Project description DEENESFRITPL Evolving three-parent technology to improve crops and seed varieties Changes in climate extremes (e.g. heatwaves, floods and drought) require new breeding technologies to allow farmers to achieve high yields with climate-robust crops. The EU-supported bi-BLOCK project discovered that plant egg cells can fuse with two sperm to produce offspring with three parents instead of two (one mother and two fathers). This is known as three-parent breeding technology. Together with the TriVolve project, the strategy was successfully transferred to sugar beet as an experimental crop prototype. In this context, the EU-funded 3P-Tec project will pave the way for the development of the 3P-Tec technology for further crop plants including potato. It will also advance the establishment of technologies that enhance the efficiency of obtaining three parent plants, and the commercial exploitation of 3P-Tec are aims of this project. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective "Background: There is an urgent need for an agricultural revolution to generate climate-resilient cultivars, which combine proven traits with novel qualities adapting crop plants to climate extremes, including heat and drought. Novel breeding technologies can make the difference to enable farmers to achieve high yields with climate-robust crops to secure food supplies for the world's population. Breakthrough technology: In the framework of the ERC Consolidator Grant ""bi-BLOCK"" we discovered that plant egg cells can fuse with two sperm producing offspring with three parents instead of two - one mother and two fathers - bypassing a hybridization barrier that is a major limitation for conventional plant breeding approaches. The three-parent breeding technology (3P-Tec) literally opens the way for exploiting beneficial traits of previously incompatible climate-adapted wild species. In the framework of the ERC Proof of Concept grant ""TriVolve"", we teamed up with one of the world's leading plant breeding companies (KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA), and successfully transferred the strategy to sugar beet as an experimental crop prototype. Objectives: The development of the 3P-Tec technology for further crop plants including potato, the establishment of technologies that enhance the efficiency of obtaining three parent plants, and the commercial exploitation of 3P-Tec are aims of this project. The project capitalizes on the breeding know-how, worldwide networks, and commercialization expertise of the breeders Aardevo and KWS.Impact: 3P-Tec will revolutionize the ability of breeders to develop improved crops in providing a tool to mine beneficial gene variants of currently incompatible species and to substantially shorten time to market of climate-adapted seed varieties. It provides a novel breeding strategy with economic benefits expected to positively affect the social welfare of farmers as well as upstream and downstream industries related to the agricultural value chain. " Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomyplant breedingnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Sustainable agriculture food security climate-resilient crops commercial exploitation Programme(s) HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 - EIC Transition Open 2021 Call for proposal HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-EIC - HORIZON EIC Grants Coordinator UNIVERSITAET BREMEN Net EU contribution € 1 626 992,00 Address Bibliothekstrasse 1 28359 Bremen Germany See on map Region Bremen Bremen Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 626 992,50 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all AARDEVO Netherlands Net EU contribution € 198 206,00 Address JOHANNES POSTWEG 8 8308 PB Nagele See on map Region Oost-Nederland Flevoland Flevoland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 871 836,25 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. KWS SAAT SE & CO KGAA Germany Net EU contribution € 673 630,00 Address GRIMSEHLSTRASSE 31 37574 Einbeck See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Northeim Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 673 630,00
