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Harnessing the value of tomato genetic resources for now and the future

Descripción del proyecto

Cultivar el tomate perfecto en la era de la edición genética

Rojos, redondos y jugosos, los tomates están entre los cultivos vegetales más ampliamente cultivados en el mundo. El recorrido de planta silvestre a ingrediente principal en innumerables platos pasa por la domesticación, y el tomate de hoy es el producto de años de crianza selectiva. Es más: aunque es vulnerable a las enfermedades emergentes y al cambio climático, los ricos recursos genéticos y la información del tomate hacen posible que los científicos organicen una estructura de gestión para su protección. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos HARNESSTOM se basará en esa investigación. Concretamente, demostrará que el uso creciente de recursos genéticos es clave para la seguridad alimentaria y puede llevar a la innovación. El objetivo es potenciar la resistencia contra las enfermedades emergentes principales, aumentar la tolerancia al cambio climático y mejorar la calidad.

Objetivo

Tomato is a paradigm of crop domestication: a widely cultivated and consumed vegetable but with reduced genetic diversity and therefore highly vulnerable to emerging diseases and climate change. Fortunately, tomato is rich in genetic resources and information to overcome those difficulties and a coalition of scientists and breeding experts which have generated a large amount of this information have been organized under an effective management structure and a series of objectives to overcome those threats. HARNESSTOM aims to demonstrate that increasing use of Genetic Resources is key for food safety and security and can lead to innovation and benefit all stakeholders. By capitalizing on the large effort done recently in several EU-funded projects to connect phenotypes/genotypes in a large number of accessions from different germplasm banks and academia, HARNESSTOM will first collect, centralize and normalize this wealth of information in a way that is easily searchable and displayed in a user-friendly manner adapted to different type of users. Second, HARNESSTOM will develop four prebreeding programs addressing the major challenges of the field: 1) introducing resistances against major emerging diseases, 2) improving tomato tolerance to climate change, 3) improving quality 4) increasing resilience in traditional European tomato by participatory breeding. And additional goal is to increase speed and efficiency in prebreeding what is needed to be able to respond to the emerging challenges in a timely and effective manner. Joint leadership of both academia and industry in each of the WP and the participation of two NGOs representing different stakeholders guarantees the results of the project will have an impact in industry innovation and also in the society. An efficient management and outreach and communication platform is also in place to make sure the project runs smoothly and the interests of all stakeholders are protected

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SFS-2018-2020

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Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-SFS-2020-1

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 100 463,75
Dirección
CALLE SERRANO 117
28006 Madrid
España

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Región
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Tipo de actividad
Research Organisations
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Coste total
€ 1 100 463,75

Participantes (21)