BPI PLANTHEAL

Development of Benaki Phytopathological Institute as a Centre of Excellence in Plant Health and Crop Protection

Coordinatore	BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE    more  Organization address address: Stefanou Delta street 8 city: ATHINA postcode: 14561 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Emilia Cognome: Markellou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	1˙038˙904 €
EC contributo	902˙310 €
Programma	FP7-REGPOT Specific Programme "Capacities": Research potential of Convergence Regions
Code Call	FP7-REGPOT-2008-1
Funding Scheme	CSA-SA
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-05-01   -   2013-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE  Organization address address: Stefanou Delta street 8 city: ATHINA postcode: 14561 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Emilia Cognome: Markellou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000	EL (ATHINA)	coordinator	902˙310.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The basic concept of BPI Plant-Heal is the scientific and technological reinforcement of Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI) towards utilization of biotechnology novelties for integrated pest management and sustainable agriculture. The main objective is to facilitate the expansion of a high-quality National Research Institute into a European Plant Health Research Centre focused on the study and exploitation of selected plants/organisms, produced by rDNA technologies. The comprehension of molecular interactions between plants and pests at the genomic and post-genomic level is offering innovative approaches for the development of strategies for crop protection with acceptable risk assessment outcomes. BPI aims to mainly enhance its capabilities to perform fundamental research and conduct pest risk analysis of quarantine pests, whose global distribution is expected to become of great importance. The development of BPI’s capacities in new emerging scientific fields will be mainly based on existing and lately acquired, state of the art equipment supplemented by a containment greenhouse envisaged in this proposal. In addition, the recently recruited qualified researchers and the recruitment of experienced ones as foreseen in the project, the development of strategic partnerships with UNEW, UK, INRA, France and IVIA, Spain and two-way secondments for transfer of advanced know-how will lead to scientific excellence. Finally, the dissemination of the research activities of BPI to the scientific community and stakeholders in Greece and EU would upgrade BPI’s reputation and improve its capacity to raise funds from EU and International sources. The reinforcement of scientific and technological potential, would lead to the establishment of a state of the art Research Centre in EU comparable to other European ones, distinguished for scientific excellence with a positive impact on the socio-economic status of the country and the procedure of European integration.'