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Optimising the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe (GenTree)
Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,
The goal of GenTree is to provide the European forestry sector with better knowledge, methods and tools for optimising the management and sustainable use of forest genetic resources (FGR) in Europe in the context of climate change and continuously evolving demands for forest products and services. To reach its goal, GenTree will make scientific, technological and implementation breakthroughs in: ( ...
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Development of improved perennial non-food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments (WATBIO)
Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,
"The goal of WATBIO is to use the power of next generation sequencing to develop an accelerated route for producing new germplasm with enhanced drought tolerance whilst maintaining biomass productivity and quality in water scarce, marginal environments unsuitable for food crops.This will be achieved for three non-food crops (Populus, Miscanthus and Arundo), suitable for growth on water scarce, mar ...
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From DISCOvery to products: A next generation pipeline for the sustainable generation of high-value plant products (DISCO)
Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,
"Plant natural products have been utilised by human civilisation for millennia, providing vital medicines and essential dietary components. More recently bioactive compounds from plant sources have been used in cosmetics, as health supplements and are important components of feedstuffs. Despite significant investments new activities and new sustainable biosources are required to alleviate our reli ...
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