OPTIMA
Optimization of Perennial Grasses for Biomass Production
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA
Organization address
address: PIAZZA UNIVERSITA 2 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 3˙913˙249 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙998˙319 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2011-5 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-TP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-10-01 - 2015-09-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA
Organization address
address: PIAZZA UNIVERSITA 2 contact info |
IT (CATANIA) | coordinator | 297˙450.00 |
| 2 |
KENTRO ANANEOSIMON PIGON KE EXIKONOMISIS ENERGEIAS (CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING)
Organization address
address: 19th Km Marathonos Avenue contact info |
EL (Pikermi/Athens) | participant | 277˙575.00 |
| 3 |
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Organization address
address: Via Zamboni 33 contact info |
IT (BOLOGNA) | participant | 277˙250.00 |
| 4 |
TUZETKA
Organization address
address: AVENUE REINE ASTRID 6 contact info |
BE (BAULLERS) | participant | 180˙800.00 |
| 5 |
ifeu - Institut fuer Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg Gmbh
Organization address
address: Wilckensstrasse 3 contact info |
DE (HEIDELBERG) | participant | 150˙030.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
Organization address
address: Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 149˙969.00 |
| 7 |
INSTITUTO DE AGROBIOTECNOLOGIA ROSARIO S.A.
Organization address
address: OCAMPO 210 BIS PREDIO CCT ROSARIO contact info |
AR (ROSARIO) | participant | 140˙325.00 |
| 8 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 140˙043.00 |
| 9 |
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
Organization address
address: GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 140˙000.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
Organization address
address: BELFIELD contact info |
IE (DUBLIN) | participant | 129˙960.00 |
| 11 |
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: "King Street, Old College" contact info |
UK (ABERYSTWYTH) | participant | 129˙600.00 |
| 12 |
Huazhong Agricultural University
Organization address
address: "Shi-Zi-Shan Street, Nanhu District 1" contact info |
CN (Wuhan) | participant | 124˙799.00 |
| 13 |
B.T.G. BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV
Organization address
address: Josink Esweg 34 contact info |
NL (ENSCHEDE) | participant | 120˙480.00 |
| 14 |
UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
Organization address
address: CARRETERA DE VALLDEMOSSA KM 7.5 contact info |
ES (PALMA DE MALLORCA) | participant | 120˙000.00 |
| 15 |
FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIADA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA
Organization address
address: QUINTA DA TORRE contact info |
PT (CAPARICA) | participant | 110˙000.00 |
| 16 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 109˙999.00 |
| 17 |
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Organization address
address: Iera Odos 75 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 100˙039.00 |
| 18 |
SPAPPERI S.R.L.
Organization address
address: ZONA ARTIGIANALE SAN SECONDO contact info |
IT (CITTA DI CASTELLO PG) | participant | 100˙000.00 |
| 19 |
"PRIMUS TALALMANYHASZNOSITO, TERMELO, KERESKEDELMI ES SZOLGALTATO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG"
Organization address
address: HATVANI UTCA 25 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 90˙600.00 |
| 20 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Organization address
address: Hauz Khas contact info |
IN (New Delhi) | participant | 59˙400.00 |
| 21 |
CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA
Organization address
address: Via Nazionale 82 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 50˙000.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'OPTIMA will integrate an ambitious biology system approach for perennial grasses such as switchgrass, miscanthus and giant reed in the Mediterranean environment. Moreover the perennial species cardoon, which has been proven to be particularly adapted to the Mediterranean climate, will be used as a control species. The main objective of the OPTIMA project is to identify high-yielding perennial grasses for the Mediterranean area, within optimized production chain that will provide stable source for both biomass and new plant derived bio-products. OPTIMA will explore the potentialities of perennial grasses on underutilized or abandoned marginal lands. An interdisciplinary approach involving physiology, biotechnology, and agronomy, socio-economical and environmental analysis at different scale levels will be undertaken with the aim at tackling specific bottlenecks of perennial grasses in the Mediterranean area and to create alternative end-use chains. OPTIMA approach has been to link the research proposed here by including industrial end-users in the project. This should allow the output of this research to develop in a commercial context as rapidly as possible the new findings. The major goals of this multidisciplinary network are to evaluate the existing genotypes; to characterize and deliver novel species; to deliver sustainable crop management practices (sowing/planting strategies to reduce the use of pesticide and increase biomass on the first year establishment, cultivation under salinity conditions and/or water deficit, reducing losses during harvest); to evaluate the industrial production of bioenergy and added value bio-products; to assess the environmental impact through an integrated assessment of sustainability criteria, to disseminate the achieved findings at different level (local, regional, national, international).'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Researchers are searching for robust grasses that could turn lands unsuited to food crops into rich, eco-friendly sources of biomass for useful plant-derived products.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
While most grain crops are annuals, perennial grasses grow continuously and are generally better able to survive environmental stresses such as drought. They also require less fertiliser and pesticide, making them ideal for cultivation on sub-optimal, underused or abandoned land.
The EU-funded 'Optimization of perennial grasses for biomass production' (http://www.optimafp7.eu/ (OPTIMA)) project aims to use perennial grasses adapted to the Mediterranean environment as sources for biofuels and novel bio-products.
OPTIMA researchers are characterising existing endemic grasses as well as newly developed varieties. Ideal traits include high yield potential and the ability to grow under water-deficit or high-salt conditions.
The team is also investigating the potential for the extensive root systems of perennial grasses to bind soil. This would prevent erosion and aid in filtering heavy metal contaminants from wastewaters.
Rural communities could generate new sources of income by growing these perennial bio-factories on marginal lands, without compromising existing crops grown for food. In addition, such grasses could potentially help reduce atmospheric greenhouse gasses by acting as carbon sinks.