Optimal usage of natural product and biological priming agents to improve resilience of agrosystems to climate change
OPTIMUS PRIME aims to design, optimize and deliver a cost-efficient seed priming technology based on the combination of natural compounds and microorganisms to improve crop performance and productivity under adverse environmental conditions contributing to a sustainable agriculture.
OPTIMUS PRIME aims to design, optimize and deliver a cost-efficient seed priming technology based on the combination of natural compounds and microorganisms to improve crop performance and productivity under adverse environmental conditions contributing to a sustainable agriculture.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Identify natural products and microorganisms combinations as efficient priming agents in tomato
Identify natural products and microorganisms combinations as efficient priming agents in tomato
Integrate the priming agents into adequate polymeric coatings for tomato seed priming
Integrate the priming agents into adequate polymeric coatings for tomato seed priming
Evaluate the efficiency of the designed seed priming technology in commercial and traditional tomato varieties
Evaluate the efficiency of the designed seed priming technology in commercial and traditional tomato varieties
Scale up the primed tomato seed production in an industrial environment
Scale up the primed tomato seed production in an industrial environment