EU PEARLS
| EU PEARLS | |
| Budget : | 8 191 k€ |
| Subventions : | FP7-KBBE (5 860 k€) |
| Sous-programme : | Biopolymers |
| Type de contrat : | Large-scale integrating project |
| Début : | 1er avril 2008 |
| Fin : | 31 mars 2012 |
EU PEARLS est l'acronyme du projet européen EU-based production and exploitation of alternative rubber and latex sources, qui a pour référence sur le service CORDIS 212827[1].
Note : Les objectifs suivants sont repris de la fiche du projet sur Cordis
- Objective
Natural rubber is a widely used raw material essential to industry, medicine, transportation and defence, whose major source, the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, is currently both sustainable and environmentally beneficial. However, increased worldwide demand for natural rubber and latex means that alternative sustainable sources are urgently required. In order to meet this challenge, we propose to create a Network that links all stakeholders involved in the development and sustainable use of Parthenium argentatum (guayule) and Taraxacum koksaghyz (Russian dandelion) as alternative rubber and latex sources in the EU.
To guarantee the sustainable development and exploitation of both crops throughout the value creation chain, the project includes research into the collection and creation of new germplasm, biochemistry and genetics, breeding, agronomy, processing, and product development. The entire rubber biosynthetic pathway will be analysed, and potential bottlenecks will be identified and bypassed through targeted conventional breeding. Genes involved in rubber biosynthesis will be mapped, helping to accelerate breeding strategies in order to generate plants with commercially-viable rubber yields.Les partenaires du projet
Coordinateur du projet
- Stichting dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek - Wageningen (Pays-Bas)
Partenaires
- Université de Lausanne - Lausanne (Suisse)
- Instituto Vasco de Investigacion y Desarrollo Agrario Neiker SA - Vizcaya (Espagne)
- Uchrezhdenie Centr Ekologicheskaya Rekonstruktsiya - Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- Centre de coopération international en recherche agronomique pour le développement - Paris (France)
- Botanicky Ustav AVCR - Pruhonice (République tchèque)
- Yulex Corporation - Maricopa (États-Unis)
- Stramproy Contracting BV - Stramproy (Pays-Bas)
- Keygene NV - Wageningen (Pays-Bas)
- Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster - Münster (Allemagne)
- Apollo Vredestein BV - Enschede (Pays-Bas)
Financement
- Coût total du projet : 8 190 915 €
- Subvention de la Commission européenne (programme FP7-KBBE) : 5 860 116 €
Dates importantes
- Date de début : 1er avril 2008
- Date de fin : 31 mars 2012
Notes
- ↑ La fiche du projet sur CORDIS
