Project description
Understanding stress in cereals through an innovative approach
Central to food security is the production of cereals to meet the needs of an increasing population and the demand for animal feed and biofuels. One of its challenges is climate change, which causes abiotic and biotic stress in cereals, affecting growth and yield. Using positron emission tomography, the EU-funded PETAL project will measure the early changes of CO2 metabolism and water transport caused by stress in wheat. The project’s work will result in a unique data set that will be analysed to define a new set of measurable quantities affected by stress at the early stage of plant development. Following this, a platform providing services for the early analysis of wheat growth in agriculture will be generated.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsproteomics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem software
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
Programme(s)
Coordinator
86077 Pozzilli Is
Italy
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Participants (4)
39106 Magdeburg
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9000 Gent
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80147 Napoli
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
64100 Teramo
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Partners (1)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
215163 Suzhou
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