What is it about? Future food systems must adapt to climate change by shifting toward sustainable protein sources, including plant-based options, while preserving nutritional quality. The project evaluates camelina (Camelina sativa) as a resilient, nutrient-rich crop with high ω3 oil and protein potential for diversified agriculture. The GERMOLEOPRO project, financed by the Carnot institutes Plant2Pro…
What is it about? Environmental stress and cultivation conditions can modify the composition and spatial distribution of proteins and bioactive metabolites within camelina seeds, affecting overall seed quality. Although abiotic stress may increase metabolites that negatively impact nutritional or organoleptic properties, these compounds are also essential for seed stress defence mechanisms. OLEOPROTID project, financed by…
What is it about? ADAPT will determine the molecular and phenotypical responses of potatoes to combined environmental stress conditions such as heat, drought and flooding, which are becoming increasingly important for potato yield under the challenging growth conditions of the future due to climate change. Arising from a mechanistic understanding, we aim to identify new breeding targets…
What is it about? 4CE-MED project aims at developing Mediterranean innovative, diversified and resilient farming systems not competing for land with actual food chain, following a participatory approach for identifying smallholder needs, while planning, monitoring and evaluating the project actions. The 4CE-MED systems are modified conventional farming systems including camelina, a promising oilseed crop for…
What is it about? In the actual scenario of lack of vegetable raw materials for animal feeding and scarcity of crop alternatives for farmers, the rationale behind Argento project is a win-win story. Camelina represents an alternative oilcrop to be introduced into cereal-based cropping systems, able to grow with low environmental footprint and to source…
What is it about? Boosting sustainable diversification in farming systems CARinata and CameIINA to boost the sustainable diversification in EU farming systems. CARINA project will focus on innovative farming systems for these crops, which can grow almost everywhere in Europe and Northern Africa. They also provide high quality oils that will be transformed into innovative…
What is it about? Genetics of adaptation to novel environmental challenges. A4: Genetic basis and ecological importance of adaptive myxospermic strategies to drought stress in the Camelineae tribe and the Brassicaceae family. This project will evaluate the ecological role of seed mucilage composition and link the trait to seed quality and germination in Camelina sativa, a species adapted to semiarid…
