📅 Implementation: Feb 2025 – Feb 2026 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €199,640.00 | ERDF Contribution: €159,712.00
🤝 Partners: 2 institutions
🎯 Type: People-to-people project | P2P
Summary
Genomics_RoHu aims to identify and valorize the genetic material of local landraces of Allium sativum L. (garlic) and Allium cepa L. (onion) in the cross-border area. The project focuses on characterising genotypes through biometric, cytological, and chemical analyses, and informing stakeholders about the genomic value and importance of cultivating local landraces. This initiative addresses the strategic importance of plant genomics for rural economies and aims to preserve valuable genetic material.
Project Aim
The project aims to strengthen knowledge exchange in plant genomics and develop a strategic cross-border consensus on the cultivation of valuable Allium genotypes.
Objectives
✅ Identify local plant landraces in the cross-border area
✅ Characterise genotypes through biometric, cytological, and chemical analyses
✅ Inform stakeholders about the genomic value and importance of local landraces
✅ Preserve valuable genetic material and develop new strategies for cross-border economic interest
Key Activities & Results
🔹 Identification of Local Plant Landraces – Identify local plant landraces in the eligible area.
🔹 Characterisation of Genotypes – Conduct biometric, cytological, and chemical analyses of genotypes to understand their genetic mechanisms, including productivity, vigour, and disease resistance.
🔹 Information Dissemination – Inform stakeholders about the genomic value and importance of cultivating local landraces through workshops, booklets, and press releases.
🔹 Joint Action Plan – Develop a joint action plan on the cultivation of valuable Allium genotypes, available in English, Hungarian, and Romanian.
🔹 Educational Outreach – Provide general information on plant genetic resources, biometrics, and education to young specialists, students, teaching staff, and farmers.
🔹 Collaborative Research – Engage 50 students, teachers, researchers, farmers, and local authorities in a joint program for the evaluation, conservation, and exploitation of the genetic material of local Allium genotypes.
Genomics_RoHu enhances plant genomics research in the region. Due to this project, knowledge exchange and the preservation of valuable genetic material will be more advanced and collaborative.
*For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN
Partnership
Lead Partner: University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara (RO)
Project Partner: Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (HU)
Disclaimer: The banner image is AI-generated and for illustration only
