

Centre Director of Centre for Crop
Centre for Crop Science
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor and Academic Centre Direc
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Ian Godwin
Ian Godwin

Professor Lee Hickey

ARC Future Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Lee Hickey
Lee Hickey