BIOEXPLOIT Integrated Project
Exploitation of natural plant biodiversity for the pesticide-free production of food
The aim of this project is to force a break-through by developing efficient and rational breeding strategies using genomics and post-genomics tools to exploit natural host plant resistance.
BIOEXPLOIT will focus on wheat and potato - the two most important staple crops for all consumers in the EU - for which pesticides, mainly fungicides, are indispensable at the moment.
This project is supported by the European Commission through the 6th framework programme.
Contract number: FOOD-CT-2005-513959
