Promoting a Plant Genetic Resource Community for Europe

Project Information

PRO-GRACE

Grant agreement ID: 101094738

DOI

10.3030/101094738

Project closed

EC signature date 12 December 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 October 2025

Funded under

• Research infrastructures

Total cost

€ 2 847 250,00

EU contribution

€ 2 847 250,00

Coordinated by

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (24)

A blueprint for a capacity building programme for genebanks and in situ/on farm conservation networks
Methods and minimum quality standards for in situ management of PGR, including CWR and WFP
System for describing, managing and accessing in situ conserved populations an interfacing them with EURISCO
Governance structure of the proposed infrastructure
Minimum quality standards for genebank operations
A blueprint for constructing national inventories of in situ resources
Blueprint for a genebank quality certification system
Demonstration of metabolomic methods and services

Demonstration of metabolomic methods and services for the identification of metabolites relevant for plant performance and food quality, such as nutritional/antinutritional/toxic metabolites in CWR/WFP material and CWR introgressions in 2 different gene pools

Unified, crop-specific standards, protocols and descriptors for the evaluation of the phenotypes and agronomic characteristics of PGR, incorporating the ECPGR, MIAPPE, Crop Ontology EMPHASIS and final user recommendations and methodologies (version 2)
An analysis of the ethical, social and regulatory aspects of the transition of the present PGR system to an integrated pan-European Research Infrastructure
Standards for collecting and displaying phenotypic data and images
Demonstration of bioinformatic methods and services for kinship/population structure/pedigree determination, gap analyses, GWAS and QTL analyses
A system for the unique identification of PGR based both on DOIs and DNA barcoding
1st International workshop and training school on Plant Genetic Resources
2nd International workshop and training school on Plant Genetic Resources
Demonstration of DNA barcoding, reduced representation sequencing/resequencing and cytogenomic methods and services

Demonstration of DNA barcoding, reduced representation sequencing/resequencing and cytogenomic methods and services for the assessment of the genetic variability, PAVs, assisting gap analysis, ploidy/aneuploidy determination and facilitation of interspecific crossing/introgression programs

Online meeting with other research infrastructures on related domains, defining the synergies and avoiding possible areas of overlap

Online meeting with other RI to discuss synergies and avoid possible areas ofoverlap

Simplified sample collection protocols amenable to use by non-specialized personnel
Unified, crop-specific standards and protocols for the evaluation of the phenotypes and agronomic characteristics of PGR, incorporating the ECPGR, MIAPPE, Crop Ontology, EMPHASIS and final user recommendations and methodologies
Standards for collecting and displaying genetic data
Inventory of PGR information not yet represented in EURISCO and unified strategy for the interfacing of different information systems with EURISCO
Identification of the scientific services, stakeholders, promoters, and utilizers of the proposed RI (v1)
“Minimum Information About a Biological Collection” standard
Identification of the scientific services, stakeholders, promoters, and utilizers of the proposed RI (v2)

Data Management Plan (2)

Data management plan
Revised data management plan

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Project public website
Interconnection of the different phenotype databases with the central EURISCO information system

Other (1)

Workshop on the evaluation of in situ and ex situ PGR collections, organized in collaboration with the EMPHASIS RI

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (32)

History and current status of plant genetic resources conserved and maintained by the Hungarian central genebank

Author(s): Zoltan Ay, Attila Simon, Adrienn Gyurkó, Evelin Fekete, Balázs Horváth, Borbála Baktay
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.FCUW9498

QTL mapping for kernel-related traits in a durum wheat x T. dicoccum segregating population

Author(s): Ana Paola Valladares Garcia, Francesca Desiderio, Rosanna Simeone, Stefano Ravaglia, Roberto Ciorba, Agostino Fricano, Davide Guerra, Antonio Blanco, Luigi Cattivelli, Elisabetta Mazzucotelli
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/FPLS.2023.1253385

The use of web resources for metabolomics in horticultural crops

Author(s): Esra Karakas; Mustafa Bulut; Alisdair R. Fernie
Published in: Horticulture Advances, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2948-1104
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S44281-025-00073-8

Resequencing and phenotyping of the first highly inbred eggplant multiparent population reveal SmLBD13 as a key gene associated with root morphology

Author(s): Andrea Arrones , Virginia Baraja-Fonseca , Andrea Solana , Mariola Plazas , Salvador Soler , Jaime Prohens , Santiago Vilanova and Pietro Gramazio
Published in: Horticulture Research, ISSN 2052-7276
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/HR/UHAF167

