Unlocking a new hormone signalling system to increase plant performance

解锁新的激素信号系统以提高植物性能

• 批准号: FT150100162
• 负责人: Dr Mark Waters
• 金额: $ 47.43万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2020-08-20
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT150100162
• 关键词: Unlocking; new; hormone; signalling; system

This project seeks to discover new ways to improve crop productivity by investigating a recently identified chemical signalling pathway in plants that affects seed germination, seedling growth, leaf development and water use. The aims are to identify unknown signalling compounds that work through this pathway, to discover the molecular regulators of the pathway, and to examine how it operates in different plant species. The project also plans to exploit this pathway to find inhibitors of premature seed germination that afflict crops such as wheat and barley. The intended outcomes are a better understanding of how plants grow and new strategies for boosting plant performance in the field. Specific potential applications include reducing plant water use, regulating seed germination, and encouraging early seedling establishment.

该项目旨在通过研究最近发现的影响种子发芽、幼苗生长、叶子发育和水分利用的植物化学信号传导途径，来发现提高作物生产力的新方法。目的是识别通过该途径起作用的未知信号化合物，发现该途径的分子调节剂，并检查它如何在不同植物物种中发挥作用。该项目还计划利用这一途径寻找影响小麦和大麦等作物的种子过早发芽的抑制剂。预期的结果是更好地了解植物的生长方式以及提高植物在田间性能的新策略。具体的潜在应用包括减少植物用水、调节种子发芽和鼓励早期幼苗建立。