EU funded FP5 projects

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  • EVG1 - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
  • G6RD - Competitive and Sustainable Growth
  • HPRN - Improving Human Potential
  • ICA - Confirming the international role of Community research
  • QLG - Quality of Life, RTD of a Generic Nature
  • QLK1 - Quality of Life, Food, Nutrition and Health
  • QLK3 - Quality of Life, the Cell Factory
  • QLK5 - Quality of Life, sustainable Agriculture, ....

    EC Project Code Project Title Co-ordinator
    EVG1 Crop reflectance operational models for agriculture Coquil
    EVG1 Integration of Sar and Optical products for Crop Management Tondriaux
    EVK2 Extinction risks and the re-introduction of plant species in a fragmented Europe van Groenendaal
    EVK2 Securing gene conservation, adaptive breeding potential and utilisation of a model multipurpose tree species (Castanea sativa Mill.) in a dynamic environment Villani
    EVK2 Forest carbon - Nitrogen trajectories Prentice
    EVK2 Dynamics of forest trees biodiversity: linking genetic, palaeogenetic and plant historical approaches Peiffer
    EVK2 Exotic plant invasions: Deleterious effects on Mediterranean island ecosystems Green
    EVK2 Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) a pernicious invasive weed: Developing a sustainable strategy for alien invasive plant management in Europe Rasmussen
    EVR1 European initiative for the euromed plantbase Caddick
    G6RD New technology in food sciences facing the multiplicity of new released GMO Remacle
    G6RD Feasibility studies for speciated CRMs for arsenic in chicken, rice, fish and soil and selenium in yeast and cereal Ebdon
    HPRN Research Training using Lotus japonicus: A Model Legume for Functional Genomics Udvardi
    HPRN Molecular Interactions between Ethylene and Gibberellic Acid Pathways in Plants van der Straeten
    HPRN Cross Talk and Integration of Stress Signalling in Plants Borja Tome
    HPRN Senescence and Oxidatives Stress in Plant Systems Inzé
    HPRP Educating the European Public for Biotechnology Moses
    HPRP Genetically Modified Plant Network Pechan
    HPRP Europe Plant Biotechnology today and tomorrow Pechan
    ICA1 Bulgarian Centre of Excellence in Plant Biotechnology Atanassov
    ICA2 Development of methods for the remediation of pesticides Brooks
    ICA4 European Co-ordination of Research and Development on Tropical Perennial Oil Crops Rognon
    ICA4 Improved screening of cassava against selected systemic arboviruses Stanley
    ICA4 Increasing the productivity of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) for sustainable food production in Semi-Arid Africa Robertson
    ICA4 Development of a durable resistance strategy based on genetic and ecological approaches for the bean-angular leaf spot (ALS) disease pathosystem in Central America and Brazil Deroanne
    ICA4 Development of advanced sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) genotypes resistant to the complex of potyviruses infecting sweet potato in China Deroanne
    ICA4 The identification, incidence and control of sweet potato viruses in East and South Africa and assessment of host plant resistance for sustainable development Buckler
    ICA4 Resistant wild potatoes as source for novel genes mediating resistance against fungal, viral and nematode diseases Jach
    ICA4 Improvement of Marama Bean (Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) Schreiber) an Under-utilized grain and tuber producing Legume for Southern Africa. Miller
    ICA4 Improved fallows by legume plants (trees, shrubs and grasses) in Eastern and Southern Africa. Impact of soil biota (SOM, roots, BNF microbes, mycorrhiza, and soil fauna) improvement on bean and maize yields, soil organics matter dynamics an Muller
    ICA4 Improved Striga control in maize and sorghum Bouwmeester
    ICA4 Mycorrhiza technology for staple food crop production in small- scale sustainable agriculture in china Gianinazzi-Pearson
    ICA4 Maize for sustainable cropping systems on tropical acid soils - from molecular biology to field culltivation Horst
