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RESISTVIR - Co-ordination of research on genetic resistance to control plant pathogenic viruses and their vectors in European crops
Project
Project code: 6961
Contract period: 01.02.2005
- 31.01.2008
Budget: 22,700,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Basic research
Plant viruses and their vectors cause serious economic losses, limit European crop production, and have negative effects on the quality and safety of food. The use of genetic resistance is one of the best ways to control plant viruses/vectors. ResistVir aims to improve co-ordination of research on genetic resistance to plant pathogenic viruses/vectors, in European crops. This will ultimately result in new sources and mechanisms of sustainable resistance to plant viruses/vectors, being used in conventional and GM crops, and in decreased pesticide usage.
A database dedicated to the current European research activities on plant genetic resistances to pathogenic viruses and their vectors in European crops has been initiated by this co-ordination action. Data about the research groups, their projects and their results are recorded in that database, as well as methods, technologies and resources used to control plant viruses. Documents and results related to that database project are available on this web site.
Section overview
Subjects
- Plant Breeding
- Crop Protection
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
French National Institute for Agricultural Research Montpellier Supagro
Participating institutions
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
- Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding
- Justus Liebig University of Giessen (JLU)
- NPZ-Lembke (NPZ)
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)
- Bio-Test Labor GmbH Sagerheide (BTL)
- Physical Biology
- AlPlanta - Institute for Plant Research
