Developing sustainable solutions for viticulture through multi-actor innovation targeting breeding for integrated pest management
- Project start: 04/01/2024
- End of the project: 03/31/2028
- Principal researcher: Ana Díez
- Financing: EU
- Program: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01 (Biodiversity and ecosystem services)
- Call: HORIZON-RIA 2023
- Reference: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-14
- Acronym: GrapeBreed4IPM
- Total budget: 5 . 106€
- Percentage funded: 100%
- Partners: The project is led by the National Institute for Agricultural, Food and Environmental Research (INRAE) in collaboration with 18 international partners and 2 associate partners: Julius Kühn-Institut – German Federal Centre for Cultivated Plant Research; Istituto di Genomica Applicata; Edmund Mach Foundation; French Institute of Vine and Wine; State Institute of Viticulture in Freiburg; INRAE Transfert; Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society; Rauscedo Cooperative Nurseries; Horta; Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture; Wine Technology Platform; National Interprofessional Committee for Wines with Designation of Origin and Geographical Indication; NEIKER; Mercier, wine vine grower; Association of German Grapevine Growers e.V.; Working Group for the Promotion of Fungus-Resistant Grape Varieties; Moët Hennessy; Polopriverdi Institute for Primeneutics; Foncalieu Research Institute for Organic Farming and Vineyards.
General objective:
To develop vine varieties resistant to important diseases, adapted to local environmental, soil and climatic conditions, and with the aim of reducing dependence on chemical pesticides. Furthermore, the project will also study consumer acceptance of such resistant varieties, which are relatively new and their wine less known so far, compared to traditional varieties. In addition, the project will provide farmers, winegrowers and advisors with best practices and guidelines for integrated pest management with a view to a more environmentally friendly and sustainable viticulture in Europe, something that has been long overdue.
Specific objectives:
- Co-design a common vision of the actors in the value chain and synchronize the regions.
- Research effort to better understand the molecular bases of susceptibility and resistance to vine pathogens and the interactions of the vine with the environment.
- Participatory crossing of new and diverse disease-resistant varieties.
- Research effort to obtain flagship varieties resistant to diseases without modifying the characteristics of the wines.
- Design and dissemination of tools and guidelines for good practices.
