The genomes of the UNTWIST focus lines have been sequenced using Oxford Nanopore long read sequencing technology. These new chromosome-scale genome assemblies are of reference-level quality. The genome size of the camelina lines range from 640 to 650 Mb. A comprehensive pipeline was used for genome annotation, integrating both ab-initio and evidence-based approaches, predicting 98,808 to 102,312…
UNTWIST has generated a wealth of data from the UNTWIST camelina diversity panel, which includes cultivars, breeding lines and landraces from different geographical regions. Genome sequencing of the 54 genotypes showed that the UNTWIST core collection represents the known genetic diversity of camelina. Field trials in Spain, Italy, France, and UK characterized the camelina diversity…
Camelina was tested in three years of field trials in Italy, Spain, France, and the UK in different cropping systems to test its integration into farmers’ current rotations. Based on the results of these trials, protocols were developed with recommendations for optimized and locally adapted cultivation practices. A protocol for introducing camelina into farmer´s…
UNTWIST partners attended the 2024 International Camelina Conference in Lincoln (Nebraska)! On 19th-20th July 2024, Claudia Jonak AIT and Bjorn Usadel FZJ presented project results, Richard Haslam Rothamsted Research and Federica Zanetti and Sara Berzuini from UNIBO were the event co-chairs. Closing talks on metabolism and lipids at #Camelina2024 from Jim Anderson (USDA), Claudia Jonak…
In June, the UNWTIST UK team presented the benefits of Camelina sativa at the Cereals Event 2024, a two-day field event for farmers and breeders. Over 17,500 visitors attended the event, where the crop plot exhibitors curated and displayed over 600 individual crop plots demonstrating a wide spread of popular and emerging plants. About 2,000 visitors…
An Open Day in Spain that brings the opportunity to explore synergies among other EU projects. On the 11th of April, our partner Camelina Company Spain held an open day at their innovation center in Daimiel, Ciudad Real, Spain, (CID). Around twenty people were present, half of them were farmers, also people from the cooperative Los Pozos…
This time we met in Jülich, our German partner hosted us for the project meeting. UNTWISTers “19 persons representing 8 entities from 6 EU countries” The UNTWIST team has spent three days of work where debate and agreements have been present during all the exchange sessions. The first day, untwisters got a working session…
In 2022 and 2023, UNIBO conducted a two-year field trial aimed at evaluating the response of the four focus lines of camelina, selected from the UNTWIST core collection to two sowing times. Small plots at the experimental farm of the University of Bologna (Italy) were sown both at optimal and stressful sowing times, corresponding respectively…
In October, the International Scientific Conference entitled “Crops for the future – breeding for resilience 2023”, was co-organised by ADAPT and UNTWIST in Ljubljana/Slovenia. Current developments in the breeding of stress-resistant crops were presented and discussed at the conference. Various topics were covered, from stress physiology and signaling, phenotyping and molecular adaptation mechanisms to modelling…
