Obiettivo
Global apiculture is facing an unprecedented crisis of increasing parasite pressure and a loss of hon-eybee biodiversity. SMARTBEES unites a team of experts with the necessary skills to build a bright and sustainable future. The SMARTBEES concept is low risk and high impact, using established protocols and state-of-the-art methods. Including world leading researchers from outwith the traditional honeybee sphere (e.g. acarology, genetic breeding and insect immunology). We will identify crucial facets of honeybee resistance to colony losses, Varroa and viruses. We will provide a step-change in the current mechanistic understanding of these traits, and will characterise the genetic background of the resistance mechanisms in honeybees. We will develop breeding strategies to increase the frequencies of these valuable traits in local honeybee populations, considering the variable need of both common and endangered subspecies and local beekeeping practises. Breeding efforts concentrating on very few races may endanger genetic diversity, to avoid this SMARTBEES will promote multiple local breeding efforts, to conserve local resilient populations and will develop molecular tools for describing and safeguarding future populations. SMARTBEES recognizes responsibility to protect our natural honeybee heritage. SMARTBEES will commission extension science, and work in cooperation with stakeholders to attain conservation by utilisation. SMARTBEES will establish a network of apiaries for performance testing, to encourage local uptake of resistant traits. These will be run mainly by beekeepers, thereby improving the local acceptability and dissemination, and support the long-term sustainability of the apicultural sector. SMARTBEES recognises the need to horizon scan for new threats, and the consortium includes the current EU reference laboratory to that end. SMARTBEES is an opportunity to make a lasting difference to the health, resilience and genetic diversity of our honeybees.
Campo scientifico
Argomento(i)
Invito a presentare proposte
FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage
Vedi altri progetti per questo bando
Meccanismo di finanziamento
CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)Coordinatore
16540 Hohen Neuendorf
Germania
Mostra sulla mappa
Partecipanti (16)
94700 Maisons Alfort
Mostra sulla mappa
8000 Aarhus C
Mostra sulla mappa
11855 ATHINA
Mostra sulla mappa
12277 BERLIN
Mostra sulla mappa
48940 Leioa
Mostra sulla mappa
SW1P 4DF LONDON
Mostra sulla mappa
8830 TJELE
Mostra sulla mappa
013975 BUCURESTI
Mostra sulla mappa
96-100 SKIERNIEWICE
Mostra sulla mappa
65189 Wiesbaden
Mostra sulla mappa
2040 Klofta
Mostra sulla mappa
750 07 Uppsala
Mostra sulla mappa
AB24 3FX ABERDEEN
Mostra sulla mappa
80138 Napoli
Mostra sulla mappa
33100 Udine
Mostra sulla mappa
EC2V 7NQ London
Mostra sulla mappa