Abstract:

Overfertilising, agricultural additives such as sewage wastes and atmospheric pollution cause a decrease in soil fertility and plant production. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are symbiotic micro-organisms central to plant development in natural conditions (biofertilisers, bioprotectors) and can be used as biotools for new strategies in plant production systems to avoid heavy chemical inputs.

This joint project between research institutions and SMEs will provide:

1. sound information about genes encoding high-value symbiotic functions in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, necessary for their optimal use as biofertilisers;
2. genetically modified fungal products with new biological properties for plant growth enhancement in polluted soils (bioprotection) and with a low impact on the environment; and
3. added-value arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for inoculum use in plant production and as biosensors for soil pollution.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Vivienne GIANINAZZI-PEARSON / UMR 1088 INRA/Université de Bourgogne BBCE-IPM INRA-CMSE / FRANCE

EC Scientific Officer

• European Commission DG Agriculture BELGIUM

Participant

• Bachar BLAL / BIORIZE SARL FRANCE
• José Lorenzo GARCIA-FERRIZ / Comercial Technica y Viveros S.A. SPAIN
• Conchi AZCON-AGUILAR / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas SPAIN
• Giuseppe CAPUTO / Fiuotecnica Srl ITALY
• Jacques BATUT / Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire / FRANCE
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V. / GERMANY
• Scottish Agricultural College UNITED KINGDOM
• Paola BONFANTE / Universita di Torino Dipt di Biologia Vegetale / ITALY
• Graziella BERTA / Universito di Torino Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale / ITALY
• Guillaume BECARD / Université Paul Sabatier FRANCE