CROPLIFE

Enhanced plant productivity through control of lifespan

 Coordinatore CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL 

 Organization address address: OLSHAUSENSTRASSE 40
city: KIEL
postcode: 24118

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Anja
Cognome: Uhlenbrok
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 431 880 4924
Fax: +49 431 880 1560

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Germany [DE]
 Totale costo 3˙456˙028 €
 EC contributo 3˙456˙028 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN
 Funding Scheme MC-ITN
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-12-01   -   2015-06-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL

 Organization address address: OLSHAUSENSTRASSE 40
city: KIEL
postcode: 24118

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Anja
Cognome: Uhlenbrok
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 431 880 4924
Fax: +49 431 880 1560

DE (KIEL) coordinator 448˙068.00
2    AARHUS UNIVERSITET

 Organization address address: Nordre Ringgade 1
city: AARHUS C
postcode: 8000

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Preben Bach
Cognome: Holm
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 89993649
Fax: +45 89993501

DK (AARHUS C) participant 545˙998.00
3    ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY

 Organization address address: "King Street, Old College"
city: ABERYSTWYTH
postcode: SY232AX

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Daniel
Cognome: Thorogood
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1970 823176
Fax: +44 1970 828357

UK (ABERYSTWYTH) participant 494˙476.00
4    CARLSBERG AS

 Organization address address: NY CARLSBERG VEJ 100
city: KOBENHAVN
postcode: 1799

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Anna
Cognome: Haldrup
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 3327 5203

DK (KOBENHAVN) participant 285˙423.00
5    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE

 Organization address address: Rue De L'Universite 147
city: PARIS CEDEX 07
postcode: 75338

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Antoine
Cognome: Moati
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 1 30 83 31 99
Fax: +33 1 30 83 34 58

FR (PARIS CEDEX 07) participant 268˙830.00
6    UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

 Organization address address: WOODHOUSE LANE
city: LEEDS
postcode: LS2 9JT

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Christine
Cognome: Foyer
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 113 343 1421
Fax: +44 113 343 4058

UK (LEEDS) participant 265˙158.00
7    UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH

 Organization address address: Raemistrasse 71
city: ZURICH
postcode: 8006

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Stefan
Cognome: Hörtensteiner
Email: send email
Telefono: +41 44 634 82 82
Fax: +41 44 634 82 04

CH (ZURICH) participant 242˙396.00
8    MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAET HALLE-WITTENBERG

 Organization address address: UNIVERSITAETSPLATZ 10
city: HALLE (Saale)
postcode: 6099

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Sigrid
Cognome: Koehne
Email: send email
Telefono: 493456000000
Fax: 493456000000

DE (HALLE (Saale)) participant 235˙320.00
9    Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG

 Organization address address: Weissenburger Strasse 5
city: Lippstadt
postcode: 59557

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Dieter
Cognome: Stelling
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 2941 296401
Fax: +49 2941 2968401

DE (Lippstadt) participant 225˙950.00
10    NORDDEUTSCHE PFLANZENZUCHT HANS-GEORG LEMBKE KG

 Organization address address: Hohenlieth
city: HOLTSEE
postcode: 24363

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Thorsten
Cognome: Pommer
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 4351 736138
Fax: +49 4351 736271

DE (HOLTSEE) participant 225˙950.00
11    UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI

 Organization address address: Ul. Golebia 24
city: KRAKOW
postcode: 31007

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Kazimierz
Cognome: Strzalka
Email: send email
Telefono: +48 12 6646509
Fax: +48 12 6646002

PL (KRAKOW) participant 218˙459.00

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ways    plant    genetic    barley    scientists    primary    plants    mutant    productivity    enhanced    skills    proteins    intersectorial    workshops    private    lines    senescence    crop    demand    network    agriculture    training    leaf    engineering    ryegrass    lifespan    croplife    crops    molecular    varieties   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The world-wide demand for primary plant products to be used for food, feed and fuel is increasing dramatically. The foreseen climate changes are expected to have a negative impact on plant productivity in addition. Future agriculture urgently needs new crop plant varieties with enhanced and sustainable productivity. To meet this challenge, “CropLife” focuses on leaf lifespan as a major determinant of plant productivity and aims to develop new breeding strategies for prolonging leaf photosynthesis and delaying senescence processes. The network focuses on barley and perennial ryegrass, which are excellent models for research and crop development in Europe. The “CropLife” primary objectives will be addressed in the four workpackages. These are: the identification of key factors initiating senescence (1), and proteins regulating leaf lifespan (2), the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of senescence-associated protein degradation and nitrogen remobilization (3), and the analysis of lifespan and exploitation of genetic variation in lifespan in order to breed new varieties with increased productivity (4). “CropLife” provides intersectorial experience by integrating partners from the public and private sectors. The training programme includes state-of–the-art local training activities and network-wide courses, summer schools and workshops. Young researchers will be trained in a range of cutting edge research skills, as well as in complementary skills that will enhance their career prospects. Further benefits will arise from secondments in partner laboratories and intersectorial visits to associated partners from the private sector. To guarantee training at the most advanced level, outstanding scientists in the field will be integrated as visiting researchers. Workshops and a final network conference will provide a platform for dissemination of the network’s achievements which are expected to increase the competitiveness of European plant research and agriculture.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU-funded project is looking into ways of improving the productivity of crops by extending the lifespan of leaves.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The constantly growing global demand for plant products means that scientists need to come up with new ways to improve crop productivity and sustainability. One promising approach is to engineer plant crops with prolonged leaf lifespan, which will result in longer photosynthetic periods and thus better productivity.

The 'Enhanced plant productivity through control of lifespan' (https://www.uni-kiel.de/krupinska/croplife/croplife.html (CROPLIFE)) project aims to improve leaf lifespan through molecular biology and genetic engineering. The project focuses on the model crop species barley (Hordeum vulgare) and ryegrass (Lolium perenne), which are both well-studied plants.

Researchers identified several molecular markers for senescence (programmed cell death) in barley, which can be used to study leaf lifespan. This information was used to choose senescence-associated transcription factors (proteins that regulate when senescence can occur) for further study.

In ryegrass, mutant lines that mature earlier than normal plants have been identified. Other genetic variations linked to changes in lifespan and senescence have also been found.

CROPLIFE has used the knowledge gained so far to produce several mutated barley and ryegrass lines, enabling researchers to now identify the key regulators of senescence. Further work will focus on engineering mutant barley and ryegrass with extended leaf lifespans.

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