To get better quality tomatoes, with more flavor and more resistant against new viruses and emerging diseases. This is the objective of a European project that is led from Valencia, specifically from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (IBMCP), a joint center of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Called Harnesstom, it also aims to improve the resistance of this vegetable to new conditions arising from climate change.
The Harnesstom project, led by the IBMCP (UPV-CSIC), seeks to achieve higher quality tomatoes, with more flavor, and more resistant to new viruses and emerging diseases, as well as new conditions resulting from climate change. The coordinator of the project, Antonio Granell, tells us the keys to this project.
"Harnesstom" is the name of the European project led by Valencia that aims to get more quality shots, with more flavor and more resistant to climate change, our viruses and emerging diseases. A project, with a budget of 8.07 million euros, which is developed during the next four years from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, mixed center of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and CSIC, Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques.
Cajamar interviews the coordinator of HARNESSTOM, Antnio Granell.
Dr. Granell's research group at IBMCP (CSIC) collaborates with seed production companies and growers to develop tomato varieties that meet these challenges, both within the framework of research projects as HARNESSTOM and through collaboration contracts. He explains the genetic and genomic tools they use to achieve these objectives.
HARNESSTOM Coordinator
Interview with Antonio Granell, HARNESSTOM coordinator, introduces us to the consortium that conforms the project, its main goals, results to be achieved and expected impacts in industry innovation and also in the society.
WP3 One-stop-shop for tomato GenRes.
Interview with Mohamed Zouine. INPT. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP3.
WP4 Tools to increase the speed efficiency and precision of breeding.
Interview with Prof. Giovanni Giuliano. ENEA. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP4.
WP5 Improving resistance against (emering) diseases.
Interview with Prof. Yuling Bai. Wageningen Univ. & Research. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP5.
WP6 Improving tomato tolerance to climate change conditions.
Interview with Dr. Antonio J. Monforte. CSIC. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP6.
WP7 Improving fruit quality.
Interview with Dra. Mathilde Causse. INRAE. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP7.
WP8 Participatory Plant Breeding and Citizen Science.
Interview with Prof. Maria J Diez. UPV. WP Leader explains us the main activities and goals of WP8.
A biotechnology project led by researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) seeks to develop tomato varieties with higher quality, better taste and greater resistance to emerging diseases and climate change.
Grupo Cajamar is participating in the innovation project 'HARNESSTOM Harnessing the value of tomato genetic resources for the present and future', which began on October 1st and over the next four years aims to develop more resistant and better quality tomatoes, within the framework of the European Union's Horizon 2020 program, for which it has a budget of over 8 million euros.
