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From microbial interactions to new-concept biopesticides and biofertilizers (INTERFUTURE)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2016, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2020,

The Directive 2009/128/EC sets rules in EU for the sustainable use of pesticides to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on people's health and the environment. Among the listed actions there is the promotion of low pesticide-input management including non-chemical methods. In parallel several chemical active ingredients have been banned because of toxicity concerns. The result is that gr ...
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Training on Remote Sensing for Ecosystem modElling (TRuStEE)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2016, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2020,

Understanding and predicting ecosystem functions remains a major challenge in evaluating ecosystem services and biophysical controls on biosphere-atmosphere interactions, as current dynamic vegetation models are still not capable of grasping the spatial and temporal variability in ecosystem processes. Remote sensing (RS) data at a range of scales from proximal observations to global extent samplin ...
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Cloning and functional characterization of a complex resistance locus from ‘Geneva’ to breed apple cultivars with durable scab resistance (GENEVABREED)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2016, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2019,

Apple scab caused by Venturia inaequalis is the major constraint to apple production worldwide, causing severe economic losses. As current commercial cultivars are highly susceptible to scab, introduction of new scab-resistant cultivars will reduce the intensive use of pesticides now required to control this disease. Although the ‘Geneva’ apple is an important source of resistance for breeding, it ...
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MASSTWIN – Spreading excellence and widening participation in support of mass spectrometry and related techniques in Health, the Environment, and Food Analysis (MASSTWIN)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

The Department of Environmental Sciences at Jožef Stefan Institute has invested in new state-of-the-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation and related laboratory infrastructure, an important and essential technique in modern science, but must now bolster its knowledge capacity and raise its research profile through taking practical steps in training and knowledge transfer and networking activit ...
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Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

Food Integrity “the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition”.Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to ...
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Shaping future forestry for sustainable coppices in southern Europe: the legacy of past management trials (LIFE FutureForCoppiceS)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2015, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2018,

Background Coppicing is a traditional way of forest management that has been adopted across Europe, particularly in southern countries. In Italy, there are around 3.7 million hectares of coppice (42% of the total forest area according to the FAO definition). Coppice forests provided a number of forest ecosystem goods and services (FGS), from energy (fire ...
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Targeting and exploiting B cell functions for treatment in cardiovascular disease (Athero-B-Cell)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2018,

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity is predicted to increase in Europe and worldwide in the next decades due to aging and the rise of diabetes and obesity. The link between metabolic and inflammatory disease is getting stronger, raising hopes for novel therapeutic targets to be exploited clinically. Clinical evidence generated by the Academic partners of the Athero-B-Cell Consorti ...
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Leveraging the antioxidant role of volatile isoprenoids for improving grapevine resistance to ozone and temperature stress (OVOC)

Date du début: 1 août 2015, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2018,

The first aim of the project is to prove a general mechanism for plant protection from abiotic stresses (such as temperature and ozone stress) exerted by volatile isoprenoids (VIPs). Recent studies advanced the hypothesis that VIPs may function as effective antioxidants in plants by directly reacting with reactive oxygen species (ROS) that accumulate upon abiotic stress, producing oxidized VIPs. H ...
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EU BON: Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 31 mai 2017,

Sustainable governance of our biological resources requires reliable scientific knowledge that meets the needs of society. Current biodiversity observation systems and environmental datasets are unbalanced in coverage and not integrated, limiting integrative analyses and implementation of environmental policies.EU BON presents an innovative approach towards integration of biodiversity information ...
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Deciphering the sense of smell in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii (DROSMELL)

Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2017,

The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is an invasive polyphagous pest endemic to South East Asia. It has recently invaded western countries where it has become a threatening pest for cultivated small fruits. Unlike most others Drosophila species, whose larvae feed on decaying plant, D. suzukii lays its egg on unwounded ripening fruits. Host selection arises from oviposition behaviours o ...
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Innovative bio-based pesticides to minimize chemical residue risk on food (INNOVA)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

Chemical pesticides have significantly contributed to increase productivity and quality of produce worldwide. The risk of losing production because of pests/diseases damages is strongly perceived by growers, who consequently tend to minimize it by using chemical pesticides. On the other hand, consumers are more and more concerned about pesticides. There is a strong need for innovative products fro ...
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Infrastructure for Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (ANAEE)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

ANAEE will provide Europe with a distributed and coordinated set of experimental, analytical and modelling platforms to analyse and predict in a precise manner the response of the main continental ecosystems to environmental and land use changes. ANAEE will consist of highly equipped in natura and in vitro experimental platforms associated with sophisticated analytical and modelling platforms coup ...
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Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

The “TURaS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and SMEs to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. To ensure maximum impact, the TURaS project has developed an innovati ...
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The role of macroPARAsite COinfection in Rodent-borne microparasite Transmission (PARACORT)