A proposal for genebank metrics to enhance collection management

Author(s): Theo van Hintum, Bela Bartha, Claudio Niggli, Alvina Avagyan, Sylvia Vogl, Lisa Achathaler, Vojtech Holubec, Ludmilla Papouskova, Francesco Ferrari, Graziano Rossi, Attila Simon, Lajos Horvath, Renata Kowalik, Maja Boczkowka, Stephan Weise, Markus Oppermann, Maarten van Zonneveld, Matija Obreza, Erik Wijnker, Noam Chayut, Fadia Chairi, Johan Axelsson, Lise Lykke Steffensen, Filippo Guzzon
Published in: Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 2025, ISSN 1479-2621
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S147926212510021X

What metabolomics has taught us about tomato fruit ripening and quality

Author(s): Esra Karakas, Alisdair R Fernie
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2025, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/JXB/ERAF209

A significantly enhanced role for plant genetic resource centres in linking in situ and ex situ conservation to aid user germplasm access

Author(s): Nigel Maxted, Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon, Catherine Hazel Aguilar, Ana Maria Barata, Béla Bartha, Riccardo Bocci, Domenico De Paola, Heli S. Fitzgerald, Louis John Fresta, Pietro Fusani, Giovanni Giuliano, Filippo Guzzon, Philipp Holzherr, Vojtěch Holubec, José María Iriondo Alegría, Juozas Labokas, Lorenzo Maggioni, Joana Magos Brehm, Anna Palmé, Jade Phillips, Jaime Prohens, Lorenzo Raggi, Parthenopi Ralli, Dainis Rungis, Karuine Sarikyan, Jelka Šuštar-Vozlič, Imke Thormann, Goran Zdunić
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.UNVV5571

Strengthening European research cooperation on plant genetic resources conservation and use

Author(s): Sandra Goritschnig, Stephan Weise, Filippo Guzzon, Lorenzo Maggioni, Theo Van Hintum, Lise Lykke Steffensen, Nils Stein, Giovanni Giuliano
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.LUZJ7324

Graph-based pangenomes and pan-phenome provide a cornerstone for eggplant biology and breeding

Author(s): Luciana Gaccione, Laura Toppino, Marie Bolger, Maximilian Schmidt, Maria Rosaria Tassone, Maria Sulli, Emily Idahl, David Alonso, Giuseppe Aprea, Paola Ferrante, Véronique Lefebvre, Hatice Filiz Boyaci, Roland Schafleitner, Stefano Gattolin, Richard Finkers, Matthijs Brouwer, Arnaud Bovy, Jaime Prohens, Ezio Portis, Sergio Lanteri, Giuseppe Leonardo Rotino, Giovanni Giuliano, Björn Usadel, Lorenzo Barchi
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-64866-1

Quality management in a genebank environment: Principles and experiences at the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN)

Author(s): Theo Van Hintum, Erik Wijker
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2024, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.RFXB3570

Community seedbanks in Europe: their role between ex situ and on-farm conservation

Author(s): Riccardo Bocci, Béla Bartha, Helene Maierhofer, Michaela Arndorfer, Michele Salvan
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.OHNK3179

Unveiling pepper immunity’s robustness to temperature shifts: insights for empowering future crops

Author(s): William Billaud, Judith Hirsch, Valentin Ribaut, Lucie Tamisier, Anne Massire, Marion Szadkowski, Félicie Lopez-Lauri, Benoît Moury, Véronique Lefebvre
Published in: Horticulture Research, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2052-7276
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/HR/UHAE239

Analysis of >3,400 worldwide eggplant accessions reveals two independent domestication events and multiple migration-diversification routes

Author(s): Barchi L, Aprea G, Rabanus-Wallace MT, Toppino L, Alonso D, Portis E, Lanteri S, Gaccione L, Omondi E, van Zonneveld M, Schafleitner R, Ferrante P, Börner A, Stein N, Díez MJ, Lefebvre V, Salinier J, Boyaci HF, Finkers R, Brouwer M, Bovy AG, Rotino GL, Pr
Published in: The Plant Journal, 2023, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.16455

