As climate change brings more frequent heatwaves and droughts, scientists are looking for crops that can cope with tougher growing conditions. New research highlights camelina (Camelina sativa), a traditional oilseed crop used for food, animal feed, and biofuels, as a promising example of how plants can adapt – and how that knowledge could help future…
From 21 February to 1 March, AgroParisTech and its partner INRAE will showcase the use of camelina and several activities from the UNTWIST project at the Salon International de l’Agriculture in Paris. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore camelina as an intermediate summer crop, learn about ongoing breeding programs aimed at improving its adaptation to…
On May 9th, the UNTWIST project took part in a joint field event with the CARINA project at the experimental farm of the University of Bologna in Cadriano (BO), Italy. The event brought together approximately 30 participants, including farmers, seed company representatives, technical advisors, and researchers, fostering a dynamic environment for knowledge sharing and field-based…
Lipids mitigate the impact of stress and are important for seed oil yield and quality. The effects of drought on camelina lipid metabolism were investigated in a controlled environment trial at the Bologna University experimental farm. Four camelina lines, selected from a larger collection based on their diverse response to drought stress, were investigated for…
Building upon the outcomes of the UNTWIST field trials as well as genomic and metabolomic analyses with 54 camelina genotypes, four focus lines were selected to be tested in a drought stress trial at the experimental farm of the University of Bologna (UNIBO). The trial was performed using lysimeters to allow precise control of soil…
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…
The four camelina focus lines selected from the UNTWIST core collection are now being analysed in open field conditions in France, Italy, Spain and the UK. In Spain, the focus lines are planted between November and December at the experimental farm Entresierras, in Ciudad Real. Various physiological parameters including SPAD, gas exchange and chlorophyll a…
The drought stress experiment with the four UNTWIST focus lines at the flowering stage, carried out by AIT at the novel high-throughput phenotyping platform PHENOPlant in Vienna. Based on a combined evaluation of the genetic diversity and field and glasshouse trials of the 54 UNTWIST core collection lines, four camelina focus lines were selected…
For more than 20 years, JOBIM has been the annual event that federates French bioinformatics. The 2022 edition was held on the Beaulieu Campus of the University of Rennes 1, from 5 to 8th July. Around 500 participants attended this edition. The organization of JOBIM was led by the Société Française de BioInformatique (SFBI), in…
The UNTWIST project took part in the London Science Museum Family Event Future Explorers in February 2022 aimed at children aged 7+. The aim of the event was to raise awareness to climate change and sustainability while exploring the cutting-edge STEM research currently taking place to help mitigate further changes and how will life…
A REPOSITORY FOR NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE HEAT AND DROUGHT STRESS TOLERANCE OF AN ANCIENT OILSEED. RESEARCH ON GOLD OF PLEASURE (Camelina sativa) Some plants are very sensitive to stresses, while others are hardy and continue to grow unperturbed when the field gets hotter or drier. The increasing stresses on agriculture from an accumulation of…
