ENHANCING DIVERSITY IN MEDITERRANEAN CEREAL FARMING SYSTEMS (CEREALMED)

The main scope of the project CerealMed is to fill gaps for implementing a biodiversity-based wheat cropping system in the Mediterranean area. Cerealmed addresses the challenge biodiversity from many different points of view, ranging from crop genetic diversity to alternative end-use of crops, from multi-crop farming systems to soil microbioma diversity, to achieve relevant ecosystem targets.

Agata Gadaleta coordinates the CerealMed project. She works at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bari.

Funding Organisation: Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)

Publications:

• Yacoubi et al (2022) Abscisic Acid-Stress-Ripening Genes Involved in Plant Response to High Salinity and Water Deficit in Durum and Common Wheat

• Soriano et al (2021) Meta-QTL analysis and identification of candidate genes for quality, abiotic and biotic stress in durum wheat