Objectives of BIOEXPLOIT
BIOEXLOIT aims to achieve four strategic objectives:
To understand the molecular components involved in durable disease resistance
To explore and exploit the natural biodiversity in disease resistance
To accelerate the introduction of marker-assisted breeding and genetic engineering in the EU plant breeding industry
To coordinate and integrate resistance breeding research, to provide training in new technologies, to disseminate
the results, and to transfer knowledge and technologies to industry
The activities to address these objectives are being organised in eight subprojects :
Subproject 1. Identifying targets for durable resistance by analysing fungal effector molecules.
Subproject 2. Mapping, isolating and characterising genes responsible for qualitative and quantitative disease
resistance in potato and wheat.
Subproject 3. Unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying innate resistance to plant pathogens.
Subproject 4. Exploring natural biodiversity on genetic loci associated with disease resistance in
wheat and potato accessions in genebanks.
Subproject 5. Increasing disease resistance in potato and wheat through marker-assisted breeding (MAB).
Subproject 6. Increasing disease resistance in potato and wheat through genetic engineering.
Subproject 7. Coordinating and integrating research and providing training.
Subproject 8. Disseminating project results and transferring technology to the industry.