Development of biocontrol agents for commercial application against post-harvest diseases of perishable foods

Project Information

BIOPOSTHARVEST

Grant agreement ID: QLK5-CT-1999-01065

Project closed

Start date 1 April 2000

End date 31 March 2004

Funded under

• Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Total cost € 2 202 478,00

EU contribution € 1 579 997,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE LLEIDA
Spain

Objective

Post harvest diseases of perishable commodities represent one of the most severe causes of losses and reduction in quality in the EU. The development of environmental friendly methods of disease control, as substitutes of chemicals, is an important goal to be achieved nowadays. Biological control using microbal antagonists is the most promising alternative. The main aim of this project is to develop four effective biocontrol agents (pantoea agglomerans, epicoccum nigrum, candida sake and pichia anomala) for its commercial application to control postharvest diseases on citrus, stone fruits, pome fruits and moist cereals, respectively. This project will include optimisation of production process and development of formulation techniques for each BCA to get a stable, efficient, easy to prepare and apply low cost production final product. Mechanisms of action and molecular marking methods to tracking BCAs will be studied. Final products of this research work will be environmentally friendly "biofungicides" ready to be used on both conventional and organic systems of production.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › fruit growing
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds › cereals

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.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE LLEIDA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 177,Avda Rovira Roure 177 ; 25198 LLEIDA ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (17)

AGROFRUIT EXPORT S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Carrer A - Poligono Baix Ebre - Parcella 13-17 ; 43500 TORTOSA
• Total cost: No data

APOFRUIT SOC. COOP A.R.L.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Ravennatie 1345 ; 47023 CESENA
• Total cost: No data

BIOAGRI AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Dag Hammarskjölds väg 180 ; 751 09 Uppsala
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE TECHNIQUE INTERPROFESSIONNEL DES FRUITS ET LÉGUMES

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Prigonrieux ; 24130 La Force
• Total cost: No data

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Calle Serrano 117 ; MADRID
• Total cost: No data

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY*

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wharley End ; MK43 0AL CRANFIELD,BEDFORD
• Total cost: No data

FACULTE UNIVERSITAIRE DES SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES DE GEMBLOUX

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Passage des Déportés, 2 ; 5030 GEMBLOUX
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FRUIVIAL COOP.

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 286, Route de Saint-Nazaire ; 34400 SATURARGUES
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INSTITUTO DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 177,Avenida Alcalde Rovira Roure 177 ; 25198 LLEIDA
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INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KM.7,Carretera de La Coruça KM.7 ; 28040 MADRID
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RIO TINTO FRUIT S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Finca el Zumajo S/N ; 21650 EL CAMPILLO
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S.A.T. N° 1596 - NUFRI SOCIEDAD AGRARIA DE TRANSFORMACÍON

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ctra. de Palau Km1 ; 25230 MOLLERUSSA
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SOCIETA ITALIANA PRODOTTI CHIMICI E PER L'AGRICOLTURA MILANO

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Sempione 195 ; 20016 PERO
• Total cost: No data

TAVIFRUTA - SOCIEDADE DE CITRICULTURA DE TAVIRA

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Meia Arraia - Santo Estevao 850-C ; 8800 TAVIRA
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THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Genetikvaegen 5 ; 750 07 Uppsala
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UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Campus de Gambelas ; 8000 FARO
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Filippo Re 8 ; 40126 Bologna
• Total cost: No data