Food and Agriculture (FA)
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• TD1107 | Biochar as option for sustainable resource management
• FA1106 | An integrated systems approach to determine the developmental mechanisms controlling fleshy fruit quality in tomato and grapevine
• FA1105 | Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture
• FA1104 | Sustainable production of high-quality cherries for the European market
• FA1103 | Endophytes in Biotechnology and Agriculture
• FA1102 | Optimising and standardising non-destructive imaging and spectroscopic methods to improve the determination of body composition and meat quality in farm animalsAcronym: FAIM
• FA1101 | Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement, Traceability, Determination of Authenticity, Adulteration and Origin in Saffron
• FA1006 | Plant Metabolic Engineering for High Value Products
• FA1005 | Improving health properties of food by sharing our knowledge on the digestive process (INFOGEST)
• FA1004 | Conservation Physiology of Marine Fishes
• FA1003 | East-West Collaboration for Grapevine Diversity Exploration and Mobilization of Adaptive Traits for Breeding
• FA1002 | Farm Animal Proteomics
• FA1001 | The application of innovative fundamental food-structure-property relationships to the design of foods for health, wellness and pleasure
• FA0907 | Yeast flavour production - New biocatalysts and novel molecular mechanisms (BIOFLAVOUR)
• FA0906 | UV-B radiation: A specific regulator of plant growth and food quality in a changing climate (UV4growth)
• FA0905 | Mineral-improved crop production for healthy food and feed
• FA0904 | Eco-sustainable food packaging based on polymer nanomaterials
• FA0903 | Harnessing plant reproduction for crop improvement
• FA0902 | Understanding and combating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in Europe
• FA0901 | Putting Halophytes to Work - From Genes to Ecosystems
• TD0801 | Statistical challenges on the 1000€ genome sequences in plants
• FA0807 | Integrated Management of Phytoplasma Epidemics in Different Crop Systems
• FA0806 | Plant virus control employing RNA-based vaccines: A novel non-transgenic strategy
• FA0805 | Goat-parasite interactions: from knowledge to control (CAPARA)
• FA0804 | Molecular farming: plants as a production platform for high value proteins
• FA0803 | Prevention of honeybee Colony Losses (COLOSS)
• FA0802 | Feed for health
• FA0801 | Critical success factors for fish larval production in European Aquaculture: a multidisciplinary network (LARVANET)
• FA0702 | Maternal Interaction with Gametes and Embryos
• FA0701 | Arthropod Symbiosis: From Fundamental Studies to Pest and Disease Management
• FA0605 | Signaling control of stress tolerance and production of stress protective compounds in plants
• FA0604 | Triticeace genomics for the advancement of essential European crops (TritiGen)
• FA0603 | Plant proteomics in Europe (EUPP)
• FA0602 | Bioactive food components, mitochondrial function and health
• FA0601 | Fish reproduction and fisheries
• 929 | A European Network for Environmental and Food Virology
• 873 | Bacterial diseases of stone fruits and nuts
• 872 | Exploiting genomics to understand plant–nematode interactions
• 871 | Cryopreservation of crop species in Europe
• 870 | From production to application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural systems: a multidisciplinary approach
• 869 | Mitigation Options for Nutrient Reduction in Surface Water and Groundwaters
• 868 | Biotechnical Functionalisation of Renewable Polymeric Materials
• 866 | Green Care in Agriculture
• 928 | Control and exploitation of enzymes for added-value food products
• 867 | Welfare of fish in european aquaculture
• 865 | Bioencapsulation multiscale interaction analysis
• 864 | Combining traditional and advanced strategies for plant protection in pome fruit growing
• 863 | Euroberry Research: from Genomics to Sustainable Production, Quality & Health
• 862 | Bacterial Toxins for Insect Control
• 861 | European network for pig genomics
• 859 | Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use management and improve food chain safety
• 860 | Sustainable low-input cereal production : required varietal characteristics and crop diversity
• 927 | Thermally processed foods: possible health implications
• 926 | Impact of the new technologies on the health benefits and safety of bioactive plant compounds
• 925 | The importance of prenatal events for postnatal muscle growth in relation to the quality of muscle based foods
• 924 | Enhancement and Preservation of Quality and Health Promoting Components in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
• 858 | Viticulture: Biotic and abiotic stress - Grapevine Defence Mechanism and Grape Development
• 857 | Apicomplexan Biology in the Post-Genomic Era
• 856 | Denitrification in agriculture, air and water pollution
• 855 | Animal Chlamydiosis and its zoonotic implications
• 923 | Multidisciplinary Hen Egg Research
