{"id":5835,"date":"2022-06-01T00:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitusweb.azurewebsites.net\/ricerca\/progetti-di-ricerca-2\/innovar\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T14:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T12:35:41","slug":"innovar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitus.it\/en\/research\/progetti-di-ricerca\/innovar\/","title":{"rendered":"Progetto INNOVAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;Next generation variety testing for improved cropping on European farmland&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/>\nInnoVar, Next-generation variety testing for improved cropping on European farmland, is a Horizon 2020 \u2018Research and Innovation Action\u2019 project addressing the topic SFS-29-2018 \u2018Innovations in plant variety testing\u2019.<br \/>\nFeeding an increasing global population in the face of global climate change is a challenge for the agricultural sector and governments alike.<br \/>\nDeveloping new varieties with more desirable characteristics is critical, but so are their regulation. InnoVar aims to augment and improve the efficacy and accuracy of European crop variety testing and decision-making, using an integrated approach incorporating genomics, phenomics, and machine learning. Historic data will form the foundation of the InnoVar database which will be expanded with new and harmonised data generated from a trial series across Europe.<br \/>\nUsing wheat as a test crop, InnoVar will devise and demonstrate improved, efficient methods of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>integrating new science into DUS and VCU testing processes,<\/li>\n<li>combining DUS and VCU characters, and<\/li>\n<li>incorporating variety information into decision-making on-farm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>InnoVar is a 4,5 years project under the Horizon 2020 SFS-29-2018 call.<br \/>\nThe project\u2019s consortium includes 21 partners across Europe. Variety trials testing Triticum durum and Triticim aestivum will take place in 15 locations, organized into five agro-climatic zones based on climate and location.<br \/>\nData from these trials will be used to create new variety recommendation tools. InnoVar will also develop a road map for the implementation of these new and improved approaches to other important crops, including perennial ryegrass and maize., which will revolutionise the variety testing community.<\/p>\n<p>The INNOVAR Ambition<br \/>\nInnoVar will develop next generation plant variety testing by building tools and models that augment current practices capitalising on advances in genomics, phenomics, imaging technologies and machine learning. This project will unite will multiple industries, government bodies and stakeholders to make a significant contribution to feeding an increasing global population in the face of global climate change.<br \/>\nThe outcome of InnoVar will be new crop varieties with more desirable characteristics in a changing environment with modern testing and regulation systems that will protect plant breeders, consumers and farmers.<br \/>\nThe InnoVar database, populated with historical and de novo genotypic, phenotypic and environmental data will facilitate model development and evaluation for revision of DUS and VCU processes. Innovative ways to measure DUS characters will be evaluated. VCU testing procedures will be revised and shaped to comprehensively address variability in growing conditions, stresses and management approaches.<br \/>\nProcesses for identifying optimally-adapted varieties and delivering information to farmers, end-users and stakeholders will be put in place.<br \/>\nInnoVar will focus on wheat initially, and apply the InnoVar approach to other major crops.<br \/>\nDevelopments and advances achieved will also influence breeding processes.<br \/>\nThis project will take variety information to the next level in four ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing information on new DUS and VCU characters and identifying synergies;<\/li>\n<li>Developing varieties with proven suitability for the various growing scenarios;<\/li>\n<li>Making this information available to farmers throughout the EU, and<\/li>\n<li>Disseminating the information in readily accessible and easily updated digital formats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cutting-edge science will be integrated with tried and tested DUS and VCU processes to deliver an invigorated EU variety evaluation system capable of delivering increasingly productive and more sustainable cropping to meet the challenges arising from population growth, food security and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><br \/>\nH2020<br \/>\n<strong>CALL<\/strong><br \/>\nH2020-SFS-2018-2<br \/>\n<strong>TYPE OF ACTION<\/strong><br \/>\nRIA<br \/>\n<strong>FUNDING<\/strong><br \/>\n7.999.540,00 euro<br \/>\n<strong>START DATE<\/strong><br \/>\n01\/10\/2019<br \/>\n<strong>LENGTH<\/strong><br \/>\n54 months<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINK<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.h2020innovar.eu\">http:\/\/www.h2020innovar.eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTNER<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversit\u00e0 degli Studi della Tuscia<br \/>\n<strong>SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR<\/strong><br \/>\nRoberto Mancinelli<br \/>\n<strong>DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY<\/strong><br \/>\nDAFNE-department of agricultural and forestry sciences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Next generation variety testing for improved cropping on European farmland&#8221; &nbsp; ABSTRACT InnoVar, Next-generation variety testing for improved cropping on European farmland, is a Horizon 2020 \u2018Research and Innovation Action\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5652,"menu_order":138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"ppma_author":[86],"class_list":["post-5835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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