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April 13, 2006
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2E-BCAS IN CROPS
Enhancement and Exploitation of Soil Biocontrol Agents for
Bio-Constraint Management in Crops
Action
Line: FOOD-2002-T27 Improved crop protection systems
based on biological control methods for safer low input
production systems
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Coordinator
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Contact Person:
Name: VURRO, Maurizio
Tel: +39-080-5912817
Fax: +39-080-5486063
Email:
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Organisation:
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA)
viale Einaudi, 51
ITALY |
In the last years
increasing difficulties have appeared in vegetable crops to
manage some diseases, such as those caused by Sclerotinia,
Fusarium or Pythium spp., or some noxious plants, such as
parasitic and perennial weeds. This is in part due to the lack
of available efficacious control methods, to the ban of some
chemicals, and to the prohibition of their use in organic
farming.
The use of
biocontrol agents, although is widely considered a very
promising strategy of disease and weed management at the soil
level, has still a limited application at the European level,
due to the limited efficacy of the microbes and to the lack of
knowledge for their best use.
The main aim of
the project is to study some of the already available or the
most promising biocontrol microorganisms (such as Fusarium,
Trichoderma or Coniothyrium sp.), using a combination of
strategies.
Studying the
genetic and physiological enhancement strategies, the ecological
fitness of the agents, the production, formulation and
application methods, the integration with other organisms and
with control methods, and assessing their quality and the risk
of release into the environment, it will be possible to improve
the efficacy of fungal biocontrol agents, allowing their wider
use at the European level, and giving new important tools to
support the production of safer and healthier foods.
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Project details
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Project Reference: 1687 |
Contract Type: Specific Targeted Research
Project |
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Start Date: 2003-12-15 |
End Date: 2007-01-01 |
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Duration: 37 months |
Project Status: Execution |
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Project Cost: 3.78 million euro |
Project Funding: 2.3 million euro |
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Participant Organization: UNIVERSITA DEGLI
STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE
LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization: WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE |
Country: ISRAEL |
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Participant Organization: HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization: NORSK INSTITUTT FOR
PLANTEFORSKING |
Country: NORWAY |
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Participant Organization: ALL-RUSSIAN RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION |
Country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
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Participant Organization: IMAGO SRL |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization: PROPHYTA BIOLOGISCHER
PFLANZENSCHUTZ GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
RCN: 74126 |