A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology

Author(s): Ranawaka B, An J, Lorenc MT, Jung H, Sulli M, Aprea G, Roden S, Llaca V, Hayashi S, Asadyar L, LeBlanc Z, Ahmed Z, Naim F, de Campos SB, Cooper T, de Felippes FF, Dong P, Zhong S, Garcia-Carpintero V, Orzaez D, Dudley KJ, Bombarely A, Bally J, Winefield C
Published in: Nature Plants, 2023, ISSN 2055-0278
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01489-8

Multi-environment association study highlights candidate genes for robust agronomic quantitative trait loci in a novel worldwide Capsicum core collection

Author(s): McLeod L, Barchi L, Tumino G, Tripodi P, Salinier J, Gros C, Boyaci HF, Ozalp R, Borovsky Y, Schafleitner R, Barchenger D, Finkers R, Brouwer M, Stein N, Rabanus-Wallace MT, Giuliano G, Voorrips R, Paran I, Lefebvre V
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 116, 2023, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.16425

Metabolome guided treasure hunt - learning from metabolic diversity

Author(s): Esra Karakas, Mustafa Bulut, Alisdair Fernie
Published in: Journal of Plant Physiology, Issue 309, 2025, ISSN 0176-1617
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPLPH.2025.154494

Organization of plant Biological Resource Centers for research in France: History, evolution and current status

Author(s): Valerie Bergheaud, Jean-Marc Audergon, Arnaud Bellec, Anne Delaunay, Jérôme Duminil, Stéphane Dussert, Florence Esnault, Emmanuel Geoffriau, Brigitte Gouesnard, Christophe Jenny, Alain Label, Phili
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.ASZO2413

Induction of water stress in major Solanum crops: A review on methodologies and their application for identifying drought tolerant materials

Author(s): Flores-Saavedra, Martín; Plazas, Mariola; Vilanova, Santiago; Prohens, Jaime; Gramazio, Pietro
Published in: Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, ISSN 0304-4238
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCIENTA.2023.112105

Preservation of fruit-bearing plants under gene bank conditions

Author(s): Gyurko, Adrienn; Szucs-Nagy, Vivien; Simon, Attila; Oszi, Balint; Baktay, Borbala
Published in: Gradus, Issue 10, 2023, ISSN 2064-8014
Publisher: John von Neumann University, Kecskemet, Hungary
DOI: 10.47833/2023.1.AGR.008

Benchmarking of low coverage sequencing workflows for precision genotyping in eggplant

Author(s): Virginia Baraja-Fonseca, Andrea Arrones, Santiago Vilanova, Mariola Plazas, Jaime Prohens, Aureliano Bombarely, Pietro Gramazio
Published in: BMC Plant Biology, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1471-2229
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12870-025-07242-X

A gap and synergy analysis of the European research infrastructure (RI) ecosystem: advancing the novel GRACE-RI dedicated to plant genetic resources

Author(s): Domenico De Paola, Francesca Taranto, Soraya Mousavi, Francesco Mercati, Wilma Sabetta, Marina Tumolo, Sharif Islam, Roland Pieruschka, Andrea Scaloni, Anne-Francoise Adam-Blondon, Lorenzo Maggioni, Sandra Goritschnig, Filippo Guzzon, Massimo Ianigro, Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin, Giovanni Giuliano, Gabriele Bucci
Published in: Annals of Botany, Issue 136, 2025, ISSN 0305-7364
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/AOB/MCAF092

Discrimination of 14 olive cultivars using morphological analysis and machine learning algorithms

Author(s): Konstantinos N. Blazakis, Danil Stupichev, Maria Kosma, Mohamad Ali Hassan El Chami, Anastasia Apodiakou, George Kostelenos, Panagiotis Kalaitzis
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPLS.2024.1441737

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

Author(s): Salojärvi J, Rambani A, Yu Z, Guyot R, Strickler S, Lepelley M, Wang C, Rajaraman S, Rastas P, Zheng C, Muñoz DS, Meidanis J, Paschoal AR, Bawin Y, Krabbenhoft TJ, Wang ZQ, Fleck SJ, Aussel R, Bellanger L, Charpagne A, Fournier C, Kassam M, Lefebvre G, Mé
Published in: Nature genetics, 2024, ISSN 1546-1718
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41588-024-01695-W

Genealogical tracing of Olea europaea species and pedigree relationships of var. europaea using chloroplast and nuclear markers

