Project title
Sustainable yield security through seed priming with chemical agents coupled with advanced coatings
Funding Program
Cyprus Seeds
2020-2022 Program
Funding code
YIELDSHIELD
Start date
January 1, 2020
Expected Completion
2021-12-31
Description
Enhancing plant tolerance against abiotic stressors is of great significance to ameliorate their
negative impact on crop yield and therefore to sustain global food security. This project aims
to develop a cutting-edge seed chemical priming technology, which will optimize the
tolerance of important crop plants to major stress conditions related to global climate change.
Furthermore, seed priming will be coupled with advanced coatings that will enable controlled
release of the priming agents in the rhizosphere and maintain seed viability.
negative impact on crop yield and therefore to sustain global food security. This project aims
to develop a cutting-edge seed chemical priming technology, which will optimize the
tolerance of important crop plants to major stress conditions related to global climate change.
Furthermore, seed priming will be coupled with advanced coatings that will enable controlled
release of the priming agents in the rhizosphere and maintain seed viability.