Characterisation of South American genotypes of bean for optimal use of light under abiotic stress.

PROPOSAL: ICA4-2000-30025 ACRONYM OP . US . LI
AREA: FP5 - INCO2, 5/ unknown KeyAction Call number / date: -
PROJECT TYPE: Shared Cost EU CONTRIBUTION: 750,000
STARTING DATE: 2000-10-01 DURATION: 48 months

Coordinator: Dr. K.D. Dueformantel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Fakultaet Biologie, Botanik, Schaenzlestrasse 1, DE -79104, Freiburg, Germany, Email: duefor@uni-freiburg.de

Project Description:
This project is to contribute to the sustainable improvement in Phaseolus bean production in poor and marginal areas of South America. Genotypes able to reach optimum productivity under abiotic stress will be selected. The main factor to be studied will be solar radiation. The project will be focused on the identification of genotypes with different capacities to use solar radiation in photosynthesis and in photomorphogenesis. Both, beneficial and detrimental responses to intensities and spectral ranges of radiation (including UV-B) will be studied in combination with water, temperature and nutritional stress. Cultivars will be selected and characterised from germplasm collections of the University of Chile and the gene bank of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) at Colombia. New genotypes will also be collected from areas of different latitude and altitude where there is widely differing exposure to these stress factors

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Consortium:
Co-ordinator: Contact Person: Dueformantel, Klaus_Dieter (Mr) Department: Institut Fuer Biologie Ii - Fakultaet Fuer Biologie Lehrstuhl Botanik Organisation: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg Tel: +49-761-2034225 Fax: +49-761-2038866 duefor@uni-freiburg.de 1 Schaenzlestrasse 1 79104 FREIBURG (in Breisgau) GERMANY Participants Contact Person: MALLABAND, Anne (Dr) Department: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Organisation: University of Sheffield Western Bank PO Box 594 S10 2TN SHEFFIELD UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: GRAIFENBERG, Alberto (Professor) Department: DIPARTIMENTO DI BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE AGRARIE Organisation: Universita degli Studi di Pisa Via Mariscoglio 34 56124 PISA ITALY Contact Person: SILVA GENEVILLE, Mario (Professor) Department: LABORATORIO DE BIOQUIMICA VEGETAL FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRONOMICAS Organisation: Universidad de Chile Santa Rosa 11315 CHILE Contact Person: LA TORRE, Jaime (Professor) Department: FITOTECNIA Organisation: Universidad Mayor de San Simon Avenida Petrolera Km. 5 10 COCHABAMBA BOLIVIA


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