Collaborative Research: Quantizing the functional trait spectrum: CAM photosynthesis, life — NSF Award to New York Botanical Garde
Non-technical paragraph: Nitrogen is a critically important nutrient for plant growth. However, current understanding of how nitrogen availability influences plant form and function are based on plants with similar growth forms and means of photosynthesis. Tropical epiphytes, which grow on other plants and obtain water
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Quantizing the functional trait spectrum: CAM photosynthesis, life |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2424410 |
| Awardee | New York Botanical Garden |
| City | BRONX |
| State | NY |
| Amount obligated | $340,546 |
| Principal investigator | Brad Oberle |
| Program | Integrtv Ecological Physiology |
| Start date | 12/01/2024 |
| Abstract | Non-technical paragraph: Nitrogen is a critically important nutrient for plant growth. However, current understanding of how nitrogen availability influences plant form and function are based on plants with similar growth forms and means of photosynthesis. Tropical epiphytes, which grow on other plants and obtain water and nutrients from the canopy rather than soil, are very diverse but have been excluded from studies connecting nitrogen use to photosynthesis, growth and ecology. This project wi |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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