FEATUREDFostering innovation along potato value chains in East AfricaThis project aims to strengthen the capacities in scientific research and innovative technologies in Eastern Africa
Read more
FEATUREDSPIRIT Guidelines on innovative technologies and best practicesA set of four guidelines to promote the adoption of innovations along the potato value chains in East Africa
Read more
FEATUREDProposals for East African policy makers to foster innovationRecommendations to promote innovation along potato value chains through modifications in existing policies, regulations and standards.
Read more
Contact with Spirit Access to become a member of East Africa potato value chain knowledge sharing portal Access to become researcher of East Africa potato value chain knowledge sharing portal

NEWS: View

ADAPT – Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerant Potato

December 28 2021
News image of the African potato platform

The ADAPT Project, with a total budget of 5 million Euro funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No GA 2020 862-858, will determine the molecular and phenotypical responses of potatoes to combined environmental stress conditions such as heat, drought and flooding, which are becoming increasingly important for potato yield under the challenging growth conditions of the future due to climate change.

The overall approach is based on the combination of molecular biology, stress physiology, systems biology and analytics with engineering and molecular breeding.

High-Throughput-Phenotyping (HTP) and bio-imaging technologies will be used to monitor physiological and morphological changes in germplasm selected by the breeders.

Novel reporter lines will be used to detect dynamic changes in decisive signalling pathways and multiple omics methods will be employed as unbiased high-throughput shotgun approaches for initial lead (trait) identification.

Together, these data will feed into big data analysis and modelling to identify new lead traits that will be characterized in detail to confirm their potential use in plant improvement. 

Document relevant to the topics: Research and Innovation
Document relevant to the regions and countries: EU and Others
Related website: https://adapt.univie.ac.at/
Disclaimer: This website has been developed with the financial assistance of the European Union.
The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the consortium and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.