📋 Tender Overview
Employing The Natural Genetic Variation To Improve Nutritional Properties And Stress Tolerance In Vegetable Crops
Finding Nature’S ‘Sweet Spot’: Exploiting Natural Genetic Variation Against Crop Stressorsabiotic Stressors – Non-Living Factors Such As Very High Or Low Temperatures, Insufficient Or Excessive Water, And High Salinity – Are The Primary Cause Of Crop Loss Worldwide. Climate Change Is Increasing The Incidence And Severity Of Events Such As Floods, Droughts, Heat Waves And Snowfall Or Hail, Posing A Growing Threat To The Global Food Chain. The Eu-Funded Natgencrop Project Will Employ A Range Of High-Tech Genetic And Genomic Approaches To Identify Genes Contributing To High Yield And Stress Tolerance. In A Second Line Of Research, The Team Will Assess The Impact Of Abiotic Stress On Fruit Quality To Ultimately Improve The Nutritional Properties Of Crops As Well.
Funded Under
Widening Participation And Spreading Excellence
Total Cost
€ 2 432 500,00
Eu Contribution
€ 2 432 500,00
Coordinated By
Tsentar Po Rastitelna Sistemna Biologiya I Biotehnogiya
Bulgaria
Start Date
1 January 2023
End Date
31 December 2027
