PROPOSAL:
ICA4-2000-30041
ACRONYM
AGRECILA
AREA:
FP5 - INCO2, 5/ unknown KeyAction
Call number / date:
-
PROJECT TYPE:
Shared Cost
EU CONTRIBUTION:
479,990
STARTING DATE:
2000-10-01
DURATION:
36 months
Coordinator: Dr. J.M. Vega Piqueres, Universidad de Sevilla, Dep. Microbiology, Parasitology, PO Box 874, ES -41012, Sevilla, Spain, Email: concha@otri.us.es
Project Description:
The primary goal of the project is the recovery of arid and semi-arid soils in Latin America by their cultivation with plants metabolically engineered to resist abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, cold or freezing conditions. Two food crops, potato and beans, which are not natural resistant to such stresses, will be genetically manipulated by the introduction of genes responsible for the synthesis of compatible solutes. This will involve the use of already characterized eukaryotic and prokaryotic genes and the isolation and characterization of new genes for the synthesis of these osmoprotective compounds. In addition, the improvement of soil fertility will be approached by the establishment of a more efficient nitrogen fixation by bean root nodules under osmotic stress. This is intended to be achieved by the symbiotic combination of stress-resistant beans and host-specific Rhizobium strains.
Project URL: not known
Consortium:
Co-ordinator:
Contact Person: Dr. Jose M. Vega Piqueres
Department: Department Of Microbiology And Parasitology
Organisation: Universidad de Sevilla
S/N Profesor Garcia Gonzalez S/N
Tel: +34-95-4236719
Fax: +34-95-4621382
concha@otri.us.es
PO Box 874
41012 Sevilla
SPAIN
Participants
Contact Person: SCHAAL, Werner (Professor)
Department: LABORATORIUM FUER MIKROBIOLOGIE
FACHBEREICH BIOLOGIE
Organisation: Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse
35043 MARBURG
GERMANY
Department: PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA
Organisation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Col. Chamilpa
62210 CUERNAVACA
MEXICO
Contact Person: DELGADO DE LA FLOR, Francisco (Mr)
Department: CIRGEBV
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Organisation: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Av. Universidad S/N
12 LIMA
PERU
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