Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO

Amount

$988,389.00

Award Date

7/01/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic pathway found in approximately 7% of all vascular plant species that improves water use efficiency up to 10-fold relative to C3 species, provides an exquisite example of circadian and environmentally r