Date du début: 22 mai 2015, Date de fin: 21 août 2016,

Rodent-borne microparasitic infectious diseases (e.g. LCMv), including those transmitted by the rodents’ ectoparasites (e.g. TBE), are of increasing concern for public health. Rodents themselves are also a threat to food security because they damage agricultural crops and food stores. Effective control of these emerging and re-emerging diseases (and the rodent hosts themselves) requires a full und ...
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Innovative strategies for copper-free low input and organic farming systems (CO-FREE)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 30 juin 2016,

The proposed project aims to develop innovative methods, tools and concepts for the replacement of copper in European organic and low input fruit, grapevine, potato, and tomato production systems. Copper-free production systems will be achieved by (i) providing alternative compounds, (ii) ‘smart’ application tools and (iii) by integrating these tools into traditional and novel copper-free crop pro ...
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The role of ethylene and of ERF gene regulators in the grapevine berry ripening (GRAPERIPE)

Date du début: 1 juin 2012, Date de fin: 31 mai 2016,

Grapevine is one of the most important crops in Europe for production and cultivated area. Ripening is a process that increases flavor and aroma due to the accumulation of anthocyanin and aromatic compounds in berries but it limits transport, store and manipulation. Grape ripening follows a double sigmoid curve characterized for a first volume increase of the berry and a second phase, also called ...
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Proton Ionization Molecular Mass Spectrometry (PIMMS)

Date du début: 1 juin 2012, Date de fin: 31 mai 2016,

"The need for quantitative and fast identification of trace gaseous compounds in complex chemical matrices continuously pushes the limits of analytical chemistry in many areas of relevance to the EU, including food, health, the environment, and security. A relatively new broad-based and rapidly growing analytical technique, proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), combines excellent c ...
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Designing Trees for the future (TREES4FUTURE)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

TREES4FUTURE will make a significant contribution to helping the European forestry sector respond, in a sustainable manner, to increasing demands for wood products and services (among which preservation of forest biodiversity) in a context of changing climatic conditions. To do so TREES4FUTURE will integrate for the first time major, yet rarely interacting forestry communities (and their resources ...
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Aircraft for Environmental and Forest Science (AIRFORS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

"Up-to-date environmental science builds upon of highly standardised monitoring networks and global scale earth observations. But a missing scale in ecosystem monitoring still exist to properly bridge observations which are made at the leaf/canopy to the global scales. Aircraft and airborne sensors are ideal to operate at such “missing scale”. Aircraft can be used to operate a range of sensors to ...
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Integrating Active, Flexible and Responsive Tertiary Prosumers into a Smart Distribution Grid (INERTIA)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,

INERTIA will introduce the Internet of Things/Services principles to the Distribution Grid Control and DSM Operations. It will provide an overlay network for coordination and active grid control, running on top of the existing grid and consisting of distributed and autonomous intelligent Commercial Prosumer Hubs. This way, it will address the present "structural inertia" of DG by introducing more ...
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Monolithic Widely Tunable Interband Cascade Lasers \nfor Safety and Security (WideLase)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2012, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,

Description Monolithic Widely Tunable Interband Cascade Lasers for Safety and Security The WideLase project focuses on compact, rugged and cost effective laser sources with wide tuning range for safety and security applications in the 3.3 to 7.0 µm wavelength range.Three particular challenging app ...
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Integrated approach for increasing breeding efficiency in fruit tree crops (FRUIT BREEDOMICS)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,

Fruit Breedomics has as its strategic goal to improve the efficiency of fruit breeding by bridging the gap between scientific genetics research and application in breeding. Fruit Breedomics takes a multidisciplinary approach, including genetics, genomics, ecophysiology and bioinformatics, to improve the efficiency apple and peach breeding programmes by: i) developing new and adapted tools, ii) stu ...
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Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe (EDENext)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,

To address the call for proposals 'Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe' launched by the European Commission, we want to investigate the biological, ecological and epidemiological components of vector-borne diseases (VBD) introduction, emergence and spread, and to propose innovative tools for controlling them, building on the basis of acquired knowledge. We have selected the ma ...
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Genetic and physiological regulation of skin red colour development on apples under high temperature environments: Genetic tools for developing heat tolerant red-skinned apples (REDHOTGEN 2)

Date du début: 1 mars 2012, Date de fin: 31 mai 2015,

This project is a multidisciplinary initiative enabling the exchange of scientists among three research institutes internationally recognized for their skills in fruit tree biology. This is a unique opportunity to partner these key institutes and combine their skills in plant genomics, biotechnology, plant physiology, postharvest and apple breeding to bring a unique outcome. The objective of the p ...
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Pesticide Use-and-risk Reduction in European farming systems with Integrated Pest Management (PURE)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,

"To meet both the worldwide demand for food security and new environmental needs, agriculture must increase food production and quality while decreasing its ecological footprint. Ensuring sustainability and competitiveness with reduced pesticide inputs is a major challenge.PURE will provide integrated pest management (IPM) solutions and a practical toolbox for their implementation in key European ...
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"MUSIC +" - Edukacja muzyczna i taneczna filarem rozwoju każdego człowieka.

