A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varieties and management practices to improve yield and quality in the face of climate change

Project Information

TomGEM

Grant agreement ID: 679796

DOI 10.3030/679796

Project closed

EC signature date 8 February 2016

Start date 1 March 2016

End date 31 August 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 5 671 945,00

EU contribution € 4 993 506,25

Coordinated by

INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE
France

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

TomGEM audio-visual material at project end
Public project website
Targeted e-newsletter promoting project results
TomGEM audio-visual material

Documents, reports (18)

A list of tomato EMS mutant lines and natural variant cultivars displaying heat tolerant fruit set traits
Open access summary report
Production of superior F1 hybrids
Transcriptomic profiles of tolerant versus sensible tomato genotypes under elevated ambient temperatures
Report on collection, collation and distribution of seeds to other partners for further characterization

Report on collection, collation and distribution of seeds to other partners for further characterization.

A platform for storage, processing and mining transcriptomic data.
SOPs for the determination of fruit quality and postharvest properties.
Genome-wide profile of DNA methylation and chromatin status associated with the flower to fruit transition
Identification of heat tolerance trait QTLs
A report identifying tomato accessions displaying heat tolerance, improved fruit quality and post-harvest parameters.
Two RIL populations from bi-parental crosses

Two RIL populations from bi-parental crosses

Epi-alleles identified related to temperature effect(s) on chromatin status and gene regulation.
Catalog of molecular markers targeting the heat stress tolerance trait
Gene atlas underlying the ability of selected tomato lines displaying pollination independent even at high temperatures.
Catalog of epialleles related to temperature effect(s) on chromatin status and gene regulation.
Catalog of growing practices preserving normal floral development and fruit yield under elevated ambient temperatures
Definition of the best management practices for cultivation under heat
Candidate genes and genomic regions identified with the potential to confer pollination independent and heat tolerant fruit set

Other (1)

Database of phenotypes detailing all accessions grown in field trials for fruit set, yield and fruit quality under high temperature

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (35)

The control of red colour by a family of MYB transcription factors in octoploid strawberry ( Fragaria  ×  ananassa ) fruits

Author(s): Hua Wang, Hui Zhang, Yuan Yang, Maofu Li, Yuntao Zhang, Jiashen Liu, Jing Dong, Jie Li, Eugenio Butelli, Zhen Xue, Aimin Wang, Guixia Wang, Cathie Martin, Wanmei Jin
Published in: Plant Biotechnology Journal, Issue 18/5, 2020, Page(s) 1169-1184, ISSN 1467-7644
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13282

Genetic Control of Reproductive Traits in Tomatoes Under High Temperature

Author(s): Maria José Gonzalo, Yi-Cheng Li, Kai-Yi Chen, David Gil, Teresa Montoro, Inmaculada Nájera, Carlos Baixauli, Antonio Granell, Antonio José Monforte
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 11, 2020, Page(s) 326, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00326

Accelerating Tomato Breeding by Exploiting Genomic Selection Approaches

Author(s): Elisa Cappetta, Giuseppe Andolfo, Antonio Di Matteo, Amalia Barone, Luigi Frusciante, Maria Raffaella Ercolano
Published in: Plants, Issue 9/9, 2020, Page(s) 1236, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants9091236

Eco-physiological screening of different tomato genotypes in response to high temperatures: a combined field-to-laboratory approach

Author(s): Arena C, Conti C, , Francesca S, Melchionna G, Hájek J , Barták M , Barone A, Rigano MM
Published in: Plants, Issue Volume 9, Issue 4, 2020, Page(s) 16, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants9040508

Effect AF Reduced Irrigation on Flowering, Fruit Set and Yield of Indeterminate Tomato

Author(s): Daniela Ganeva, Stanislava Grozeva, Galina Pevicharova
Published in: International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Issue 8 10.35940/ijrte.8 https://www.ijrte.org/archive//2S4, 2019, Page(s) 932-936, ISSN 2277-3878
Publisher: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication
DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.b1185.0782s419

Selection of tomato landraces with high fruit yield and nutritional quality under elevated temperatures

Author(s): Aurelia Scarano, Fabrizio Olivieri, Carmela Gerardi, Marina Liso, Maurizio Chiesa, Marcello Chieppa, Luigi Frusciante, Amalia Barone, Angelo Santino, Maria Manuela Rigano
Published in: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Issue 100/6, 2020, Page(s) 2791-2799, ISSN 0022-5142
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10312

