RESULTS - GEN4OLIVE - BRINGING OLIVE GENETIC RESOURCES CLOSER TO BREEDERS AND GROWERS

GEN4OLIVE RESULTS

Opening new avenues for breeding and olive GenRes conservation.

GEN4OLIVE has brought together

Bringing together the olive community, stakeholders and end-users.

Leading olive germplasm banks, research groups, and public and private entities to disclose the agronomical value of olive germplasm.

14 Harmonized evaluation protocols

Best genitors for breeding and climate change resilience – 500 cvs

Olive Cultivars Evaluation

Biotic stresses
Abiotic stresses
Production and Quality

Environment and Climate Change Effects

Evaluation of climate effect in phenology
Evaluation of climate effect in olive production and quality
Development of climate change prediciotn models

Accelerating of breeding process

Early selection biomarkers
Development of techniques to force the plant growth

Digitalization of the information and new apps

Data available and closer to end users
New app available for pests and diseases identification for the end-user

Available and closer to end users Awareness of end users needs

8 Projects development of new technologies to accelerate breeding
17 Project for breeding plans and activities

Communicate, disseminate and exploite results

Scientific publication
Organization of workshops
Attendance to conferences and workshops
Social media
Influence policies: IOC, EUFORGEN, FAO

Contact us at gen4olive@uco.es

This project has received

funding from the European

Union’s Horizon 2020 research

and innovation programme

under grant agreement No. 101000427