Improving the stability of high-quality traits of berry in different environments and cultivation systems for the benefit of European farmers and consumers
Coordinator
VIVEROS CALIFORNIA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA ; CIREF CREATION VARIETALE FRAISES-FRUITS ROUGES ; INVENIO ; PROEFCENTRUM HOOGSTRATEN ; NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI ; HANSABRED GMBH & CO.KG ; BEIJING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SCIENCE ; Technical University Munich ; French National Institute for Agricultural Research ; James Hutton Institute ; Pontifical Catholic University of Chile ; Instytut Ogrodnictwa ; University of Malaga ; Sant'Orsola societa cooperativa agricola ; Marche Polytechnic University ; Hochschule Geisenheim University ; Sistemas Genómicos ; RWTH Aachen University ; EURICE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND PROJECT OFFICE GMBH ; INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE INVESTIGACIONY FORMACION AGRARIA PESQUERA ALIMENTARIA Y DE LA PRODUCCION ECOLOGICA
Grant period
2016-03-01 - 2020-02-29
Funding body
European Union
Call number
H2020-SFS-2015-2
Grant number
679303
Identifier
G:(EU-Grant)679303
Note: The main objective of GoodBerry is to provide the necessary knowledge and procedures to facilitate the development of highly productive and top quality berry fruits, even under multiple suboptimal growth conditions, at a competitive cost. The project is based on an integrative multi-actor approach, from cultivation techniques to molecular studies, aiming the development and validation of a range of tools to improve competitiveness of European berry production, and eventually the attraction and confidence of consumers. The selection of the model species can be considered as strategic since strawberry is the most important berry crop in Europe and the production of raspberry and blackcurrant are increasing strongly in recent years. The project will apply the most recent technical advances in: a) The identification of berry germplasm exhibiting advantageous balance of production vs nutritional quality throughout the EU, b) The search of innovative production systems to maintain high yield in a range of European-wide environments, c) The development of standardized and reliable analytical tools to evaluate berry production and fruit quality. As result, it is expected: a) the implementation of modern breeding strategies to accelerate the release of new berry cultivars; b) The adoption by EU-growers of high quality production systems to improve fruit quality. The proposal establishes as obligatory to disseminate and communicate the results to the scientific community, industry, the broad public and interested stakeholders user. The final impact will be to consolidate the emerging needs of high-quality berries, and to boost consumer and market confidence supported by an improved competitiveness of producers. It is a multidisciplinary, collaborative project based on complementary expertise and skills of internationally recognized berry research institutions, and highly involved key berry SMEs that will combine their effort to secure the robustness of the results.
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