A transcriptomic, metabolomic and cellular approach to the physiological adaptation of tomato fruit to high temperature

Author(s): Juliana Almeida, Laura Perez‐Fons, Paul D. Fraser
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, 2020, ISSN 0140-7791
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13854

RNA-seq, de novo transcriptome assembly and flavonoid gene analysis in 13 wild and cultivated berry fruit species with high content of phenolics

Author(s): Vera Thole, Jean-Etienne Bassard, Ricardo Ramírez-González, Martin Trick, Bijan Ghasemi Afshar, Dario Breitel, Lionel Hill, Alexandre Foito, Louise Shepherd, Sabine Freitag, Cláudia Nunes dos Santos, Regina Menezes, Pilar Bañados, Michael Naesby, Liangsheng Wang, Artem Sorokin, Olga Tikhonova, Tatiana Shelenga, Derek Stewart, Philippe Vain, Cathie Martin
Published in: BMC Genomics, Issue 20/1, 2019, ISSN 1471-2164
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6183-2

High-Throughput Genotyping of Resilient Tomato Landraces to Detect Candidate Genes Involved in the Response to High Temperatures

Author(s): Fabrizio Olivieri, Roberta Calafiore, Silvana Francesca, Carlo Schettini, Pasquale Chiaiese, Maria Manuela Rigano, Amalia Barone
Published in: Genes, Issue 11/6, 2020, Page(s) 626, ISSN 2073-4425
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/genes11060626

The Use of a Plant-Based Biostimulant Improves PlantPerformances and Fruit Quality in Tomato PlantsGrown at Elevated Temperatures

Author(s): Silvana Francesca, Carmen Arena, Bruno Hay Mele, Carlo Schettini, Patrizia Ambrosino, Amalia Baroneand Maria Manuela Rigano
Published in: Agronomy 2020, Issue 10, 363, 2020, ISSN 2073-4395
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10030363

Creating plant molecular factories for industrial and nutritional isoprenoid production

Author(s): Marilise Nogueira, Eugenia MA Enfissi, Juliana Almeida, Paul D Fraser
Published in: Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Issue 49, 2018, Page(s) 80-87, ISSN 0958-1669
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.08.002

Influence of reduced irrigation on phenological and morphological characters of different tomato genotypes

Author(s): Stanislava Y. Grozeva, Daniela G. Ganeva, Galina T. Pevicharova
Published in: Journal of International Scientific Publications, Agriculture & Food, Issue 6, 2018, Page(s) 111-121, ISSN 1314-8591
Publisher: Science Events Ltd

Combined Dietary Anthocyanins, Flavonols, and Stilbenoids Alleviate Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms in Mice

Author(s): Aurelia Scarano, Eugenio Butelli, Stefania De Santis, Elisabetta Cavalcanti, Lionel Hill, Maria De Angelis, Giovanna Giovinazzo, Marcello Chieppa, Cathie Martin, Angelo Santino
Published in: Frontiers in Nutrition, Issue 4, 2018, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 2296-861X
Publisher: Frontiers in Nutrition
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2017.00075

Exploiting Genetic and Genomic Resources to Enhance Heat-Tolerance in Tomatoes

Author(s): Valentino Ruggieri, Roberta Calafiore, Carlo Schettini, Maria Rigano, Fabrizio Olivieri, Luigi Frusciante, Amalia Barone
Published in: Agronomy, Issue 9/1, 2019, Page(s) 22, ISSN 2073-4395
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9010022

Impact of water deficit on sensory profile of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.) grown under hot summer conditions in Bulgaria

Author(s): Galina T. Pevicharova, Daniela G. Ganeva, Stanislava Y. Grozeva
Published in: Journal of International Scientific Publications, Agriculture & Food, Issue 6, 2018, Page(s) 122-137, ISSN 1314-8591
Publisher: Science Events Ltd

New insights in the control of antioxidants accumulation in tomato by transcriptomic analyses of genotypes exhibiting contrasting levels of fruit metabolites

Author(s): Adriana Sacco, Assunta Raiola, Roberta Calafiore, Amalia Barone, Maria Manuela Rigano
Published in: BMC Genomics, Issue 20/1, 2019, Page(s) na, ISSN 1471-2164
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5428-4

Evaluation of productivity and productivity compounds in tomato accessions grown under elevated temperature and reduced irrigation

Author(s): Daniela G. Ganeva, Stanislava Y. Grozeva, Galina T. Pevicharova
Published in: Journal of International Scientific Publications, Agriculture & Food, Issue 6, 2018, Page(s) 99-110, ISSN 1314-8591
Publisher: Science Events Ltd

