TRADITOM
Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agricultural diversification with impact on food security and health of European population
Informazioni Generali
- Coordinatore:
- CSIC - SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Spagna)
- Responsabile ENEA:
- GIULIANO GIOVANNI - SSPT-AGROS (CASACCIA)
- Ruolo ENEA:
- PARTNER
- Sito WEB:
- http://traditom.eu/
Descrizione e Attività
Descrizione Generale
Tomato is the second most consumed vegetable in the EU and a major dietary source of many nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants. Modern tomato breeding has resulted in uniform, high-yielding tomato cultivars, whose cultivation is wide-spread and has progressively replaced the use of traditional varieties. The strong focus on yield and pathogen resistance has resulted in a loss of taste in modern cultivars, a general complain of European consumers. The aim of the EU-funded research project TRADITOM is to valorise the genetic diversity stored in traditional tomato varieties in order to protect them from genetic erosion and the replacement by more productive modern cultivars. TRADITOM is a multidisciplinary translational, multi-actor research project bringing together scientists working in academia, local farmers communities, consumer experts and small seed companies that have preserved the local germplasm. Genetic, epigenetic and phenotypic variability and knowledge from farms and in public repositories will be concentrated in a TRADITOM database and seed repository. The available genetic and phenotypic variability present in TRADITOM varieties, and the genetic and epigenetic differences from modern cultivars will be assessed. For varieties whose cultivation is not sustainable due to unacceptably low yield and/ or pathogen resistance, novel F1 hybrids will be generated, retaining the quality characteristics of traditional varieties and incorporating yield and disease resistance traits. Finally, traditional varieties and the impact of traditional cultivation methods will be valorised through a thorough characterization of their composition in terms of flavour- and health-related compounds, the identification of consumer preferences, the evaluation of socio-economic factors limiting their market diffusion, and the protection of the most significant case studies through PDO or PGI denominations.
Attività svolta da ENEA
ENEA will lead the following tasks:
- 3.1 Evaluation of nutrition-related chemical composition and 3.3 Response of the metabolome to the environment and correlation of the metabolome with shelf-life
and ENEA will participate in the following tasks:
1.1 Seed collection - 1.4 Phenotyping of plant material
2.1 Genotyping of traditional varieties 2.2 Analysis of genotyping data
4.1 Survey on farm and public germplasm for differences in shelf life trait
7.4 Phenotypic atlas of improved Traditom varieties
8.3 Identification of genomic regions discriminating between modern cultivars and traditional tomato varieties
Programmi Europei
- Programma:
- HORIZON 2020 → Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (RIA - Research and Innovation Action)
Dati Finanziari (in euro)
Costo Eleggibile
- Progetto:
- 4.372.015,00
- ENEA:
- 460.500,00
Contributo
- Al progetto:
- 4.372.015,00
- A ENEA:
- 460.500,00
Durata del Progetto
- Anno di stipula e Durata:
- 2015 - 36 mesi
- Periodo:
- 01-03-2015 → 31-08-2018
Numero di Partner (16)
Keyword associate al progetto dal database di CORDIS (5)
Altre Keyword non presenti nel database di CORDIS (1)
Scadenza del contratto prorogata dal 28 febbraio 2018 al 31 agosto 2018.