EU-SOL - High Quality Solanaceous Crops for Consumers, Processors and Producers by Exploration of Natural Biodiversity
Description:
The aim of the EU-SOL project is to develop high quality tomato and potato varieties with improved traits important for consumers, processors and producers. The project particularly focuses on mapping, isolating and characterizing genes underlying important traits such as healthiness, nutritional value, taste, flavor, fragrance, shelf-life, starch composition, yield and plant architecture.New alleles of key-genes for these traits will be extracted from the rich biodiversity present in the Solanaceae.
Executive Institute:
Plant Research International (WUR-PRI) Details of Plant Research International
Parent institution:
Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) Details of (WUR)
Contract period:
01. 05. 2006 - 30. 04. 2011
Project budget:
18,700,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Details of University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, GmbH German Research Center for Environmental Health (GSF) Details of GSF
- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) Details of MPIZ
Funding Programme:
- EC - Integrated Projects Details of EC - Integrated Projects
Subject:
- Plant Breeding
- Genetic Resources
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC