Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Professor Rana Munns received her PhD from the University of Sydney in 1972 at the CSIRO Plant Physiology Unit, and continued her research on stress tolerance in plants at Macquarie University, the University of Western Australia and then at CSIRO in Canberra. In 2007 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. She is now Emeritus Professor jointly in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Biology and the School of Plant Biology at the University of Western Australia, as well as Honorary Fellow at CSIRO Agriculture in Canberra.
She is recognised internationally for her insights into the fundamental principles of crop adaptation to salinity, and for applications of these insights.
She is recognised internationally for her insights into the fundamental principles of crop adaptation to salinity, and for applications of these insights.
Research
Professor Rana Munns has focussed on mechanisms of adaptations to drought and salinity stress. She characterised the critical plant processes involved in tolerance of salinity, and showed what distinguishes salinity stress from drought stress. This work produced a highly sensitive technique for identifying salt tolerant plants, and the discovery of important genes for sodium exclusion. She led a research team on the genetic and physiological basis of salt tolerance in durum wheat, which resulted in developing a breeding line which yields 25% more than its parent on saline soils
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Research Output 1968 2019
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Adaptation of sugarcane plants to saline soil
Chiconato, D. A., da Silveira Sousa Junior, G., dos Santos, D. M. M. & Munns, R., 1 Jun 2019, In : Environmental and Experimental Botany. 162, p. 201-211 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
saline soil
saline soils
sugarcane
salinity
salt
4
Citations
(Scopus)
2
Downloads
(Pure)
Energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants
Tyerman, S. D., Munns, R., Fricke, W., Arsova, B., Barkla, B. J., Bose, J., Bramley, H., Byrt, C., Chen, Z., Colmer, T. D., Cuin, T., Day, D. A., Foster, KJ., Gilliham, M., Henderson, S. W., Horie, T., Jenkins, C. L. D., Kaiser, B. N., Katsuhara, M., Plett, D. & 12 others, 1 Jan 2019, In : New Phytologist. 221, 1, p. 25-29 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
Open Access
Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants
Munns, R., Day, D. A., Fricke, W., Watt, M., Arsova, B., Barkla, B. J., Bose, J., Byrt, C. S., Chen, Z-H., Foster, K. J., Gilliham, M., Henderson, S. W., Jenkins, C. L. D., Kronzucker, H. J., Miklavcic, S. J., Plett, D., Roy, S. J., Shabala, S., Shelden, M. C., Soole, K. L. & 5 others, 20 Apr 2019, In : The New Phytologist.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
Salt-Tolerance
energy costs
salt tolerance
tonoplast
Costs and Cost Analysis
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Osmotic adjustment and energy limitations to plant growth in saline soil
Munns, R., Passioura, J. B., Colmer, T. D. & Byrt, C. S., 21 Apr 2019, In : New Phytologist.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
saline soils
Soil
plant growth
energy
Growth
4
Citations
(Scopus)
A Sodium Transporter HvHKT1;1 Confers Salt Tolerance in Barley via Regulating Tissue and Cell Ion Homeostasis
Han, Y., Yin, S., Huang, L., Wu, X., Zeng, J., Liu, X., Qiu, L., Munns, R., Chen, Z. H. & Zhang, G., 1 Oct 2018, In : Plant and Cell Physiology. 59, 10, p. 1976-1989 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Salt-Tolerance
Hordeum
salt tolerance
transporters
homeostasis
Projects 2014 2020
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)
Millar, H., Small, I., Lister, R., Munns, R., Tyerman, S., Whelan, J., Borevitz, J., Atkin, O. & Pogson, B.
1/01/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)
Millar, H., Small, I., Lister, R., Munns, R., Tyerman, S., Whelan, J., Borevitz, J., Atkin, O. & Pogson, B.
1/01/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)
Millar, H., Small, I., Lister, R., Munns, R., Tyerman, S., Whelan, J., Borevitz, J., Atkin, O. & Pogson, B.
Agilent Technologies Australia
1/01/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)
Millar, H., Small, I., Lister, R., Munns, R., Tyerman, S., Whelan, J., Borevitz, J., Atkin, O. & Pogson, B.
1/01/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)
Millar, H., Small, I., Lister, R., Munns, R., Tyerman, S., Whelan, J., Borevitz, J., Atkin, O. & Pogson, B.
Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)
Project: Research