Project description
New farming practices for wheat crops
Wheat is an important crop in Europe. To keep it growing, scientists are studying soil and plant microbial communities. The EU-funded WHEATBIOME project will bring together academia, industry, food system actors and governmental authorities in six EU countries to carry out two case studies and a lab-scale demonstrator. The project will also study the role of microbial fermentation in food/feed quality and reduce food waste by recirculating wheat by-products. Another aspect of the research will be explaining the interactions between wheat (prebiotics, probiotics, bioactive compounds and immunogenic proteins) and the human/animal microbiota, and their effect on human and animal health. The findings will be used to develop farming practices for resilient and nutritious wheat crops. Specifically, the project will produce a new decision support system.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteins
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinator
4060-453 Porto
Portugal
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Participants (12)
4099-002 Porto
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36310 Vigo Pontevedra
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46010 Valencia
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02 532 Warszawa
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28021 Madrid
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6708 PB Wageningen
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02 787 Warszawa
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1099 085 Lisboa
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28013 Madrid
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89167 Mazeikiai
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31100 Puenta La Reina
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1078 Budapest
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