Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower

Project Information

HelEx

Grant agreement ID: 101081974

DOI

10.3030/101081974

EC signature date 2 May 2023

Start date 1 May 2023

End date 30 April 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 5 184 372,50

EU contribution

€ 4 997 682,50

Coordinated by

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
France

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

Relevant impact channels and modelling approaches for the socio-economic assessment

Deliverable describing relevant impact channels and modelling approaches of sunflower variants on farm, market and macroeconomic levelThis deliverable is linked to Task 4.1 and 4.2

Preliminary Policy Brief

Preliminary outline of the potential policy implications in terms of benefits and challenges from different breeding approaches used by HelEx of the agri-food sector in Europe and beyond.This deliverable is linked to Task 5.3

Helianthus genomes and gene-phenotype networks associated to attractiveness and seed quality resilience

Genomic sequences and annotations of Helianthus species and H annuus ecotypes and lines and network connecting functionally related genes with seed quality and/or pollinator interaction traitsThis deliverable is linked to Task 1.3. It will be used for gene editing and introgression in WP2

Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan

A detailed communication, dissemination et exploitation plan, with actions and timing linked to Task 5.1

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Beyond the Bottleneck: Predicting Regeneration Potential in Sunflower Through Integrated Morphological and Statistical Profiling

Author(s): Kimon Ionas, Mirjana Vukosavljev, Emilija Bulić, Aleksandra Radanović, Siniša Jocić, Ankica Kondić-Špika, Dragana Miladinović
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 27, 2026, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/IJMS27020809

A guide to sunflowers: floral resource nutrition for bee health and key pollination syndromes

Author(s): Salena Husband, Katarina Cankar, Olivier Catrice, Stan Chabert, Silvio Erler
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPLS.2025.1552335

Are crop yields limited by pollinators? Proper assessments using pollinator gradients require measurements of flower density and yield potential

Author(s): Stan Chabert, James H. Cane, Bernard E. Vaissière, Rachel E. Mallinger
Published in: Functional Ecology, Issue 40, 2026, ISSN 0269-8463
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70269

Secretory Tissues and Volatile Components of Disc Florets in Several Wild Helianthus L. Species

Author(s): Jelena Jocković, Nemanja Rajčević, Lana Zorić, Milan Jocković, Aleksandra Radanović, Sandra Cvejić, Siniša Jocić, Ljubodrag Vujisić, Dragana Miladinović, Vladimir Miklič, Jadranka Luković
Published in: Plants, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/PLANTS13030345