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Trees for Joules - Improving eucalypt and poplar wood properties for bioenergy – TreeForJoules
Recently, interest in sustainably produced bio-energy and bio-based products has skyrocketed due to efforts to reduce reliance on nonrenewable fossil fuels, decrease environmental degradation, mitigate climate change, and develop robust knowledge-based bio-economies. Concomittantly, there has been a
Sugars and Fruit Quality in Melon – SAFQIM
Fruit sweetness, mainly determined by sucrose content, is one of the most important traits of melon fruit quality. Melon fruits are sink organs that depend on import of sugars from the leaves via the phloem to accumulate sucrose. In sweet melon types, sucrose levels are very low in young developing
White Mold Brassica Napus Resistance Challenge – MONARCH
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a worldwide plant pathogenic fungus that causes important disease on a wide variety of broadleaf crops. It is commonly found damaging oilseed crops, (oilseed rape and sunflower) but causes disease on many other crops including vegetables. Interestingly, the model plant Ar
Flax for Improved Biomaterials through Applied Genomics – FIBRAGEN
x x x x The long-term objective of FIBRAGEN is to expand markets for flax bioproducts by developing optimized feedstocks for use in advanced composite materials. Both fiber flax and linseed already produce some of the longest and strongest fibers of any crop, and these fibers can be used to replace
Controlling variation in germination and seed vigour in oilseed rape for optimal yield stability – CONVIGOUR
To stabilise high yield levels growers require the rapid establishment of optimum plant stands under many different environmental conditions. Because germination refers to the ability of a seed to produce a normal seedling under favourable conditions, selection of seedlots on the basis of germinatio
Maize fortified with high-value carotenoids as raw material for industry and nutritionally enhanced animal feed. – CaroMaize
We will develop dual-use maize as a production platform for ß-carotene and astaxanthin, two nutritionally important carotenoids of commercial interest, and also to generate nutrient rich animal feed. During pre-project activities, two maize lines have been engineered for the accumulation of the two
Hybrid Wheat for Reduced Inputs and Sustainable Yield – HY-WHEAT
The aim of the project is to develop an effective and commercially-viable genetic system for the production of hybrid wheat varieties, based on new cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and fertility restoration (Rf) technology (msH1). The msH1 system, whose components are derived from the species Hor