    ICA4 Exploring the genetic diversity of rice-blast host- pathogen interactions in china: a tool to improve breeding for resistance to blast disease Capillon
    ICA4 Multipurpose nitrogen fixing trees and their associated microsymbionts for soil nutrient enrichment in Sub Saharan Africa Deans
    ICA4 Characterisation of South American genotypes of bean for optimal use of light under abiotic stress. Dueformantel
    ICA4 Genetic improvement of maize to enhance food safety by introducing resistance to Fusarium moniliforme Crewe
    ICA4 Genetic enhancement of nutritional quality of grain sorghum Terblanche
    ICA4 Agriculture under extreme environmental conditions in Latin America by using osmoprotection genes to generate stress-resistant potato and bean plants Vega Piqueres
    ICA4 Sustainable production of apple and pear in Asia: Understanding Biology of Scab and Powdery Mildew for developing integrated approaches of disease management Xu
    ICA4 Development of integrated farming approaches for sustainable crop production in environmentally-constrained system in the Pacific region Ritsema
    ICA4 Production of Rhizobial Soybean Inoculants for Sustainable Agricultural Use in China Thomas-Oates
    ICA4 Soybean BNF and Mycorrhization for Improved Production in South Asia Werner
    ICA4 Improve legume yield by bacterial delivery of phytohormones Defez
    ICA4 Development of Eggplant Lines (Solanum Melongena L.) resistant to Bacterial and Fungal Wilts Sihachakr
    ICA4 Establishment of an Integrated Marker System for Oilseed Rape Breeding Anderson
    ICA4 Assessment of the environmental and agronomic appropriateness of Bt transgenic cotton in small-producer IPM systems in China Russell
    ICA4 The identification of resistances to biotic stress in wild Arachis germplasm, and the development of tools for breeding by genetic mapping and comparative genomics. Bertioli
    ICA4 Bamboo thematic network Gielis
    ICA4 Symbionts in agroforestry systems: what are the long-term impacts of inoculation on the growth of Calliandra calothyrsus and its intercrops Odee
    ICA4 Developing know-how for the improvement and sustainable management of teak genetic resources Vanavichit
    QLG2 Exon trapping insert consortium Brown
    QLG2 European cell cycle consortium van Camp
    QLG2 Regulatory Gene Initiative in Arabidopsis Brown
    QLG2 Natural apomixis as a novel tool in plant breeding de Vries
    QLG2 Integrated structural, functional and comparative genomics of the model legume Medicago truncatula Ossard
    QLG2 Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana: resources for functional analysis Jacobsen
    QLG2 Homologous Recombination in Plants. White
    QLG2 Tagging of Rice Genes for use in Cereals Hogenboom
    QLK1 Functional properties, bioactivities and bioavailability of phytochemicals, especially anthocyanins, from processed foods Heinonen
    QLK1 European Research on Functional Effects of Dietary Antioxidants Astley
    QLK1 Prevention of ochratoxin A in cereals Olsen
    QLK1 Garlic & Health - the Development of high quality garlic and its influence on biomarkers of atherosclerosis and cancer in humans for disease prevention Kik (?)
    QLK1 Safety evaluation of horizontal gene transfer from genetically modified organisms to the microflora of the food chain and human gut van der Vossen
    QLK1 New methods for the safety testing of transgenic food Knudsen
    QLK1 New methodologies for assessing the potential of unintended effects in genetically modified food crops Noteborn
    QLK1 Safe organic vegetables and vegetable products by reducing risk factors and sources of fungal contaminants throughout the production chain: the carrot - Alternaria model van den Bulk
    QLK1 Hazard analysis and control of food contamination: prevention of Fusarium mycotoxins entering the human and animal food chain (Control Mycotox Food) Magan
    QLK1 European Netwok Safety of Genetically Modified Food Kuiper
    QLK1 Reliable, standardised, specific, quantitative detection of genetically modified food Holst-Jensen
    QLK1 Early detection of Toxigenic Fusarium species and Ochratoxigenic Fungi in Plant Products Mulé
    QLK1 Development of a Testkit for the Determination of Allergens in Foodstuffs Schroedter (?)
