GRASSMARGINS
Enhancing biomass production from marginal lands with perennial grasses
| Coordinatore | TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Organization address
address: Oak Park contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Ireland [IE] |
| Totale costo | 3˙932˙138 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙998˙623 € |
| 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
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Organization address
address: Oak Park contact info |
IE (CARLOW) | coordinator | 713˙851.00 |
| 2 |
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Nordre Ringgade 1 contact info |
DK (AARHUS C) | participant | 478˙211.00 |
| 3 |
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 398˙978.00 |
| 4 |
TINPLANT BIOTECHNIK UND PFLANZENVERMEHRUNG GMBH
Organization address
address: MAGDEBURGER LANDSTRASSE 33 OT KLEIN WANZLEBEN contact info |
DE (WANZLEBEN BOERDE) | participant | 370˙801.00 |
| 5 |
KNOWLEDGE NOW LIMITED
Organization address
address: NURSERY STREET AIZLEWOODS MILL contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 318˙162.00 |
| 6 |
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Organization address
address: College Green - contact info |
IE (DUBLIN) | participant | 178˙048.00 |
| 7 |
DLF - TRIFOLIUM A/S
Organization address
address: Ny Oestergade contact info |
DK (ROSKILDE) | participant | 130˙103.00 |
| 8 |
"SHANGHAI INSTITUTES FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES"
Organization address
address: YUEYANG ROAD 320 contact info |
CN (SHANGHAI) | participant | 124˙200.00 |
| 9 |
"The Establishment of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences"
Organization address
address: Lavrentyeva 10 contact info |
RU (Novosibirsk) | participant | 98˙998.00 |
| 10 |
INSTYTUT GENETYKI ROSLIN POLSKIEJ AKADEMI NAUK
Organization address
address: Ul. Strzeszynska 34 contact info |
PL (POZNAN) | participant | 94˙160.00 |
| 11 |
THE CIRCA GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
Organization address
address: PEMBROKE STREET 26 FITZWILLIAM BUSINESS CENTRE contact info |
IE (DUBLIN 2) | participant | 60˙800.00 |
| 12 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address
address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 32˙311.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Perennial grasses, which once established can be harvested and re-grow annually for many decades, have a number of other beneficial characteristics which suit them as biomass crops. These include high resource use efficiency, high productivity, good environmental qualities and a wide range of end uses. Environmental benefits include high rates of soil carbon sequestration, enhanced biodiversity and soil stabilisation. Furthermore, perennial grasses naturally colonise marginal areas of land which often impose severe restrictions on the growth of vegetation. Marginal land is defined as land of poor quality for agriculture and which yields poor returns for the farmer. The aim of this project is to identify, characterize and develop novel varieties of C3 grasses (Dactylis glomerata, Festuca arundinacea and Phalaris arundinacea) and the C4 genus Miscanthus that show high and stable productivity and require the minimum of additional inputs when grown on different forms of marginal land. In broad terms the work will contribute to overcoming specific bottlenecks along the whole perennial grass-based production chain. In particular it will use modelling to identify the optimal characteristics and geographical distribution of perennial grasses of potential use for biomass production, undertake pre-breeding of novel varieties, investigate stress tolerance and develop drying characteristics following harvest. The consortium assembled to achieve these outputs consists of 12 partners from eight countries representing Northern, Central and Western Europe and partners from Russia and China and involves three SME partners.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU project is investigating perennial grasses as a biomass crop that can be grown on marginal land that isn't good for any other use.