Cel LATHYRUS SATIVUS (GRASS PEA) IN THE CHEAPEST LEGUME SEED AVAILABLE ON INDIA AND BANGLADESHI MARKETS. AT THE SAME TIME IT HAS THE HIGHEST PROTEIN VALUE AND ITS CULTURE IS LEAST AFFECTED BY ADVERSE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND PESTS. THIS PLANT MAY BECOME THE "NUTRITIONAL VOLKSWAGEN" FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IF THE NEUROTOXIN ODAP, PRESENT IN ITS SEEDS, COULD BE REMOVED SAFELY AND CHEAPLY WITHOUT LOOSING ITS NUTRITIONAL VALUE, OR IF NON-TOXIC VARIETIES COULD BE DEVELOPED OR PRODUCED BY GENETIC ENGINEERING. THE PROGRAMME PROPOSED INVOLVES A MULTIPRONGED AND MULTIDFISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT WILL COMBINE EXPERTISES IN AREAS OF - EPIDEMIOLOGY, TO ASSESS THE EXTEND OF THE LATHYRISM PROBLEM IN ETHIOPIA - NEUROLOGY, TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF THE DISEASE IN BANGLADESH AND TO IDENTIFY PRECLINICAL, POTENTIALY REVERSIBLE SYMPTOMS - FOOD PROCESSING AND NUTRITION TO DEVELOP METHODS TO SAFELY REMOVE THE TOXIN BY BIOLOGICAL (FERMENTATION) OR CHEMICAL (EXTRACTION) TREATMENTS - BIOCHEMISTRY TO DETERMINE AND ISOLATE THE KEY ENZYMES FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE TOXIN. IN ANIMAL MODELS, THE THRESHOLD FOR THE TOXICITY AND POTENTIAL PROTECTION BY VITAMINES OR MEDICINES WILL BE EVALUATED - MOLECULAR GENETICS TO PRODUCE TRANSGENIC PLANTS WHERE THE PRODUCTION OF THE TOXIN WOULD BE BLOCKED - AGRONOMISTS TO EVALUATE THE NEWLY OBTAINED CULTIVARS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMIATIC CONDITIONS (ETHIOPIAN DRY HIGHLANDS, BANGLADESHI HUMID LOWLANDS, INDIAN DRY LOWLANDS AND SALINE LANDS AT THE COASTLINE OF BANGLADESH). THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME COMPLEMENTS PROJECTS CURRENTLY GOING ON IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, SPONSORED BY I.D.R.C. CANADA, B.A.D.C. BELGIUM, AND BAND AID, UNDER THE GLOBAL UMBRELLA OF I.N.I.L.S.E.L. (INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LATHYRUS SATIVUS AND THE ERADICATION OF LATHYRISM) AND ITS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biologymolecular geneticsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologygenetic engineeringmedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedslegumesengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation Program(-y) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Temat(-y) Data not available Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator Universiteit Gent Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 185,De Pintelaan 9000 Gent Belgia Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (6) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Addis Ababa University Etiopia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 2003 Addis-Abeba Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Addis Ababa University Etiopia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 2003 Addis-Abeba Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Indie Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Krishak Nagar 492012 Raipur (M.P.) Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych King's College London Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Campden Hill Road W8 7AH London Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Marathwada Agricultural University Indie Wkład UE Brak danych Adres MS 431 402 431401 Parbhani Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych University of Dhaka Bangladesz Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 1000 Dhaka Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
