INnovations in plant VarIety Testing in Europe to foster the introduction of new varieties better adapted to varying biotic and abiotic conditions and to more sustainable crop management practices

Project Information

INVITE

Grant agreement ID: 817970

DOI

10.3030/817970

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2019

Start date 1 July 2019

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

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

Total cost

€ 8 152 002,00

EU contribution

€ 7 999 988,25

Coordinated by

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

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (30)

Applicability of molecular markers for distinctness and management of reference collection
Environmental characterisation of current trial networks
Probes specific to stress-related genes in tomato designed
Guidelines and specifications for future databases for storing DUS/VCU and genetic data

Guidelines and specifications for future databases for storing DUSVCU and genetic data

Evaluation of the potential extrapolation of WP1 bioindicators to other crops.
Crop growth model predictions for environmental characterisation
"""Shopping list"", ""Do it yourself custom list"", and measurement procedure to guide EOs and PROs in the implementation of the two non-RGB low-cost phenotyping tools"

Shopping list Do it yourself custom list and measurement procedure to guide EOs and PROs in the implementation of the two nonRGB lowcost phenotyping tools

Bioindicators for crop resilience against biotic stress
Criteria for the socio-economic and environmental evaluation of innovations in variety testing

Criteria for the socioeconomic and environmental evaluation of innovations in variety testing

Handbook of harmonised assessment/scoring scales in VCU testing. Guidelines towards more integrated and efficient DUS and VCU testing

Handbook of harmonised assessmentscoring scales in VCU testing Guidelines towards more integrated and efficient DUS and VCU testing

Bioindicators for wheat tolerance to water stress
Enriched mixed model methodology for high precision variety prediction
Epigenetic bioindicators for variety identification and evaluation of plant adaptation to environment
Efficiency assessment of current national performance and VCU trials
Evaluation of prediction methodology for potato, tomato, lucerne, soybean, and oil seed rape
Protocols for sustainability assessment in variety testing
Proposal of a multi criteria evaluation in variety testing
Bioindicators for tomato adaptation to challenging conditions
Environmental characterisation for future trial networks
Layout for the E-Newsletters and publication of the first one

Layout for the ENewsletters and publication of the first one

High resolution Decision Support System for variety choice
Assessment of the added value of phenotyping, genotyping tools and sustainability criteria for variety testing
Updated project dissemination plan with all targeted events and actions including a mapping of actors to be targeted
Potential evolution of variety testing regulation as seen by policy makers
Compilation of all E-Newsletters published during the project
Demonstration of optimised METs compared with current practices. Technical advantages of adopting new MET configuration. Guidelines for the implementation of newly defined METs
Recommendations for variety testing for organic farming
Genotype specific crop growth models for variety performance prediction
Applicability of phenotyping tools for variety testing
Recommendations for the testing of heterogeneous plant material

Other (7)

Annotation of the dataset of DUS and VCU trial with low-cost sensors and standard reference measurements
A unified ontology for DUS and performance testing data
Decision tree for data categorisation
European database prototype
Communication toolkit for electronic communications (logo and graphical chart, leaflet, standard PPT and poster templates, factsheets, website, and social network)

Communication toolkit for electronic communications logo and graphical chart leaflet standard PPT and poster templates factsheets website and social network

Classifier and regression software to automate DUS and VCU trials
Webspace on the project website that will include all innovation factsheets (about 15 recommendation sheets) compiled in WP6 and based on results from WP1 to WP5

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

RGB low-cost phenotyping tools selected to be demonstrated for their applicability in WP5 and 6
European database user-friendly interface and API

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Molecular markers enhance substantially the distinctness of alfalfa varieties for registration and protection

Author(s): Paolo Annicchiarico, Nicolò Franguelli, Barbara Ferrari, Giacomo Campanella, Stefano Gualanduzzi, Margherita Crosta, Chiara Delogu, Giorgia Spataro, Nelson Nazzicari
Published in: The Plant Genome, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1940-3372
Publisher: Crop Science Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20556

Lessons From 20 Years of Studies of Wheat Genotypes in Multiple Environments and Under Contrasting Production Systems