Date du début: 1 août 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

Seminar "MUSIC +" - music and dance education - pillar of the development of every human being, The seminar will be held from October 21 to 26, 2014 in Krakow The aim of the seminar is to: -recognize the structures of formal and non formal music education in European countries, -increase knowledge about the methods of teaching , -realize the need of optimizing the functioning of the various form ...
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Communication of Food, Fisheries, Agriculture and Biotechnologies research – a network to support EU-funded research projects (CommFABnet)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

The effective communication of research results of EC funded research projects to end users is hampered by a number of factors including• Lack of confidence and communication skills within the scientific community• Inherent difficulties in effectively reaching out to the media and other multipliers with research resultsPoor dissemination of research results significantly reduces the potential proj ...
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European West Nile collaborative research project (EuroWestNile)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2014,

West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the most evident examples of emerging/re-emerging pathogens one can nominate, which is characterized by occasional virulent epizootic outbreaks. Despite intensive research done since its first appearance in the Americas in 1999, many aspects of its molecular biology, epidemiology, ecology, pathogenesis and life cycle are still poorly understood. Being a generalist p ...
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Staff Exchanges to estimate vegetation structure and biochemistry from remote sensing in connection to carbon and water fluxes (SENSORVEG)

Date du début: 1 mai 2010, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2014,

Remote sensing can provide systematic global estimations of vegetation structure and biochemistry imparting data such as leaf area index (LAI), water content or fractional light interception by green vegetation (fPAR). However a global network of standardize validation sites is required to reduce the uncertainty of these products. As part of that effort, SpecNet (Spectral Network), an independent ...
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KM0 Research (FBK-RN2013)

Date du début: 1 juin 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,

"Science is a global endeavour with a very local impact on our lives. For this reason we call the project “Km0 Research” (in Italian, “Km0” is the term used for local “short supply chain” products) and will show how: researchers are normal people among us (the “Km0 Researcher”; “Km0” is also how far a researcher is from you); the outputs and results of the research are among us (the “Km0 Lab”); th ...
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European Collaborative Project on Inflamation and Vascular Wall Remodelling in Atherosclerosis (ATHEROREMO)

Date du début: 1 mai 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2013,

"The health of the EC population has never been better. However, serious public health problems remain, which cannot be ignored including high levels of premature death due to cardiovascular diseases. Thus, new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies against atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are needed. The atherosclerotic changes of the vascular wall are central in the developmen ...
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Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems (GHG Europe)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2013,

The GHG-Europe project aims to improve our understanding and capacity for predicting the European terrestrial carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) budget by applying a systematic, comprehensive and integrative approach. GHG-Europe quantifies the annual to decadal variability of the carbon and GHG budgets of terrestrial ecosystems in EU27 plus Switzerland and in six data-rich European regions via data-m ...
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Conservation Genetic Resources for Effective Species Survival (CONGRESS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2010, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2013,

Genetic biodiversity is recognised by the Convention on Biological Diversity and the EC Biodiversity Strategy as one of three essential elements of living diversity, yet it is poorly represented at the policy level, compared to the two other components, species and ecosystems. The CONGRESS consortium aims to rectify this situation by delivering dissemination tools which policy makers and conservat ...
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European Lakes Under Environmental Stressors (Supporting lake governance to mitigate the impact of climate change) (EULAKES)

Date du début: 31 mars 2010, Date de fin: 30 mars 2013,

Most of the Central European Lakes have become more and more valuable natural resources deeply linked with the regional scale sustainable development. Change in water temperature, region water shortage, or the uneven temporal distribution of freshwater sources caused by climate change, are giving some initial future warning signs. The project EULAKES aims to promote a new integrated approach in or ...
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Development of innovative biodegradable packaging system to improve shelf life, quality and safety of high-value sensitive horticultural fresh produce (HORTIBIOPACK)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2009, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2012,

Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is increasingly used with minimally processed fresh produce. Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaging (EMAP) of Fresh Produce is also increasingly used to extend shelf-life of fresh produce. Increased MAP and EMAP usage coupled with negative environmental views associated with nondegradable synthetic packaging materials creates a societal and SMEs need for biod ...
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Promotion and Implementation of Systems for the Production of High Quality Compost from Biodegradable Household Waste separated at Source (COMWASTE)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2003, Date de fin: 31 août 2006,

Background Without new initiatives, waste volumes are projected to continue to rise in the foreseeable future. In addition to requiring valuable space, the management of waste releases numerous pollutants to air, water and soil including greenhouse gas emissions from landfills and waste transportation. Waste also represents a loss of valuable resources, m ...
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E-VitiClimate: E-learning for viticulture technicians for mentoring on climate change impacts and adaptations needed

The aim of this Lifelong learning project E-VitiClimate was to address the challenges that climate change poses for European wine producers.Changes in temperature and rainfall are already transforming European vineyards rhythm and state. The impact of climate change on wine production in Europe is extremely important when considering the economic, political, social, and cultural role of wine and t ...
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