Titolo Progetto

SMARTBERRY

“Smart Biotechnology for Sustainable Berry Cultivation” - CUP G53D23003960006
CODICE PROGETTO 2022BE543B

Programma di finanziamento

Fondo per il Programma Nazionale di Ricerca e Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
D.D. 104 del 02/02/2022
PNRR M4.C2.1.1 Finanziato dall’Unione Europea Next Generation EU

Abstract

Pest and pathogens cause an estimated loss of about 40% of global agricultural production (FAO, 2020). The use of pesticides is less and less acceptable by consumers but also by the sector operators, therefore  international agencies and their policies such as Farm-to-Fork (F2F), a main pillar of the European Commission’s new Green Deal.

The SMARTBERRY consortium will use genome editing techniques or transient knock-down in grapevine and kiwifruit in order to introduce/confer resistance to P. viticola  for grapevine and antibacterial polypeptides in kiwifruit. Moreover, the groups involved will develop  short peptides and double-stranded (ds)RNA molecules for spraying to contrast these two diseases.

Partenariato

• Università degli Studi di Udine (Principal Investigator)
• Università degli Studi di Milano

Importo del progetto

Importo totale del progetto        Euro 250.235,00
Importo del progetto Uniud        Euro 132.785
Finanziamento Uniud                Euro  29.752

Durata

• Data avvio progetto: 12/10/2023
• Data conclusione progetto: 11/10/2025