PROPOSAL:	QLG2-2000-30676	ACRONYM	MEDICAGO
AREA:	FP5 - QoL, 5/ RTD of a Generic Nature (8: research into genomes)	Call number / date:	-
PROJECT TYPE:	Shared Cost	EU CONTRIBUTION:	2.07 million
STARTING DATE:	2000-12-01	DURATION:	36 months

Coordinator: Dr. H. Ossard, INRA Toulouse, Dept. Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, BP 27, FR -31326, Auzeville, France, Email: ?

Project Description:
Plant endo-symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen- fixing nodule bacteria play a crucial role in the cycle of phosphorus and nitrogen in most agricultural ecosystems. Arabidopsis thaliana is unable to establish root endo-symbioses. Medicago truncatula has been chosen as a model legume to study the symbiotic genetic programmes of plants and facilitate the genetics and breeding of important legume crops such as pea, faba bean, alfalfa and clover. We propose a functional genomics project to identify most of the plant genes whose expression is modified in the course of symbiotic and pathogenic interactions, as well as other genes of agricultural importance, which cannot be easily studied with A. thaliana. Structural genomics will provide genetic and physical maps to establish the distribution of important genes on the genome and facilitate their cloning. Comparative genomics will provide methods to transfer information gained from Medicago truncatula to legume crops.

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Consortium:
Prime Contractor
Organisation: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
Organisation Type: Research
Department: CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE TOULOUSE
BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE DES RELATIONS PLANTES-MICROORGANISMES
Address: Chemin de Borde-Rouge
BP 27
Postcode: 31326
City: Auzeville - Castanet-Tolosan
Region: SUD-OUEST
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
Haute-Garonne
Country: FRANCE
Contact Person: Name: OSSARD, Hervé (Dr)

Other Contractors
Organisation Name: UNIVERSITY OF YORK
Organisation Type: Education
Contact Person: GOODEY, Keith (Mr)
Address: Heslington
City: YORK
Region: YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
WEST YORKSHIRE
Org. Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Postcode: YO10 5DD

Organisation Name: JOHN INNES CENTRE
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: ANDERSON, Mary (Dr)
Address: Norwich Research Park, Colney
City: NORWICH
Region: EAST ANGLIA
Norfolk
Org. Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Postcode: NR4 7UH
URL: http://www.nrp.org.uk

Organisation Name: WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Organisation Type: Education
Contact Person: VEERMAN, Cees (Professor)
Address: 50 Hollandseweg 1
P.B. 9101
City: WAGENINGEN
Region: OOST-NEDERLAND
GELDERLAND
Arnhem/Nijmegen
Org. Country: NETHERLANDS
Postcode: 6706 KN

Organisation Name: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: PIQUET-GAUTHIER, Katherine (Mme)
Department: UMR 0215 - LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE DES RELATIONS PLANTES-MICROORGANISMES
Address: Chemin de Borde-Rouge INRA
BP 27
City: AUREVILLE
Region: SUD-OUEST
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
Haute-Garonne
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 31326

Organisation Name: INSTITUT FUER INNOVATIONSTRANSFER AN DER UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD GMBH
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: KADDATZ, Bruckhard (Dr)
Address: Universitaetsstrasse 25
City: BIELEFELD
Region: NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
DETMOLD
Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt
Org. Country: GERMANY
Postcode: 33615

Organisation Name: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: BENGELSDORFF, Christian (Mr)
Department: MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE ARBUSKULAERER MYKORRHIZA
INSTITUT FÜR TERRESTRISCHE MIKROBIOLOGIE
Address: Karl-von-Frisch Strasse
City: MARBURG
Region: HESSEN
GIEßEN
Marburg-Biedenkopf
Org. Country: GERMANY
Postcode: 35043

Organisation Name: EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR GRAIN LEGUME RESEARCH
Organisation Type: Other
Contact Person: MUEL, Frédéric (Mr)
Address: Avenue Georges V, 12
City: PARIS
Region: ÎLE DE FRANCE
Paris
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 75008

Organisation Name: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: BROSSIER, Jacques (Mr)
Department: LABORATOIRE DE PHYTOPARASITOLOGIE
CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE DIJON
Address: 17 Rue de Sully 17
P.O. Box 1540
City: DIJON
Region: BASSIN PARISIEN
BOURGOGNE
Côte-d'Or
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 21034

Organisation Name: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: DUVAL, Raymond (Mr)
Department: UPR 0040 - INSTITUT DES SCIENCES VÉGÉTALES
Address: Avenue de la Terrasse 1 Bâtiment 23
City: GIF SUR YVETTE
Region: ÎLE DE FRANCE
Essonne
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 91198

Organisation Name: UNIVERSITY OF BIELEFELD
Organisation Type: Education
Contact Person: SCHUNN, Werner (Mr)
Department: LEHRSTUHL FUER GENETIK
FAKULTAET FUER BIOLOGIE
Address: Universitätsstraße 25
City: BIELEFELD
Region: NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
DETMOLD
Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt
Org. Country: GERMANY
Postcode: 33501

Organisation Name: BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: DUDITS, Dénes (Professor)
Address: 62 Temesvari Krt. 62
PO Box 521
City: SZEGED
Region: Region not yet available (HUNGARY)
Org. Country: HUNGARY
Postcode: 6701

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