Smart Plants and Solutions for Enhancing Crop Resilience and Yield

增强作物恢复力和产量的智能工厂和解决方案

• 批准号: FL190100056
• 负责人: Prof Barry Pogson
• 金额: $ 199.97万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Australian Laureate Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FL190100056
• 关键词: Smart; Plants; Solutions; Enhancing; Crop

The Fellowship aims to produce transformative solutions targeting crop resilience and food security. The chloroplast, the site of photosynthesis, regulates a suite of cellular processes that control photosynthesis, growth and drought resilience. It is expected that a first ever blueprint of the suite of communication networks used by the chloroplast will be discovered. I will use synthetic biology to rewire the network in order to generate 'smart plants' that are higher-yielding and more resilient in both good and bad seasons by precisely switching on and off resilience. Such re-imaginings of crop systems, inclusive of societal implications, will help chart the future of Australian agriculture.

该研究金旨在针对作物复原力和粮食安全制定变革性解决方案。叶绿体是光合作用的场所，它调节一系列控制光合作用、生长和抗旱能力的细胞过程。预计将发现叶绿体所使用的通讯网络套件的第一张蓝图。我将使用合成生物学来重新连接网络，以便通过精确地打开和关闭弹性来产生“智能植物”，这些植物在好季节和坏季节都具有更高的产量和更强的弹性。包括社会影响在内的作物系统的这种重建将有助于绘制澳大利亚农业的未来。