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Metabolome of two major fungal contaminants of wheat: identification of new toxic metabolites – Newmyco
Fungi are frequent contaminants of cereals especially wheat, the most important cereal for human food. Fungi can develop on living plants, in the field or during peri-harvest period as well as during storage. Worldwide surveys demonstrated that known mycotoxins are very widespread in cereals ( about 70% of analysed samples). It is obvious that, beyond known mycotoxins, still unknown fungal toxic compounds may contaminate wheat.
Developing Ni agromining on ultramafic land in Europe – Agronickel
emerged in the 90s and the goal was to cultivate plants able to accumulate trace metals from metal-rich [...] new agroecological agronomy for hyperaccumulator plants in combination with agronomic practices (such [...] or biotechnological tools,..). The use of the plant biomass has to be thought of in terms of an integrated
Study of leaf endophytic fungi: Exploration and valorization of biosourCed Innovative antibacterial metaboLites – SECIL
microbiomes, marine environments, and even niches in plants, insects and mammals. The focus on restricted, [...] We propose to investigate microbial crosstalk in plant leaf endophytes searching for antibacterial agents [...] of foliar endophyte communities in the selected plant leaves? Are these ecosystems selecting a few fungal
Should birds use plants as a remedy for climate change? – TIT-OAK
of the seasonal timing of life-cycle events like plant flowering, animal reproduction, migration or hibernation [...] timing have been reported for many species, but plants, insects and vertebrates shift at different rates [...] the knowledge gained about which component(s) of plant phenology modulate(s) Corsican blue tit timing,
Sustainable Tomato Production: plant defense enhancement, development of new biopesticides and optimization of environmental, water and chemical inputs – STomP
consortia to enhance the defense barriers of tomato plants against biotic (pests and pathogens) and abiotic [...] different irrigation and fertilization levels on plant physiology, either in terms of nutritional value
Identification of key regulators of legume seed adaptation to environmental fluctuations – REGULEG
Instability of legume seed yield and protein content due to environmental fluctuations, in particular drought and high temperature limits their wide adoption in Europe, and breeding for stabilized nutritional quality and yield is needed. Producing highly vigorous seeds is an additional key lever to increase crop production efficiency. Mitigation of climate change effects on legume seed physiological quality and composition represents thus a major and urgent challenge for the seed industry.
New biopolymers based on renewable building blocks from catalytic deoxygenation of hemicelluloses – CATBIOSE
petrochemical feedstocks include plant oils, polysaccharides and other plant cell wall components such as [...] Hemicelluloses, which represent 15% to 35% of plants and wood and are the second most abundant natural
Screening, Identification and implementation of polysaccharides from microalga as biological agents and hydrocolloids – POLYSALGUE
compared to those from bacteria, fungi, terrestrial plants or macroalgae. Polysalgue is an interdisciplinary
Diffuse and fluorescence light Analysis with Gathered Novel Opto Sensors for early Inexpensive diagnosis Solutions – DIAGNOSIS
Light based analysis of bio-materials can be applied in several fields of application like food/crops quality assessment. The reliable measurement of low signals constitute a technological challenge in this field, and the DIAGNOSIS project aims at developing a generic system, based on smart photo-sensor arrays in CMOS technology, with high quality measurements achieved by on-chip signal processing. Driven by the end-user, these low-cost solutions will widen the spreading of this technology.