Dissecting chloride transport in plants to secure an untapped source for improving plant productivity

氯化物和硝酸盐是决定作物产量和粮食产量的生理过程的核心，但它们在植物体内的吸收和运输是拮抗的。这个项目将获得对这种对抗机制的基本理解。这将为提高耐盐性和肥料使用效率提供新的工具，可用于开发新的作物品种。如果我们要成功解决盐度对澳大利亚和全球粮食安全构成的威胁，以及低效化肥使用带来的经济和环境成本上升，改善这些性状将是至关重要的。

Chloride and nitrate are central to physiological processes that determine crop yield and food production, but their uptake and transport within the plant body are antagonistic. This project will gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms underlying this antagonism. This will provide new tools for improving salinity tolerance and the efficiency of fertiliser use, which can be used for the development of new crop varieties. Improving these traits will be essential if we are to successfully address the threats to Australian and global food security posed by salinity, and the rising economic and environmental costs of inefficient fertiliser use.