    QLK1 Isolation of regulatory genes of alkaloid biosynthesis in cataranthus roseus Memelink
    QLK1 Barley beta-D-Glucan and Wheat Arabinoxylan Soluble Fibre Technologies for Health Promoting Bread Products Oosterlinck
    QLK1 Design of foods with improved functionality and superior health effects using Cereal Beta-Glucans Nilsson
    QLK1 Thematic Network to Promote Awareness of Mycotoxins in Food: European Mycotoxin Awareness Network Gardner
    QLK1 Plant Food Allergies: field to table strategies for reducing their incidence in Europe Peterlik
    QLK1 Plant Food Allergies: field to table strategies for reducing their incidence in Europe Hoffmann-Sommergruber
    QLK1 Traceability of DNA fragments through the food chain by DNA-PNA techniques: application to novel foods Marmiroli
    QLK1 Chickpea As A Potential Source Of High-Quality Protein For Food Formulas Brenner
    QLK1 Development of a test kit for the determination of pesticides in foodstuffs Gomes
    QLK1 The simple, inexpensive and robust quantitative determination of mycotoxins in foods Holland
    QLK1 Rapid analysis of RNAa of plants: a quick way for PCR-based nucleic acid tests Biondi
    QLK1 Vitamin C and control of tomato fruit ripening and senescence Woltering
    QLK1 Analytical Tool Development For Pesticide Residue Assessment In Mediterranean Crops Montury
    QLK1 Production of phytoenzymes with proteolytical activities from European cultivated plants Riestock
    QLK1 High protein drink from quinoa seed Keijzer
    QLK2 Oral Vaccination of Fish with Plant Derived Protein Vaccines Brascamp
    QLK3 Strategies to accelerate the productive biodegradation of several herbicides under environmental stress condition Heipieper
    QLK3 Upgrading of sugar beet pectins by enzymatic modification and molecular farming Mikkelsen
    QLK3 The use of mycorrhizal fungi in phytoremediation projects Schreiner-Kaub
    QLK3 Controlling fatty acid breakdown in order to produce viable oilseeds with increased yields of novel oils Graham
    QLK3 The Plastid Factory Dix
    QLK3 Development of phyto-remediation of recalcitrant organic pollutants as a polishing step to follow commercial ex situ bioremediation Slater
    QLK3 New Pharmaceutical Extraction Process For Stable Plant Extracts As Active Substance Against Cold Diseases Schmierer
    QLK3 Differential Expression Of Progesterone 5beta-reductase Gene And Cardenolide Biosynthesis In Digitalis Purpurea Perez-Bermudez Ingles
    QLK3 Development And Optimisation Of Techniques To Study The Expression Of Plant Genes In Yeast Hohmann
    QLK3 Metabolic engineering the secondary metabolism on the medicinal plant Atropa baetica willk Zárate
    QLK3 A Functional Blueprint for the Zea Mays Endosperm Cell Factory Edwards
    QLK3 An ecologically safe selection system for transgenic crops based on modified plant-tubulin genes Nick
    QLK3 Improvement of transgene expression and gene silencing in transgenic plants Meyer
    QLK3 Optimising nutritional quality of crops Willmitzer
    QLK3 Changing maize grain development to provide lines better adapted to the European agricultural and commercial environment Dickinson
    QLK3 Human Cell Systems for Predicting the Allergenicity of Genetically Engineered Proteins Nilsson
    QLK3 Precise and efficient genetic improvement of cereal seeds Hueros Soto
    QLK3 Transcription factors controlling plant responses to environmental stress conditions Meijer
    QLK3 Rational engineering of lipid metabolism in flax to produce branched-chain fatty acids, unusual fatty acids with potent biolubricant properties Portais
    QLK3 Virus-resistant transgenic plants: Ecological impact of gene flow Tepfer
    QLK3 The potential and application of virus host evasion genes that modify apoptosis and cytokine responses Vilar
    QLK3 Precision engineering of plant genes Reiss
    QLK3 New Anti-inflammatory Natural Products from Medicinal Plants Using Inducible Transcription Factors and their Signalling Pathways as Molecular Targets Heinrich
    QLK3 An Integrated Approach Towards Removal By Plants Of Toxic Metals From Polluted Soils Palmgren
    QLK3 Effects and mechanisms of Bt transgenes on biodiversity of non-target insects: pollinators, herbivores and their natural enemies de Maagd
    QLK3 PROduction of high value-added carotenoids and proVITamin A in cell factory crops Giuliano
    QLK3 Impact of three selected biotechnological strategies for potato pathogen control on the indignous soil microbiota van Elsas
    QLK3 Ecological and environmental biosafety assessment of novel plant and microbial biotechnology products O'Gara
    QLK3 Ecological and Environmental Biosafety Assessment of Novel Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Products McSweeney
    QLK3 Production Of Natural And Recombinant Saponins By Genetic Improvement Of Wild And Under-Utilised Species Of Gypsophila Pasqualetto (?)
