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End-Use Quality of Cereals:Genes and EnzymesResponsible for Cell WallSynthesis in CerealsUA525: FunctionalGenomics in the Growth andEnd-Use Quality of Cereals:Coordination of GeneExpression and EnzymeActivity in Young SeedlingsUA526: FunctionalGenomics in the Growth andEnd-Use Quality of Cereals:Coordination of GeneExpression and EnzymeActivity in Developing GrainUS527: FunctionalGenomics in the Growth andEnd-Use Quality of Cereals:Construction of Cell andTissue Specific Librariesfrom Developing WheatUA528: FunctionalGenomics in the Growth andEnd-Use Quality of Cereals:Transcript Analysis fromSpecific Cells and TissuesUA529: FunctionalGenomics in the Growth andEnd-Use Quality of Cereals:Analysis of GenesControlling Early Embryoand EndospermDevelopmentcomponents of cereal cell walls, using barleyprotoplasts as a model systemThe broad aim of the project was to contribute to theoverall objective of the program through generating andscreening of expressed sequence tag libraries, definingexpressed protein profiles, analysis of cell walls and thefunctional analysis of key major and regulatory genesin elongating coleoptilesThe broad aim of the project was to contribute to theoverall objective of the program through describing indetail the coordination of gene expression and enzymeactivity in the endosperm during grain developmentThe key objective of the project was to develop a seriesof cDNA libraries from components of the ovule andearly grain development of wheatThe key objective of the project was to developmethods for measuring transcript levels in componentsof the egg sac and during early grain development ofwheatThe key objective of the project was to analyse thesequences produced in UA527 and UA528 to identifyfull length genes, characterise expression patterns anddevelop functional information3.3 Investment ContributionsEstimates of the funding by project by year for the GRDC investment in the sevenprojects are reported in Table 2.________________________________________________________________________________Agtrans Research Page 6
Table 2: Investment by GRDC by Project for Years ending June 2000 to June 2004(nominal $)Project 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 TOTALSUA523 55,842 58,448 61,816 274,667 66,022 516,795UA524 228,420 262,987 286,105 296,961 306,987 1,381,460UA525 281,575 290,115 298,801 307,482 315,472 1,493,445UA526 209,560 215,933 322,408 229,393 235,339 1,212,633UA527 142,482 143,396 144,345 145,328 145,977 721,528UA528 56,010 57,818 59,687 61,619 63,245 298,379US529 56,010 57,818 59,687 61,619 63,245 298,379Totals 1,029,899 1,086,515 1,232,849 1,377,069 1,196,287 5,922,619Source: GRDCThere also were in-kind contributions from the research partners (Melbourne Universityand Adelaide University). Table 3 provides estimates of the partners’ aggregateinvestment in the seven projects for each year, as well as the combined GRDC andpartner investment.Table 3: Investment by GRDC and Others in UA523 to UA529 for Years ending June2000 to June 2004 (nominal $)Year 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 TOTALSGRDC 1,029,899 1,086,515 1,232,849 1,377,069 1,196,287 5,922,619Partners 1,743,000 1,763,000 1,783,000 1,803,000 1,181,800 8,910,000Total 2,772,899 2,849,515 3,015,849 3,180,069 2,378,087 14,832,619Source: Partners’ investment based on project proposalsThere was a continuation of the investment in the seven projects through two otherGRDC projects. The first was a small ($20,000) priority setting project carried out in2004 (GRD191). The second project ran from July 2004 to December 2007 (UA00083).This was a 3.5 year project that consolidated the previous seven projects into a singleproject. As for the earlier projects, UA00083 was funded by GRDC, Adelaide Universityand the University of Melbourne. This was the final investment in this stream of GRDCfunding. The total investment in the continuing projects is shown in Table 4Table 4: Total Investment by GRDC and Others in GRD191 and UA00083 for Yearsending June 2005 to June 2008 (nominal $)Year 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 TotalGRDC 620,107 1,200,104 600,000 300,000 2,720,211Partners 959,800 1,744,800 1,744,800 872,400 5,321,800Total 1,579,907 2,944,904 2,344,800 1,172,400 8,042,011________________________________________________________________________________Agtrans Research Page 7
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