Crops Crops for Bulk Chemicals

FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

• FP5 Quality of Life Programme: 5.2 Non-Food Development
• QLK1-1999-00765: New methodologies for assessing the potential of unintended effects in genetically modified food crops (GMOCARE)
• QLK3-2000-00103: Optimising nutritional quality of crops
• QLK3-2000-00328: Transcription factors controlling plant responses to environmental stress conditions
• QLK3-2000-00361: Virus-resistant transgenic plants: Ecological impact of gene flow (VRTP IMPACT)
• QLK3-2000-00365: Precision engineering of plant genes
• QLK3-2000-01598: Impact of three selected biotechnological strategies for potato pathogen control on the indigenous soil microbiota (POTATOCONTROL)
• QLK5-1999-01554: Risks associated with Tilletia indica, the newly-listed EU quarantine pathogen, the cause of Karnal bunt in wheat
• QLK5-1999-30498: Grazing and ensiling of energy-rich grasses with elevated sugar contents for the sustainable production of ruminant livestock (SweetGrass)
• QLK5-2000-00611: Environmentally friendly multifunctional grease based on regrowing resources and advanced thickener technology to apply in loss lubrication of earth moving equipment
• QLK5-2000-01517: Sustainability, product safety and quality in cereals: development of novel quantitative models for risk assessment for mycotoxigenic fusarium species
• QLK5-2000-01871: GVE: Growth, vigour, environment - molecular breeding for plant growth and yield
• QLK5-2000-31447: MASTER: Integrated pest management strategies incorporating bio-control for European oilseed rape pests

FAIR Programme (1994-1998)

• FAIR-CT96-1569: Spelt, a recover crop for the future European sustainable agriculture
• FAIR-CT96-1946: Brassica carinata: The outset of a new crop for biomass and industrial non-food oil - CARINATA
• FAIR-CT97-3585: Transformation of chicory into a high value non-food crop
• FAIR-CT98-4333: DiCra: Diversification with Crambe: an industrial oil crop
• FAIR-CT98-4460: The development of Euphorbia lagascae as a new oil crop within the European Community

AIR Programme (1990 -1996)

• AIR2-CT93-0879: Pod Shatter in Rape
• AIR3-CT94-1941: Applications of Biotechnology for Reduced Inputs in Disease Protection and Nitrogen Fertilisation of Rapeseed Cultivation
• AIR3-CT94-2003: Sunflower Oil For Industrial Applications - SOFIA
• AIR3-CT94-2178: Alternative oil-seed crop - Camelina Sativa
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 1 - Introduction and Economics
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 2 - Agronomy and Breeding
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 3 - Processing
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 4 - Utilisation

Chain 1: Crops for Bulk Chemicals and Biofuels

• Crops: Crops for Industry and Energy in Europe
• Crops: Eucalyptus: Eucalypt Page of the Society for Growing Australian Plants
• Crops: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Chain 4: Crops for Specialty Chemicals

• Crops: Crambe (Crambe abyssinica)

Other Activities

• National Activities - UK: VOPNet - Vegetable Oil Polymer Network
• Publications - European Parliament: REPORT - on the promotion of crops for non-food purposes - 2004/2259(INI)