Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$400,000.00

Award Date

6/24/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The goal of this project is an enhanced understanding of the mechanisms by which plants acquire and then maintain the correct levels of iron and other metal nutrients. Currently, little is known about molecules involved in the movement of metals on a larg