MACROALGAE Operational Group: Valorization of functional compounds from native macroalgae of Andalusia for agricultural applications
- Type Operational group
- Status In progress
- Execution 2023 -2025
- Assigned Budget 299.858,06 €
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía
- Project website GO MACROALGAE
Description
The project anticipates a positive impact on sustainable water management and emissions reduction in the agricultural sector. The system's scalability will allow it to be applied to other areas, thus expanding its contribution to climate change and agricultural efficiency.
Description of activities
- Review of the state of the art regarding macroalgae species present on the Andalusian coast.
- Development of macroalgae extracts with potential biostimulant and/or biocidal effects.
- Obtaining and processing macroalgae.
- Characterization of macroalgae.
- Preparation of macroalgae extracts with potential biostimulant and/or biocidal effect.
- Screening of new extracts by evaluating their bioactivity in in vitro assays.
- Optimization of the extraction conditions of the two extracts with bioactivity.
- Characterization of optimal extracts.
- Formulation of bioinputs of macroalgae extracts with a biostimulant and/or biocide effect.
- Obtaining and processing the selected macroalgae on a larger scale.
- Scaling up extract production.
- Formulation of bioinputs.
- Characterization of bioinputs.
- Bioactivity tests of bioinputs.
- Validation of bioinputs.
- Field studies of bioinputs.
- Stability studies of bioinputs.
- Drafting partial reports and final project report.
- Divulgation
Objectives
To revalue two macroalgae produced in Andalusia, extracting their bioactive compounds and developing bioinputs with biostimulant and/or biocidal effects for agricultural applications. To achieve this objective, we propose the application of GRAS solvent extraction technology (ethanol and water) as a sustainable, low-cost, and reproducible alternative for revaluing the bioactive compound fraction of macroalgae for the development of bioinputs.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: FUNCTIONAL FOOD RESEARCH CENTER (CIDAF)
- Postal address: Av. del Conocimiento, 37, 18016 Granada
- Coordinator/entity email: avigil@cidaf.es
- Telephone: 958637206
Coordinators
- CENTRO INVESTIGACIÓN ALIMENTO FUNCIONAL (CIDAF)
Collaborators
- CENTRO INVESTIGACIÓN ALIMENTO FUNCIONAL (CIDAF) (avigil@cidaf.es)
Beneficiaries
- CENTRO INVESTIGACIÓN ALIMENTO FUNCIONAL (CIDAF)
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