Author(s): Mariotti, Roberto; Belaj, Angjelina; De la Rosa, Raul; Muleo, Rosario; Cirilli, Marco; Forgione, Ivano; Valeri, Maria Cristina; Mousavi, Soraya
Published in: BMC Plant Biology, Issue 23, 2023, ISSN 1471-2229
Publisher: BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04440-3

Solanum pennellii (LA5240) backcross inbred lines (BILs) for high resolution mapping in tomato

Author(s): Torgeman, S., Pleban T., Goldberg Y., Ferrante Paola, Aprea Giuseppe, Giuliano Giovanni, Yichie Y., Fisher J., Zemach I., Koch A., Rochsar E., Oved M., Bandel K., and Zamir D
Published in: The plant Journal, 2024, ISSN 1365-313X
Publisher: wiley
DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.16755

Editorial: Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources in Europe – A journey through history, mission, challenges and future opportunities

Author(s): Filippo Guzzon, Sandra Goritschnig, Nora Capozio, Lorenzo Maggioni
Published in: Genetic Resources, 2025, ISSN 2708-3764
Publisher: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
DOI: 10.46265/GENRESJ.BLDS6319

Complex evaluation of wild pear

Author(s): Gyurko, Adrienn; Baktay, Borbala; Varga, Anna; Szani, Zsolt
Published in: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Agriculture and Environment, 2023, ISSN 2068-2964
Publisher: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
DOI: 10.2478/ausae-2023-0006

Association analyses reveal both anthropic and environmental selective events during eggplant domestication

Author(s): Emmanuel Omondi, Lorenzo Barchi, Luciana Gaccione, Ezio Portis, Laura Toppino, Maria Rosaria Tassone, David Alonso, Jaime Prohens, Giuseppe Leonardo Rotino, Roland Schafleitner, Maarten van Zonneveld, Giovanni Giuliano
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 121, 2025, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.17229

Conventional and new genetic resources for an eggplant breeding revolution

Author(s): Gramazio, P.; Alonso, D.; Arrones, A.; Villanueva, G.; Plazas, M.; Toppino, L.; Barchi, L.; Portis, E.; Ferrante, P.; Lanteri, S.; Rotino, G.L.; Giuliano, G.; Vilanova, S.; Prohens, J.
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad260

A new wild emmer wheat panel allows to map new loci associated with resistance to stem rust at seedling stage

Author(s): Anna Maria Mastrangelo, Pablo Roncallo, Oadi Matny, Radim Čegan, Brian Steffenson, Viviana Echenique, Jan Šafář, Raffaella Battaglia, Delfina Barabaschi, Luigi Cattivelli, Hakan Özkan, Elisabetta Mazzucotelli
Published in: The Plant Genome, 2023, ISSN 1940-3372
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/TPG2.20413

Plant Sample Collection and Shipment for Multi‐omic Analyses and Phytosanitary Evaluation

Author(s): Karakas, Esra; Ferrante, Paola; Schafleitner, Roland; Giuliano, Giovanni; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Alseekh, Saleh
Published in: Current protocols, 2023, ISSN 2691-1299
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/CPZ1.952

A novel tomato interspecific (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> var. <i>cerasiforme</i> and <i>Solanum pimpinellifolium</i>) MAGIC population facilitates trait association and candidate gene discovery in untapped exotic germplasm

Author(s): Andrea Arrones, Oussama Antar, Leandro Pereira-Dias, Andrea Solana, Paola Ferrante, Giuseppe Aprea, Mariola Plazas, Jaime Prohens, María José Díez, Giovanni Giuliano, Pietro Gramazio, Santiago Vilanova
Published in: Horticulture Research, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2052-7276
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/HR/UHAE154

Other (2)

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid<i>Coffea arabica</i>reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

Author(s): Jarkko Salojärvi, Aditi Rambani, Zhe Yu, Romain Guyot, Susan Strickler, Maud Lepelley, Cui Wang, Sitaram Rajaraman, Pasi Rastas, Chunfang Zheng, Daniella Santos Muñoz, João Meidanis, Alexandre Rossi Paschoal, Yves Bawin, Trevor Krabbenhoft, Zhen Qin Wang,
Published in: Biorxiv, 2023, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.06.556570

A guide to using landscape genomics for the conservation and use of plant diversity

Author(s): Omondi, E., Lin, Y.P. ,Zonneveld, M.
Published in: A guide to using landscape genomics for the conservation and use of plant diversity
Publisher: World Vegetable Center: World Vegetable Center
DOI: 10.22001/WVC.76147