Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Amount

$400,000.00

Award Date

6/13/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The purpose of this project is to determine how a newly described protein, LATD/NIP, functions in the plant response to the stress hormone, Abscisic Acid (ABA). We will test the hypothesis that the LATD protein functions as a transporter for the ABA hormo