• 921 | Food Matrices: Structural Organisation and Impact on Flavour Release and Perception
• 854 | Protozoal Reproduction Losses in Farm Ruminants
• 922 | Health Implications of Dietary Amines
• 853 | Agricultural Bio-Markers for Array Technology
• 852 | Quality Legume-Based Forage Systems for Contrasting Environments
• 920 | Foodborne Zoonoses: a Coordinated Food Chain Approach
• 851 | Gametic cells and molecular breeding for crop improvement
• 850 | Bio-control Symbioses (Symbiotic Complexes for Biological Control of Pests)
• 849 | Parasitic Plant Management in Sustainable Agriculture
• 846 | Measuring and Monitoring of Farm Animal Welfare
• 848 | Multi-facetted research in rabbits: a model to develop a healthy and safe production in respect with animal welfare
• 847 | Textile quality and biotechnology
• 845 | Brucellosis in Animals and Man
• 844 | Apoptosis and programmed cell death: molecular mechanisms and applications in Biotechnology and Agriculture
• 843 | Quality Enhancement of Plant Production through Tissue Culture
• 842 | Biological control of pest insects and mites with special reference to Entomophthorales
• 841 | Biological and Biochemical diversity of hydrogen metabolism
• 919 | Melanoïdins in food and health
• 840 | Bioencapsulation innovations and technologies
• 839 | Immunosuppressive viral diseases in poultry
• 918 | Body weight and energy expenditure: functional food and nutrition technology
• 838 | Managing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for improving soil quality and health in agriculture
• 837 | Plant biotechnology for the removal of organic pollutants and toxic metals from wastewaters and contaminated sites
• 836 | Towards an organization of the integrated research in berries : model for a strawberry of quality , in respect with the environment rules and consumers requirements
• 833 | Mange and myiasis of livestock
• 832 | Quantifying the agricultural contribution to eutrophication
• 831 | Biotechnology of soil : monitoring , conservation and remediation
• 830 | Microbial inoculents in agriculture and the environment
• 829 | Fundamental , agronomical and environmental aspects of sulphur nutrition and assimilation in plants
• 835 | Agriculturally important toxigenic fungi
• 834 | Lentiviruses of sheep and goats - pathogenesis , diagnosis and prevention
• 917 | Biogenically active amines in food
• 828 | Seed science in the field of genetically controlled stress physiology
• 916 | Bioactive plant cell wall components in nutrition and health
• 827 | Regulation of voluntary feed intake in fish
• 826 | Ruminant's mycoplasmosis
• 824 | Gametic embryogenesis
• 95 | Improvement of the quality of the production of raw milk cheeses
• 915 | Consumer oriented quality improvement of fruit and vegetable products
• 914 | Validation of predictive models of microbiological growth and survival in food matrices and throughout the food chain.
• 97 | Pathogenic micro-organisms in poultry and eggs
• 96 | Interaction of food matrix with small ligands influencing flavour and texture
• 99 | Food consumption and composition data
• 98 | Effects of antinutrients on the nutritional value of legume diet
• 823 | New technologies to improve phytodiagnosis
• 820 | Vaccines against animal coccidioses
• 819 | Entomopathogenic nematodes
• 822 | Development of integrated systems for large scale propagation of elite plants using in vitro techniques
• 821 | Arbuscular mycorrhizas in sustainable soil-plant systems
• 818 | Hydrogenases and environmental biotechnology
• 816 | Biological control of weeds in Europe
• 817 | Population studies of airborne pathogens on cereals as a means of improving strategies for disease control
• 811 | Improvement of means of control of warble-fly in cattle and goats
• 815 | Antiparasitical chemotherapy (ACRIVAL)
• 814 | Crop development for the cool and wet regions of Europe
• 93 | Continuous heat treatment of food
• 94 | Post harvest treatment of fruit and vegetables
• 813 | Diseases and disorders in forestry nurseries
• 92 | Metabolic and physiological aspects of dietary fibre
• 89 | Development of vaccines against coccidioses through biotechnology
• 810 | Importance of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae in the circulation of matter in soil nutrition
• 88 | Methods of early detection and identification of plant diseases
• 84 bis | Use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding
• 91 bis | Effects of processing and of distribution on the quality and nutritive value of foodstuffs
• 87 | In-vitro cultures for the purification and propagation of plants
• 90 bis | Effects of processing on the physical properties of foodstuffs
• 91 | Effects of thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value of food
• 86 | Mineral nutrition of basic field crops
• 90 | Effects of processing on the physical properties of foodstuffs
• 85 | Early weaning of piglets
• 82 | Maize as a basic feed for beef production
• 84 | Production and feeding of single cell protein
• 83 | Production and feeding of single cell protein