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Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions (EMPHASIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

EMPHASIS is a participatory research project addressing native and alien pests threats (insect pests, pathogens, weeds) for a range of both natural ecosystems and farming systems (field crops, protected crops, forestry, orchards and amenity plants).The overall goal is to ensure a European food security system and the protection of biodiversity and of ecosystems services while developing integrated ...
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Life in a cold climate: the adaptation of cereals to new environments and the establishment of agriculture in Europe (ADAPT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

"This project explores the concept of agricultural spread as analogous to enforced climate change and asks how cereals adapted to new environments when agriculture was introduced into Europe. Archaeologists have long recognized that the ecological pressures placed on crops would have had an impact on the spread and subsequent development of agriculture, but previously there has been no means of di ...
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Wheat and barley Legacy for Breeding Improvement (WHEALBI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

... Germplasm representing the species diversity will be selected and characterised in unprecedented detail by next-generation-sequencing. Life history and adaptive traits will be evaluated in both transnational field experiments and a state-of-the-art precision phenotyping platform. Germplasm will be stored in a specialised and accessible bio-repository and associated data in knowledge bases that wi ...
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BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits (BacHBerry)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Plants synthesize a staggering variety of secondary metabolites, and this chemodiversity is a poorly used pool of natural molecules with bioactive properties of importance for applications in the pharma and food industries. BacHBerry focusses on phenolic compounds, a large and diverse class of plant metabolites, which are currently in the spotlight due to their claimed beneficial effects in preven ...
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PLANT AND FOOD BIOSECURITY (PLANTFOODSEC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...ioweapons programmes.In the mean time, natural outbreaks of diseases demonstrate the destructive potential of an agroterroristic attack.Recent trends in biosecurity recommend a shift from a largely national approach to biosecurity towards greater international cooperation. Current capabilities to detect and respond to agroterrorism are limited and spread among many organizations, with a correspond ...
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Seed health: development of seed treatment methods, evidence for seed transmission and assessment of seed health (TESTA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...d sources for the EU seed testing laboratories and plant health services.The consortium comprises experienced researchers who have been involved in key previous research projects funded by the EU and national authorities, representatives of EPPO, ISTA plant health panel and ISHI working groups as well as seed testing laboratories and SMEs involved in seed production. The consortium includes a memb ...
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Optimising plant polyphenols in LEGUMES for ruminant nutrition PLUS health PLUS environmental sustainability (LEGUMEPLUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Europe must face the Grand Challenges of climate change and global warming, which will seriously affect the production of foods, including animal feeds. Tightening supplies of energy, foods and feeds will further impact on food security. Feeding animals in Europe with large quantities of imported soyabeans is not sustainable. ‘Home-grown’ protein sources, such as forage legumes, offer a valuable a ...
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Origins and spread of agriculture in the south-western Mediterranean region (AGRIWESTMED)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"This project focuses on one of the most fascinating events of the long history of the human species: the origins and spread of agriculture. Research over the past 40 years has provided an invaluable dataset on crop domestication and the spread of agriculture into Europe. However, despite the enormous advances in research there are important areas that remain almost unexplored, some of immense int ...
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Genomics for Triticeae improvement (TriticeaeGenome)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,

...alyse the large scale genomics data gathered within the project and - Leading, coordinating and integrating Triticeae genomics research Triticeaegenome is developed as a main contribution to the international consortia efforts in constructing physical maps of barley and hexaploid wheat for improving plant breeding, accelerating gene and QTL isolation and setting up the foundation for future genome ...
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ECOlogical NETwork for the promotion of convergent conservation strategies in COastal HAbitatS of CommuniTy significance (ECONET COHAST)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

The aim of the project ECONET COHAST is to promote convergent conservation strategies at landscape scale for coastal habitats of Community significance. An ecological network of stakeholders and a knowledge base on impact assessment for coastal habitats will be established, which will support capacity building and policy actions throughout the region. The dissemination of best practices for coasta ...
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