Identification and characterization of metabolite quantitative trait loci in tomato leaves and comparison with those reported for fruits and seeds

Author(s): Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Saleh Alseekh, Franklin Magnum de Oliveira Silva, Nooshin Omranian, Gabriel Lichtenstein, Mohammad Mirnezhad, Roman R. Romero González, Julia Sabio y Garcia, Mariana Conte, Kirsten A. Leiss, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, Zoran Nikoloski, Fernando Carrari, Alisdair R. Fernie
Published in: Metabolomics, Issue 15/4, 2019, ISSN 1573-3882
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-019-1503-8

Trait discovery and editing in tomato

Author(s): Christophe Rothan, Isidore Diouf, Mathilde Causse
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 97/1, 2019, Page(s) 73-90, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14152

A Tomato Tocopherol Binding Protein Sheds Light on Intracellular α-tocopherol Metabolism in Plants

Author(s): Luisa Bermúdez, Talía del Pozo, Bruno Silvestre Lira, Fabiana de Godoy, Irene Boos, Cecilia Romanó, Viola Previtali, Juliana Almeida, Claire Bréhélin, Ramón Asis, Leandro Quadrana, Diego Demarco, Saleh Alseekh, Rigel Salinas Gamboa, Laura Pérez-Flores, Pia Guadalupe Dominguez, Christophe Rothan, Alisdair Robert Fernie, Maurício González, Achim Stocker, Andrea Hemmerle, Mads Hartving Claus
Published in: Plant and Cell Physiology, 2018, ISSN 0032-0781
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy191

A novel tomato F-box protein, SlEBF3, is involved in tuning ethylene signaling during plant development and climacteric fruit ripening

Author(s): Heng Deng, Julien Pirrello, Yao Chen, Nan Li, Sihua Zhu, Ximena Chirinos, Mondher Bouzayen, Yongsheng Liu, Mingchun Liu
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 95/4, 2018, Page(s) 648-658, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13976

Ethylene Response Factors (ERF) are differentially regulated by different abiotic stress types in tomato plants

Author(s): Imen Klay, Sandra Gouia, Mingchun Liu, Isabelle Mila, Habib Khoudi, Anne Bernadac, Mondher Bouzayen, Julien Pirrello
Published in: Plant Science, Issue 274, 2018, Page(s) 137-145, ISSN 0168-9452
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.05.023

Auxin Response Factors (ARFs) are potential mediators of auxin action in tomato response to biotic and abiotic stress (Solanum lycopersicum)

Author(s): Sarah Bouzroud, Sandra Gouiaa, Nan Hu, Anne Bernadac, Isabelle Mila, Najib Bendaou, AbdelAziz Smouni, Mondher Bouzayen, Mohamed Zouine
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 13/2, 2018, Page(s) e0193517, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193517

The RIN ‐regulated Small Auxin‐Up RNA SAUR 69 is involved in the unripe‐to‐ripe phase transition of tomato fruit via enhancement of the sensitivity to ethylene

Author(s): Jun‐Hye Shin, Isabelle Mila, Mingchun Liu, Maria Aurineide Rodrigues, Teva Vernoux, Julien Pirrello, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 222/2, 2019, Page(s) 820-836, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15618

The tomato Ethylene Response Factor Sl-ERF.B3 integrates ethylene and auxin signaling via direct regulation of Sl-Aux/IAA27

Author(s): Mingchun Liu, Yao Chen, Ya Chen, Jun-Hye Shin, Isabelle Mila, Corinne Audran, Mohamed Zouine, Julien Pirrello, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 219/2, 2018, Page(s) 631-640, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15165

Volatile Compounds in Citrus Essential Oils: A Comprehensive Review

Author(s): M. Carmen González-Mas, José L. Rambla, M. Pilar López-Gresa, M. Amparo Blázquez, Antonio Granell
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00012

Editorial: Molecular and Metabolic Mechanisms Associated with Fleshy Fruit Quality

Author(s): Ana M. Fortes, Antonio Granell, Mario Pezzotti, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 8, 2017, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01236

Unraveling the complexity of transcriptomic, metabolomic and quality environmental response of tomato fruit