Author(s): Juan M. Herrera, Lilia Levy Häner, Fabio Mascher, Jürg Hiltbrunner, Dario Fossati, Cécile Brabant, Raphaël Charles, Didier Pellet
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 10, 2020, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01745

Digital PCR for Genotype Quantification: A Case Study in a Pasta Production Chain

Author(s): Caterina Morcia, Valeria Terzi, Roberta Ghizzoni, Chiara Vaiuso, Chiara Delogu, Lorella Andreani, Andrea Venturini, Paola Carnevali, Pier Paolo Pompa, Giorgio Tumino
Published in: Biology, Issue 10, 2024, Page(s) 419, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/biology10050419

Genomic analysis of fruit size and shape traits in apple: unveiling candidate genes through GWAS analysis

Author(s): Christian Dujak, Veredas Coleto-Alcudia, Maria José Aranzana
Published in: Horticulture Research, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2052-7276
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhad270

Sunflower crop and climate change: vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigation potential from case-studies in Europe

Author(s): Philippe Debaeke, Pierre Casadebaig, Francis Flenet, Nicolas Langlade
Published in: OCL, Issue 24/1, 2017, Page(s) D102, ISSN 2272-6977
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2016052

A Digital PCR Assay to Quantify the Percentages of Hulled vs. Hulless Wheat in Flours and Flour-Based Products.

Author(s): Caterina Morcia; Raffaella Bergami; Sonia Scaramagli; Chiara Delogu; Lorella Andreani; Paola Carnevali; Giorgio Tumino; Roberta Ghizzoni; Valeria Terzi
Published in: VOLUME=10;ISSUE=11;ISSN=20797737;TITLE=Biology, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MPDI
DOI: 10.3390/biology10111138

Near infrared hyperspectral Imaging method to assess Fusarium Head Blight infection on winter wheat ears

Author(s): Vincke D., Eylenbosch D., Jacquemin G., Chandelier A., Fernandez Pierna J. A., Stevens F., Baeten V., Mercatoris B. Vermeulen P.,
Published in: Microchemical Journal, Issue 191 (2023) 108812, 2023, ISSN 0026-265X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2023.108812

Identification of environment types and adaptation zones with self-organizing maps; applications to sunflower multi-environment data in Europe

Author(s): Daniela Bustos-Korts; Martin P. Boer; Jamie Layton; Anke Gehringer; Tom Tang; Ron Wehrens; Charlie Messina; Abelardo J. de la Vega; Fred A. van Eeuwijk
Published in: VOLUME=135;ISSUE=6;STARTPAGE=2059;ENDPAGE=2082;ISSN=00405752;TITLE=Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0040-5752
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107889

Long-Term In Situ Conservation Drove Microevolution of Solina d’Abruzzo Wheat on Adaptive, Agronomic and Qualitative Traits

Author(s): Caterina Morcia; Riccardo De Flaviis; Valeria Terzi; Maria Eugenia Gasparelli; Roberta Ghizzoni; Franz-W. Badeck; Fulvia Rizza; Veronica Santarelli; Giorgio Tumino; Giampiero Sacchetti
Published in: Plants; Volume 12; Issue 6; Pages: 1306, Issue 10, 2023, Page(s) 1306, ISSN 2223-7747
Publisher: MPDI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12061306

More than 1000 genotypes are required to derive robust relationships between yield, yield stability and physiological parameters: A computational study on wheat crop

Author(s): Wang, Tien-Cheng; Casadebaig, Pierre; Chen, Tsu-Wei
Published in: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00122-023-04264-7, Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 2517-5025
Publisher: springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04264-7

Non-peer reviewed articles (8)

Assigning apples to individual trees in dense orchards using 3D colour point clouds

Author(s): Mouad Zine-El-Abidine, Helin Dutagaci, Gilles Galopin, David Rousseau
Published in: Biosystems Engineering, Issue 209, 2021, Page(s) 30-52, ISSN 1537-5110
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2021.06.015

Combining Crop Growth Modeling and Statistical Genetic Modeling to Evaluate Phenotyping Strategies

Author(s): Daniela Bustos-Korts, Martin P. Boer, Marcos Malosetti, Scott Chapman, Karine Chenu, Bangyou Zheng, Fred A. van Eeuwijk
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01491

