Objective Overall objective: META-PHOR will bring together key European players with proven track-records in the field of plant metabolomics technology development and application, crop biologists and nutritionists, in a closely focused and coordinated initiative to develop a high throughput metabolite-based phenotyping platform appropriate for the targeted improvement of plant breeding, engineering and processing strategies aimed at a more varied range of food products with enhanced nutritional quality.Specific Strategic Research Objectives: In accordance with the call requirements, we shall focus on the following strategic objectives:- To create the research environment necessary to enhance further the collaboration between research groups with an existing dedication to the development and application of novel innovative, high throughput plant metabolomics tools.- To provide a means for direct intense interaction between biologists working on nutrition-related, quality aspects of European food crops and technologists working on metabolite and trace element profiling to design dedicated biological / bioinformatics tools appropriate for knowledge generation and decision management systems.- To establish an integrated, multidisciplinary European-based phenotyping platform with initial focus on nutrition and health-related components but which has broad applicability.- To incorporate and combine these activities with those of appropriate INCO partners and European SME's, which could greatly benefit from having access t o such a platform in their own applied research programmes.- To establish an extensive outreach programme aimed at both science and society, which shall enhance open access to the tools and knowledge generated.- To effectively manage the newly generated knowledge. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomyplant breeding Keywords biodiversity food processing health metabolomics substantial equivalence Programme(s) FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) FOOD-2004-T5.4.6.4 - Network on epizootic disease diagnosis and control Call for proposal FP6-2005-FOOD-4-B See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK EU contribution No data Address Costerweg 50 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
