AGROALNEXT Project: Transfer of ancestral root traits to tomato cultivation to improve efficient use of water and nutrients
- Type Project
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Comunitat Valenciana
- Main source of financing NextGenerationEU
- Project website Web del Proyecto
Description
ROOT4UE studies the tomato root systems that best adapt to impoverished soils or water deficit conditions
Contextual description
For the past 60 years, industrial agriculture has relied on highly productive systems that prioritize profitability per unit area over environmental sustainability. Developing new crop varieties with greater efficiency in the use of water and nutrients is a cutting-edge strategy to mitigate the economic, environmental, and social impact of climate change on our country's agricultural sector. This research utilizes genomic and bioinformatics tools to identify the molecular polymorphisms in the DNA sequence responsible for the desired adaptations.
Results
Six more productive and water- and nutritional-stress-resistant tomato varieties have been selected using efficient roots, and genes and molecular markers have been identified that accelerate the selection of new varieties and rootstocks for more sustainable and resilient horticulture.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: José Manuel Pérez
- Mailing address: Not available
- Email coordinator/entity: jmperez@umh.es
- Phone: Not available
Coordinators
- UMH
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