Activity 4

Development of highly innovative tools for adaptation in crop management (i.e. expert systems, decision support systems, biocontrol agents, vibration based mating disruption, etc) to the forecasted/expected changes

Task 1: Identification of suitable adaptation strategies to be applied in the most likely future scenarios to preserve quality and suppress P/P.

Task 2: Scaling-up from prototypes to field applications.

Task 3: To implement a web-based platform to include, manage and optimize the adaptation tools developed in the previous tasks.

Task 4: Identification and analysis of agronomic feasibility of new adaptation tools (as new varieties obtained by marker assisted breeding for traits of interest, trans or cis-genic varieties, new agronomical technologies, new land use, etc.) that may be suggested in a view of climate change in the future (50-100 years).