    QLK3 Establishment and operation of a pilot cell factory for the production of Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal Plants, in particular antioxidants Sovatzoglou
    QLK3 Herbivore-induced terpene biosynthesis in plants: A study of its regulatory enzymes in cucumber Bouwmeester
    QLK3 Expression profiles as fingerprints for the safety evaluation of new strains, including GMOs used in bioprocessed food Delage
    QLK3 Assembly and Application of Photosystem II-based Biosensors for Large Scale Environmental Screening of Specific Herbicides and Heavy Metals Di Marco
    QLK3 Analysis of Geneflow from Crop to Wild Forms in Lettuce and Chicory and its Population-Ecological Consequences in the Context of GM-Crop Biosafety Hogenboom
    QLK5 Propagation of European pines via somatic embryogenesis Karlsson (?)
    QLK5 Modification of starch synthesis and yield in wheat endosperm Ferguson
    QLK5 Threat to European maize production by invasive quarantine pest, western corn rootworm (diabrotica virgifera virgifera): a new sustainable crop management approach Vidal
    QLK5 Standard test kits incorporating novel antibody fusion proteins to detect harmful viruses Torrance
    QLK5 Construction and application of a multifunctional and saturated genetic map for coniferous species Guerrero
    QLK5 Engineering fibre and wood properties in Poplar using innovative functional genomic approaches Duval
    QLK5 Effects of silvicultural regimes on dynamics of genetic and ecological diversity of European beech forests Kramer
    QLK5 Development of an optical detection system for diseases in field crops with a view to reduce pesticides by targeted application Oosterlinck
    QLK5 Green chemicals and biopolymers from rapeseed meal with enhanced end-uses performances Brelurut
    QLK5 Durable resistance management of the soil-borne quarantine nematode pests meloidogyne chitwoodi and m.fallax Hogenboom
    QLK5 Development of diagnostic tools and host plant resistance to control the rapid spread of lettuce big vein and ring necrosis diseases in leafy vegetables Hogenboom
    QLK5 Sustainable production of transgenic strawberry plants - ethical consequences and potential effect on the producers and consumers Iversen
    QLK5 European rice: transgenes for crop protection against fungal diseases Laviola
    QLK5 Molecular And Other Markers For Establishing Essential Derivation (Edv) In Crop Plants Reeves
    QLK5 Making plants resistant to plant parasitic nematodes: no access - no feeding Helder
    QLK5 Fiber variability of European spruce and wood assortments for improved tmp production Lundqvist
    QLK5 Improved diagnostic tools for the certification of strawberry propagation material Hogenboom
    QLK5 Risks associated with Tilletia indica, the newly listed EU quarantine pathogen, the cause of karnal bunt of wheat Sansford
    QLK5 Induction of pathogen resistance in fruit trees by transiently altering the flavonoid metabolism with specific enzyme inhibitors Stich
    QLK5 Integrated, non-fungicidal control of melampsora rusts in renewable energy willow plantations DeBorde
    QLK5 Sustainable agriculture in central and eastern European countries Hagedorn
    QLK5 New Strategies For Sustainable Production Of Brassica Crops In Integrated And Organic Systems Harwood
    QLK5 Stimulation Of Plant Defences To Fight Against Phytopathogenic Fungi Vors
    QLK5 New bioactive families for crop protection using high throughput synthesis Tickle
    QLK5 Identification and functional characterization of chvC, virF, orfE3 genes in the Agrobacterium-plant interaction. Hooykaas
    QLK5 Molecular mechanisms involving enod40 action in nodule organogenesis Kondorosi
    QLK5 Homeotic-like conversions and expression of floral genes in alloplasmic, male sterile rapeseed lines Glimelius
    QLK5 Signalling in response to excess light in Arabidopsis Mullineaux
    QLK5 The interactive European Network for Industrial Crops for Industrial Crops and their Applications in the Changing Millennium Hardy
