Channels for improved crop salt and water stress tolerance

提高作物耐盐胁迫能力的途径

• 批准号: DP190102725
• 负责人: Prof Caitlin Byrt
• 金额: $ 28.78万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-06-30 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP190102725
• 关键词: Channels; improved; crop; salt; water

Water and salt are critical factors for the Australian agricultural industry. Crops use proteins called aquaporins to move water across cell membranes, and a newly discovered subset of these proteins can also transport salts. This project aims to reveal the molecular pathways that regulate water and salt transport via aquaporins using multidisciplinary techniques in genetics, molecular biology and electrophysiology. These results will provide novel insights into how plants coordinate and adapt to changing water and salt conditions, answering key questions in plant physiology. Benefits include an expanded, innovative range of targets for plant breeding programs to improve plant productivity in our changing climate.

水和盐是澳大利亚农业的关键因素。农作物使用一种叫做水通道蛋白的蛋白质来使水穿过细胞膜，而这些蛋白质中新发现的一个子集也可以运输盐。该项目旨在利用遗传学、分子生物学和电生理学的多学科技术揭示水通道蛋白调控水盐转运的分子途径。这些结果将为植物如何协调和适应不断变化的水和盐条件提供新的见解，回答植物生理学中的关键问题。其好处包括扩大了植物育种计划的创新目标范围，以提高我们不断变化的气候中的植物生产力。