CIRCE

CERTIFICAZIONE ATTRAVERSO INTERVENTI DI INNOVAZIONE E RICERCA NELLA FILIERA LOCALE DEI CEREALI DA CONSERVAZIONE (GRANI ANTICHI) 

         CIRCE

ABSTRACT

The aim of the project is the valorization of the supply chain of local conservation cereal varieties by means of the definition of the technological and nutritional profile and the genetic certification of Sicilian wheats.

Five Sicilian conservation varieties of tetraploid wheat are taken into consideration: Timilia Reste Bianche, Timilia Reste Nere, Russello, Bidì, Perciasacchi. In order to carry out the nutritional characterization, these varieties are grown in three different locations in Sicily (Palazzolo, Selinunte, Caltavuturo) for three consecutive years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023) together with three modern varieties, Simeto, Iride and Orizzonte. These materials are analyzed to measure the content of α-amylase/trypsin inhibitors (ATIs), fructan content, soluble and insoluble arabinoxylans content, percentage of non-extractable protein polymers in SDS (%UPP), gliadins to glutenin ratio, and total starch. In addition, 57 accessions of the five varieties have been recovered from different custodian farmers and these are genotypized using the Illumina Infinium 7K array, to allow the design of markers for traceability and genetic certification. 

Identification Code: CUP F72C21000270009

Total project cost: € 345.000,00

Total cost DAFNE: €76.777,00

DAFNE Role: Operational Unit
Scientific Supervisor DAFNE: Stefania Masci 

Email: masci@unitus.it

Start date: 05/05/2021

End date: 05/09/2024 (proroga richiesta fino al 28 febbraio 2025)

LINK

http://progettocirce.it/

PARTNERSHIP

• PROBIO.SI s.c. a.r.l.
• CALCIBAIDA SRL Cosietà Agricola
• Azienza Agricola Salvatore Mancuso
• Azienda Agricola Nasello Francesco Paolo
• Azienza Agricola Colombo Manfredi
• Azienda Agricola Gallina Cataldo
• Consorzio di Ricerca Gian Pietro Ballatore

This work was carried out in the frame of CIRCE project, funded by PSR SICILIA MISURA 19.2/16.1 of GAL ISC MADONIE (CUP F72C21000270009)

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