FRUIT LOOK

The physiology and genetics of fruit formation: from genes to networks

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO    more  Organization address address: Via Festa Del Perdono 7 city: MILANO postcode: 20122 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Varotto Cognome: Stefania Email: send email Telefono: 390250000000 Fax: 390250000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	203˙700 €
EC contributo	203˙700 €
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-2013-IRSES
Funding Scheme	MC-IRSES
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-01-01   -   2017-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO  Organization address address: Via Festa Del Perdono 7 city: MILANO postcode: 20122 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Varotto Cognome: Stefania Email: send email Telefono: 390250000000 Fax: 390250000000	IT (MILANO)	coordinator	100˙800.00
2	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS  Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Angeles Cognome: López Vázquez Email: send email Telefono: +34 915681462 Fax: +34 915681573	ES (MADRID)	participant	86˙100.00
3	SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET  Organization address address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4 city: UPPSALA postcode: 75007 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Monica Cognome: Beergrehn Email: send email Telefono: +46 18673329	SE (UPPSALA)	participant	16˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The fruit is the result of the development of the ovary and it is a major evolutionary acquisition of flowering plants. Fruits likely evolved to protect the developing seeds and to ensure seed dispersal adopting an incredible array of morphologies and inventing many types of mechanisms for seed dispersal. Dry dehiscent fruits mechanically disperse the seeds, while fleshy fruits develop tasty tissues that induce fauna to eat them and therefore act as the dispersal agent. Dry dehiscent fruits (those that dry and open at maturity to release the seeds), correspond to the ancestral type of fruit (Knapp, 2002), however the fruit of the model specie Arabidopsis thaliana, the silique, with its specialized dehiscence zone, is a more recent evolutionary conquer.

The overarching objective of this proposal ”The physiology and genetics of fruit formation: from genes to networks” (FRUIT-look), aims to strengthen research partnerships through short period staff exchanges and networking activities between European research organisations and American organisations. The research topic of this exchange programme concerns fruit formation. FRUIT LOOK aims to address the following key questions:

Which are the genetic and molecular networks regulating fruit formation and morphology? Do plant hormones act as morphogens during fruit development? Can we elaborate a model able to explain fruit forms?'