NeosVine
Partner
IGA Technology Services S.r.l.
Financing
POR FESR 2014-2020, Action Line 1.3.a: endowments to companies for joint industrial research and experimental development activities.
Description
Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, in partnership with IGA Technology Services Srl, has launched the NeosVine project for the use of modern green biotechnologies in the grape-growing industry, also known as ``New Plant Breeding Technologies, NBPTs``.
Goal
The project involves research activities for the implementation of an innovative genome-editing approach with the use of CRISPR/Cas9. The expansion of the theoretical and practical knowledge inherent in this genomic technology would allow the development of new cultivars, which are meant to implement sustainability in all the wine-growing production chain both at regional and national level. VCR take part in this project by sharing their tools and skills in the selection and recovery of plant material, in micropropagation and diagnostic.
Results
The expected results consist in a prototype-vine bearing the desired genetic corrections in given specific genes. These modifications will improve agronomic and oenological performances as well as the resistance to specific biotic and abiotic stresses. This new operational approach, once optimized, will make it possible to improve the characteristics of the mostly cultivated grape varieties while completely preserving their genetic identity.
