15.04.2014 Ilmar Tamm Ülle Tamm Anne Ingver Organic projects in Estonian Crop Research Institute (ECRI)
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ERA–NET CORE ORGANIC: Coordinating Organic plant Breeding Activities for diversity
ERA-NET - Networking the European Research Area
Duration: 2013-2017
COBRA
Project brings together over 40 partner organizations from 18 European countries:
UK, Turkey, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Norway, Luxemburg, Slovenia, Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Switzerland
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Aims:COBRA aims to support and develop organic plant breeding and seed production in Europe with a focus on increasing the use and potential of plant material with High genetic Diversity (Hi-D), such as Composite Cross Populations (CCPs)
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Specific objectives: (1) To improve methods to ensure seed quality and health (develop the testing of germination and diseases on NIRS eqipment); (2) to determine the potential to increase resilience, adaptability, and overall performance in organic systems by using crop diversity at various levels;
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Specific objectives: (3) to improve breeding efficiency and to develop novel breeding methods to enhance and maintain crop diversity (selection for quality based on single seeds; Marker Assistent Selection etc).
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Specific objectives: (4) to identify and remove structural barriers to organic plant breeding and seed production (embedding the CCPs to the production chain; funding of organic breeding through cooperation to the production chain, regulatory framework of organic seed systems) (5) to improve networking and dissemination in organic plant breeding.
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Role of ECRI:trialling selected entries of spring and winter wheat and spring barley with focus on:
a) disease resistanceb) weed suppression abilityc) food quality
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Trials (ECRI):
• Wheat: yield, quality, weed suppression ability (early qrowth vigour, allelopathic ability); CCPs and variety mixtures
• Barley: disease resistance (loose smut, leaf stripe), increasing genetic diversity (different barley types :2 ja 6-row, hulless, awnless, dark coloured), yield, quality
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Project Title: An integrated approach to diversify the genetic base, improve stress resistance, agronomic management and nutritional/processing quality of minor cereal crops for human nutrition in Europe
Healthy minor cereals (HMC) (EU 7. framework project)
Duration: sept 2013–aug 2018
Participants: 16 partners from 10 countries
Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom
Healthy minor cereals (HMC) (EU 7. framework)
General aim:to enhance the exploitation of five of the so-called 'minor cereal' species:
oat rye spelt einkorn emmer
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Research topics: • Breeding (food quality, biotic (diseases) and
abiotic (drought) stresses, yield etc) • Agro- technology (fertilisation, variety
mixtures, weed control)• Improving processing technologies,
development new products
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Research topics: • Assessing nutritional content of minor
cereals
• Enhance the market prominence for minor cereals
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Role of ECRI: • Breeding: multiplicatin and phenotyping
wide range of genotypes, crossings
• Biotic stresses: testing of disease resistance of rye and oat in field and lab conditions
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Role of ECRI:
• Fertilisation trial:Crops: rye, oat (4 varieties per crop)Fertiliser types: compost, farm manue, biogas digestate, mineral fertiliser
Fertiliser rates: N0, N50, N100
Healthy minor cereals (HMC)
Role of ECRI:
• Testing of variety mixtures• Farm trials (including organic farms)
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