COLLABORATIONS
BOOSTER aims to establish connections with projects and individuals engaged in research on drought tolerance in maize and teff, in order to promote awareness and potential application of BOOSTER’s work, while also gaining insights into the methods employed by other projects and experts.
We are pleased to present you with the current knowledge exchange collaborations established between BOOSTER and other projects and experts.
PROJECTS
HelEx
Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower
HelEx aims to produce knowledge and tools to accelerate the breeding of sunflower varieties adapted to extreme drought and heat stresses and evaluate their environmental impact and economic outputs.
Grant agreement ID: 101081974
TOLERATE
Adaptation to climate change in the rhizosphere across the millennia
TOLERATE studies ancient Arctic soil and sediment samples to analyze NaDNA, aiming to understand how root (rhizosphere) zone biodiversity has responded to climate changes and extreme events over millions of years.
Grant agreement ID: 101082049