Objective Cereal seeds are agriculture's most important renewable resource for food and industrial raw material. Conventional methods for the improvement of quality and yield have produced spectacular advances in the past. Future developments will involve tapping the vast potential of the modern technology of plant modification. The chances of Successful modification increase if the activity of the transgenic can be precisely directed to the targeted cells. This requires the isolation and characterisation of many more cell type-specific promoters than are currently available. Seed Design aims to isolate at least two functional promoter sequences for each of the cereal seed compartments, thus allowing to efficiently modifying seed composition. This will be of enormous potential benefit for both European farmers and consumers by improving quality and diversity of products. In addition, this technology will allow the EU seed Industry to keep abreast of global competition. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory" Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF ALCALA EU contribution No data Address S/N,Campus Universitario. Ctra NII, Km 33 28871 ALCALA DE HENARES Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIOGEMMA France EU contribution No data Address Rue E. Colonne 1 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 46 allée d'Italie 69364 LYON See on map Total cost No data ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON France EU contribution No data Address Allée d'Italie 46 69364 LYON See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 46 allée d'Italie 69364 LYON See on map Total cost No data MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Carl-von-LinnT-Weg 10 50829 KOELN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET KOELN Germany EU contribution No data Address 17,Gyrhofstrasse 17 50931 Köln See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 France EU contribution No data Address 46 allée d'Italie 69364 LYON See on map Total cost No data