15.04.2014 Ilmar Tamm Ülle Tamm Anne Ingver Organic projects in Estonian Crop Research Institute (ECRI)

15.04.2014

Ilmar Tamm

Ülle Tamm

Anne Ingver

Organic projects in Estonian Crop Research Institute (ECRI)

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

COBRA

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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Crops included:wheatbarleypeafaba bean

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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)

Thank you!

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