Project title: BOOSTING DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN KEY CEREALS IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Acronym: BOOSTER
Grant Agreement number:101081770
Start-date: 1 May 2023
End-date: 30 April 2027
Abstract: BOOSTER aims to improve drought tolerance in both maize and teff, while simultaneously exploring the potential for transferring species-specific drought responsive features. By exploiting natural genetic variations to achieve drought-tolerant genotypes, and by developing biostimulants derived from living organisms, BOOSTER will harness the natural resources available to develop new varieties of drought-tolerant agricultural crops.
EUCORE’s role in the project: Within BOOSTER, EU CORE is supporting the Project Coordinator in the day-to-day project management, reporting, and any other administrative issue stemming from project implementation (WP6), including the management of ethics issues (WP7).
Consortium:
CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L’ANALISI DELL’ECONOMIA AGRARIA (CREA)
HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF (UDUS)
VIB VZW (VIB)
ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (EIAR)
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (UCT)
TSENTAR PO RASTITELNA SISTEMNA BIOLOGIYA I BIOTEHNOGIYA (CPSBB)