Author(s): Daniela D’Esposito, Francesca Ferriello, Alessandra Dal Molin, Gianfranco Diretto, Adriana Sacco, Andrea Minio, Amalia Barone, Rossella Di Monaco, Silvana Cavella, Luca Tardella, Giovanni Giuliano, Massimo Delledonne, Luigi Frusciante, Maria Raffaella Ercolano
Published in: BMC Plant Biology, Issue 17/1, 2017, ISSN 1471-2229
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1008-4

Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor (Slpi) Expression Is Required for Educating Murine Dendritic Cells Inflammatory Response Following Quercetin Exposure

Author(s): Stefania De Santis, Vanessa Galleggiante, Letizia Scandiffio, Marina Liso, Eduardo Sommella, Anastasia Sobolewski, Vito Spilotro, Aldo Pinto, Pietro Campiglia, Grazia Serino, Angelo Santino, Maria Notarnicola, Marcello Chieppa
Published in: Nutrients, Issue 9/7, 2017, Page(s) 706, ISSN 2072-6643
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/nu9070706

Overexpression of the class D MADS-box gene Sl-AGL11 impacts fleshy tissue differentiation and structure in tomato fruits

Author(s): Baowen Huang, Jean-Marc Routaboul, Mingchun Liu, Wei Deng, Elie Maza, Isabelle Mila, Guojian Hu, Mohamed Zouine, Pierre Frasse, Julia T Vrebalov, James J Giovannoni, Zhengguo Li, Benoît van der Rest, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2017, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx303

TomExpress, a unified tomato RNA-Seq platform for visualization of expression data, clustering and correlation networks

Author(s): Mohamed Zouine, Elie Maza, Anis Djari, Mattieu Lauvernier, Pierre Frasse, Abdelaziz Smouni, Julien Pirrello, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: The Plant Journal, 2017, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13711

Analysis of Tomato Post‐Harvest Properties: Fruit Color, Shelf Life, and Fungal Susceptibility

Author(s): Vera Thole, Philippe Vain, Ray‐Yu Yang, Juliana Almeida Barros da Silva, Eugenia M. A. Enfissi, Marilise Nogueira, Elliott J. Price, Saleh Alseekh, Alisdair R. Fernie, Paul D. Fraser, Peter Hanson, Cathie Martin
Published in: Current Protocols in Plant Biology, Issue 5/2, 2020, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 2379-8068
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/cppb.20108

Metabolomics should be deployed in the identification and characterization of gene‐edited crops

Author(s): Paul D. Fraser, Asaph Aharoni, Robert D. Hall, Sanwen Huang, James J. Giovannoni, Uwe Sonnewald, Alisdair R. Fernie
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 102/5, 2020, Page(s) 897-902, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14679

Histone posttranslational modifications rather than DNA methylation underlie gene reprogramming in pollination‐dependent and pollination‐independent fruit set in tomato

Author(s): Guojian Hu, Baowen Huang, Keke Wang, Pierre Frasse, Elie Maza, Anis Djari, Moussa Benhamed, Philippe Gallusci, Zhengguo Li, Mohamed Zouine, Mondher Bouzayen
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 229/2, 2021, Page(s) 902-919, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16902

Time to exploit phenotypic plasticity

Author(s): Antonio J Monforte
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, Issue 71/18, 2020, Page(s) 5295-5297, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa268

Conference proceedings (2)

Impact of Water Deficit on Nutritional Quality of Tomatoes

Author(s): Galina Pevicharova, Daniela Ganeva, Stanislava Grozeva
Published in: PSENR-19, LCABES-19, L2HSS-19 & ABLE-19 June 19-21, 2019 Lisbon (Portugal), Issue 19/2019, 2019, ISBN 9788193836552
Publisher: Excellence in Research & Innovation
DOI: 10.17758/eirai5.f0619214

Screening of Tomato Genotypes for Tolerance of Reduced Irrigation

Author(s): Stanislava Grozeva, Daniela Ganeva, Gaina Pevicharova
Published in: PSENR-19, LCABES-19, L2HSS-19 & ABLE-19 June 19-21, 2019 Lisbon (Portugal), Issue 19/2019, 2019, ISBN 9788193836552
Publisher: Excellence in Research & Innovation
DOI: 10.17758/eirai5.f0619209

Other (1)

Les varietats tradicionals de tomàquet de la conca mediterrània: origen i diversitat cultivada actualment

Author(s): M.J. Díez, J. Prohens, A. Granell
Published in: Dossier Tècnic. Núm. 94 El tomàquet de Penjar, Issue N 94, 2018, ISSN 1699-5465
Publisher: Direcció General d’Alimentació, Qualitat i Indústries Agroalimentàries