Project title
Development of innovative priming technologies safeguarding yield security in soft fruit crops through a cutting-edge technological approach (PRIMESOFT)
Funder
EC
Funding Program
HE
Award URL
https://www.prime-soft.eu
Start date
November 1, 2022
Expected Completion
2025-10-31
Description
Plants get stressed. Crop plants are vulnerable to various abiotic stresses (salinity, flooding, heat, cold, excess light) that reduce productivity and ultimately threaten efforts to nourish the planet. One solution is to use priming agents. Plants can be primed by chemical compounds, such as sodium nitroprusside and hydrogen peroxide. Today, the development of non-toxic priming agents (PAs) is an important R&D activity. The EU-funded PRIMESOFT project will explore innovations in the application of PAs in value-added soft fruit. It aims to bridge the gap between chemical and nanomaterial priming research and smart farming practice. The project will use computational analysis and mechanistic modelling to identify components that regulate the mode of action of PAs.