A Fast, Naked-Eye Assay for Varietal Traceability in the Durum Wheat Production Chain

Author(s): Giulia Cibecchini, Paola Cecere, Giorgio Tumino, Caterina Morcia, Roberta Ghizzoni, Paola Carnevali, Valeria Terzi, Pier Paolo Pompa
Published in: Foods, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 1691, ISSN 2304-8158
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/foods9111691

From QTLs to Adaptation Landscapes: Using Genotype-To-Phenotype Models to Characterize G×E Over Time

Author(s): Daniela Bustos-Korts, Marcos Malosetti, Karine Chenu, Scott Chapman, Martin P. Boer, Bangyou Zheng, Fred A. van Eeuwijk
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01540

A Chip Digital PCR Assay for Quantification of Common Wheat Contamination in Pasta Production Chain

Author(s): Caterina Morcia, Raffaella Bergami, Sonia Scaramagli, Roberta Ghizzoni, Paola Carnevali, Valeria Terzi
Published in: Foods, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 911, ISSN 2304-8158
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/foods9070911

Digital PCR: What Relevance to Plant Studies?

Author(s): Caterina Morcia, Roberta Ghizzoni, Chiara Delogu, Lorella Andreani, Paola Carnevali, Valeria Terzi
Published in: Biology, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 433, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/biology9120433

The apple REFPOP—a reference population for genomics-assisted breeding in apple

Author(s): Michaela Jung, Morgane Roth, Maria José Aranzana, Annemarie Auwerkerken, Marco Bink, Caroline Denancé, Christian Dujak, Charles-Eric Durel, Carolina Font i Forcada, Celia M. Cantin, Walter Guerra, Nicholas P. Howard, Beat Keller, Mariusz Lewandowski, Matthew Ordidge, Marijn Rymenants, Nadia Sanin, Bruno Studer, Edward Zurawicz, François Laurens, Andrea Patocchi, Hélène Muranty
Published in: Horticulture Research, Issue 7/1, 2020, ISSN 2662-6810
Publisher: Horticulture Research
DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00408-8

Deep learning-based detection of seedling development

Author(s): Salma Samiei, Pejman Rasti, Joseph Ly Vu, Julia Buitink, David Rousseau
Published in: Plant Methods, Issue 16, 2021, ISSN 1746-4811
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-020-00647-9

Conference proceedings (4)

Near infrared imaging for cereal’s health status

Author(s): Vincke D., L., Scaut B., Mercatoris B., Baeten V.,Vermeulen P.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: U12-0094-Vincke-2023

Towards numerical practices in variety testing: a rationale to select the most promising traits

Author(s): Hadhami Garbouge, Nicolas Mascher, Joseph Peller, Philippe Vermeulen, Didier Demilly, Rick Van de Zedde, Cécile Collonnier, Mark Mueller-Linow and David Rousseau
Published in: Technical Working Party on Automation and Computer Programs Thirty-Eighth Session Alexandria, United States of America, Issue TWC/38/10, 2020
Publisher: UPOV

Towards numerical practices in variety testing: a rationale to select the most promising traits

Author(s): David Rousseau
Published in: Issue UPOV-TWC 38-10, 21-23 sept 2020, 2020
Publisher: UPOV

La photogrammétrie pour mesurer la hauteur de couverts de luzerne à partir d’images prises avec un drone

Author(s): F. Surault, S. Mahieu, E. Roy, D. Combes, M. Ghesquière, B. Julier
Published in: 2021
Publisher: INRAE

Monographic books (1)

Baking quality of organic heterogeneous material of wheat

Author(s): Flamm C, Grausgruber H
Published in: Proceedings of the 73rd Conference of the Vereinigung der Pflanzenzüchter und Saatgutkaufleute Österreichs, Issue 21.-23. November 2022, 2022, Page(s) 41-44, ISBN 978-3-900397-07-4
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7875597

Other (1)

Comprehensive Morphometric Analysis of Apple Fruits and Weighted Class Assignation using Machine Learning

Author(s): Christian Dujak, Federico Jurado, Maria Jose Aranzana
Published in: Research Square, Issue April 2023, 2023
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2860631/v1