    QLK5 Importance of regulation mechanisms for the climatic adaptation of tree species (An example of Picea abies) Kern
    QLK5 Architecture Engineering in the tomato Bernardi
    QLK5 Improving germ-plasm conservation methods for perennial European forage species Sackville Hamilton
    QLK5 Improving Fraxinus (ASH) Productivity for European Needs by Testing, Selection Propagation and Promotion of Improved Genetic Resources Roche
    QLK5 Improved use of germplasm collections with the aid of novel methodologies for integration, analysis and presentation of genetic data sets Sandbrink
    QLK5 Sustainable grasslands withstanding environmental stresses Humphreys
    QLK5 Chitosan Activates Resistance Against Pathogens After eXposure Production of chitosans from shrimp shells for applications in plant disease protection Stegtmeyer
    QLK5 Asparagus: Integrating Research on Decline in Europe Clare
    QLK5 Development of an Environment-Friendly F1 Hybrid Breeding Technology Hogenboom
    QLK5 Intra and Interspecific Gene Flow in Oaks as Mechanisms Promoting Diversity and Adaptive Potential Chassin
    QLK5 Development of a systems approach for the management of late blight in EU organic potato production Tuck
    QLK5 Analysis and Exploitation of germplasm resources using transposable element molecular markers Flavell
    QLK5 Sustainability, product safety and quality in cereals: development of novel quantitative models for risk assessment for mycotoxigenic Fusarium species Little
    QLK5 Sustainable Production of Plant-Derived Indigo John
    QLK5 Satellite image processing: developing an operational software to assess type and crop production Gil
    QLK5 Breeding and releasing of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) F1 hybrids resistant to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), assisted by molecular markers Hallard
    QLK5 Wheat - Quality Effects of Stress Treatments, their Manipulation and Control Wallace (?)
    QLK5 Biologic production of horticultural seeds from autochthonous or locally adapted clones Santin Fernandez
    QLK5 The Development of a Culture Bag to Simplify Somatic Embryogenesis Moran
    QLK5 An advanced detection method of root-pathogens in greenhouses van Tol
    QLK5 Positional cloning of the non-nodulating locus (sym 1) of Lotus japonicus Stougaard
    QLK5 Control of Erwinia carotovora in potato plants by interference with the quorum sensing mechanism van der Wolf
    QLK5 Development Ssr Markers For Olive Breeding Tobutt
    QLK5 Epidemiology of oilseed rape pathogens - Pyrenopeziza brassicae and Leptosphaeria maculans Fitt
    QLK5 Addressing the Need for Disease Resistant Sugar Beet Seed Macefield
    QLK5 The application of cDNA microarray technology for unravelling molecular events underlying dormancy and cold hardiness in forest tree seedlings van Wordragen
    QLK5 Resistance of Spruce to Root and Butt Rot Disease Stevenson-Robb
    QLK5 Enzyme discovery in hybrid aspen for fibre engineering Flodstrom
    QLK5 Control of Flowering Time for Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture and Forestry Nielsen
    QLK5 Developing wheat with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency towards a sustainable system of production. James
    QLK5 Growth, Vigour, Environment - Molecular breeding for plant growth and yield Ferrari
    QLK5 Fate and toxicity of allelochemicals (natural plant toxins) in relation to environment and consumer Jensen
    QLK5 Novel tools for developing Fusarium resistant and toxin free wheat for Europe Scholz
    QLK5 Recombinant antibodies technology applied to methods for testing plant pathogens Formica
    QLK5 Development of new technology for production of broad-leaved forest seedlings to promote sustainability of European forestry Margheriti
    QLRI Establishment of an European Plant Genetic Resources Information Infra-Structure Sandbrink
    QLRT The dynamic nature of introgressive hybridisation in natural and introduced polyploid plants from agricultural and riparian landscapes: An evaluation of molecular tools in willows Triest