- Plants projects in FP7-

SHARCO project

 

 

1. Theme - Acronym - Start & end date - Budget

 

FP7 theme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology

Projects acronym: Sharco
Start and ending date: 03/2008 - 02/2012

EU contribution: 2.94 M€

 

2. Coordinator & address

 

Name coordinator: Dr. Véronique Decroocq

Full address: INRA
Genomics and Pathogenic Properties Development joint research unit (GDPP)
UMR GDPP INRA-Bordeaux 2,
IBVM, BP 81
F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)5 57 12 23 83
Veronique.Decroocq[at]bordeaux.inra.fr
www.bordeaux.inra.fr/ipv/index.html

 

3. Full title & contract number

 

Full title: Sharka containment

Contract number: FP7-204429

 

4. Type of project (large CP, small CP, NoE, SCA, SICA, etc) 

 

Small Collaborative Project

 

5. Summary / objectives

 

The sharka disease is a worldwide serious problem with a severe impact on the productivity and fruit quality of Prunus species. It is caused by Plum pox virus (PPV), a virus against which no chemical or biological curative treatment is available.
The current short-term solution is the eradication of infected trees and the plantation of virus-free material. SharCo is aimed at providing the EU with tools such as marker-assisted selection to speed up the production of PPV (Plum pox virus) resistant plant materials, guidelines, early warning systems and decision-support system in order to anticipate further PPV outbreaks.
For that purpose, the project will, in the field of epidemiology, identify driving factors of PPV spread and diversification and develop novel and highthrough-put detection systems warning sharka outbreaks. In the field of genetics, it will provide molecular markers for the implementation of marker assisted selection of PPV resistant fruit varieties. In the field of biology, SharCo partners will assess innovative biotechnological approaches to broaden resistance to PPV in different fruit tree species.
Finally, in order to develop a PPV outbreak management, the project will elaborate i) guidelines for endusers and policy makers concerning cultivation and risk management, ii) an early warning system coupled with a decision support system.
All knowledge and tools developed by the project will be widely disseminated all over Europe with a special attention paid to PPV endemic countries.

 

6. Participants & addresses

 

1. Institut national de la recherche agronomique, INRA (FR)
2. AgroBio Institute, ABI (BG)
3. Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara Bucuresti, USAMV (RO)
4. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC (ES)
5. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, CNR-IVV (IT)
6. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, IVIA (ES)
7. Instytut Sadownictwa i Kwiaciarstwa Skierniewice, ISK (PL)
8. Mustafa Kemal University, MKU (TR)
9. Crop Research Institute, CRI (CZ)
10. Technische Universität München, TUM (DE)
11. SAVBA, Institute of Virology, SAVBA (SK)
12. Fruit Research Institute, FRI (SP)
13. Agricultural Research Service, ARS (USA)
14. Fruit Growing Institute, FGI (BG)
15. Statiunea de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Pomicultura Bistrita, SCDP (RO)
16. Università degli Studi di Milano, UMIL (IT)
17. Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, MUAF (CZ)

 

7. Project website

 

Project weblink: www.sharco.eu/sharco