Obiettivo The primary goal of the project is the recovery of arid and semi-arid soils in Latin America by their cultivation with plants metabolically engineered to resist biotic stresses such as drought, salinity, cold or freezing conditions. Two food crops, potato and beans, which are not natural resistant to such stresses, will be genetically manipulated by the introduction of genes responsible for the synthesis of compatible solutes. This will involve the use of already characterize deukaryotic and prokaryotic genes and the isolation and characterization of new genes for the synthesis of these osmoprotective compounds. In addition, the improvement of soil fertility will be approached by the establishment of a more efficient nitrogen fixation by bean root nodules under osmotic stress. This is intended to be achieved by the symbiotic combination of stress-resistant beans and host-specific Rhizobium strains. Campo scientifico social sciencessociologydemographyfertilityagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programma(i) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo S/N,Profesor Garcia Gonzalez S/N 41012 SEVILLA Spagna Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 35043 MARBURG Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO Messico Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Col. Chamilpa 62210 CUERNAVACA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato
