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VOLatile organic compounds as new and powerful PHENOtypic markers of plant growth, health, and capacity of communication with other organisms

Code
PHENOVOL
Programme
HORIZON
Call
HORIZON-MSCA-2025-SE-01-01
Status
SIGNED
Period
2026-11-01 – 2030-10-31
EU contribution (whole consortium)1 432 860 €
EU contribution to Bulgarian participants235 470 €

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Participants

OrganisationsRoleCountryGrant
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEcoordinatorIT405 810 €
ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTOparticipantFI240 480 €
Институт по физиология на растенията и генетика - Българска академия на наукитеparticipantBG235 470 €
UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOAparticipantPT195 390 €
Agrigeos SRLparticipantIT145 290 €
TRAKYA UNIVERSITESIparticipantTR125 250 €
TRAKYA GENETIK ARGE DANISMANLIK URETIM ITHALAT IHRACAT VE PAZARLAMA LIMITED SIRKETparticipantTR85 170 €
IHS CROPS SAassociated partnerAR
FRONDA FRUITassociated partnerAR
Rizobacter Argentina S.A.associated partnerAR
Azim Premji Foundation For Developmentassociated partnerIN
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET)associated partnerAR

Description

Europe is at the forefront of research on plant phenotyping. Some of the best infrastructures for plant phenotyping are based on laboratories of leading European institutions, and the phenotyping community is shaped around large networks allowing implementation and shared use of infrastructures (EMPHASIS) and transnational access to the needed equipment (IPPN). However, to bridge the gap between crop phenotype and the rich array of genomic data in the coming decades, we need to train a new generation of researchers who can proficiently undertake and exploit phenotyping technologies and be competent in interpreting multidimensional phenomic data required for solving the future challenges in agriculture and plant science. The profile of plant volatiles, aromatics, and essential oils (together all are referred to as volatile organic compounds or VOCs) is a complex phenotypic trait with tremendous within-species and within organs (constitutive) diversity. The environment also induces VOC synthesis and profiles, often as early and primary (imperceptible to humans) responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Constitutive and induced changes in VOCs can now be quantified in a non-destructive and high-throughput manner, thus allowing us to perform VOC phenotyping. The overall objective of PhenoVol is promote staff exchange, hence transferring knowledge and expertise, among academic and industrial partners to help converting the diversity and variability in plant VOC profiles into a streamlined and exploitable plant phenotypic feature. The final aim is to select plants resistant or resilient to stresses, or able to signal forthcoming stress occurrence to neighbor unstressed plants.

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